| The CASH BOX Top 100 Country Singles | ||||||
| Green square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending FEBRUARY 6, 1982 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LONELY NIGHTS Mickey Gilley (Epic 02578) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| 2 | LORD, I HOPE THIS DAY IS GOOD Don Williams (MCA 51207) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |
| 3 | ONLY ONE YOU T.G. Sheppard (Warner/Curb 49858) | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | |
| 4 | THE SWEETEST THING (I’ve Ever Known) Juice Newton (Capitol 5046) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | |
| 5 | WATCHIN’ GIRLS GO BY Ronnie McDowell (Epic 02614) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | |
| 6 | SHINE Waylon [Jennings] (RCA 12367) | 10 | 13 | 18 | 12 | |
| 7 | HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY (Have You Ever Been Blue) Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline (RCA 12346) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | |
| 8 | SOMEONE COULD LOSE A HEART TONIGHT Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra 47239) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | |
| 9 | YOU’RE THE BEST BREAK THIS OLD HEART EVER HAD Ed Bruce (MCA 51210) | 12 | 14 | 17 | 11 | |
| 10 | I JUST CAME HOME TO COUNT THE MEMORIES John Anderson (Warner Bros. 49860) | 13 | 15 | 19 | 13 | |
| 11 | IT TURNS ME INSIDE OUT Lee Greenwood (MCA 51159) | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | |
| 12 | MOUNTAIN OF LOVE Charley Pride (RCA 13014) | 15 | 17 | 27 | 7 | |
| 13 | MIDNIGHT RODEO Leon Everette (RCA 12355) | 14 | 16 | 22 | 13 | |
| 14 | DO ME WITH LOVE Janie Fricke (Columbia 02644) | 19 | 23 | 29 | 9 | |
| 15 | PREACHING UP A STORM Mel McDaniel (Capitol 5059) | 16 | 18 | 26 | 13 | |
| 16 | IT’S WHO YOU LOVE Kieran Kane (Elektra 47228) | 17 | 19 | 25 | 14 | |
| 17 | DIAMONDS IN THE STARS Ray Price (Dimension 1024) | 18 | 20 | 24 | 13 | |
| 18 | ONLY YOU (And You Alone) Reba McEntire (Mercury 57062) | 20 | 22 | 23 | 12 | |
| 19 | BLUE MOON WITH HEARTACHE Rosanne Cash (Columbia 02659) | 21 | 24 | 32 | 8 | |
| 20 | SHE LEFT LOVE ALL OVER ME Razzy Bailey (RCA 13007) | 22 | 25 | 34 | 8 | |
| 21 | IF YOU’RE WAITING ON ME (You’re Backing Up) Kendalls (Mercury 76131) | 23 | 26 | 33 | 9 | |
| 22 | THE VERY BEST IS YOU Charly McClain (Epic 02656) | 24 | 30 | 35 | 8 | |
| 23 | BOBBIE SUE Oak Ridge Boys (MCA 51231) | 25 | 32 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | BIG CITY Merle Haggard (Epic 02686) | 28 | 34 | 50 | 4 | |
| 25 | WILD TURKEY Lacy J. Dalton (Columbia 02637) | 26 | 27 | 28 | 10 | |
| 26 | STUCK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR LOVE Billy Swan (Epic 02601) | 27 | 28 | 30 | 11 | |
| 27 | MIS’RY RIVER Terri Gibbs (MCA 51225) | 30 | 35 | 45 | 7 | |
| 28 | EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES Lacy J. Dalton (Columbia 02637) | 32 | 42 | 51 | 9 | |
| 29 | NO RELIEF IN SIGHT Con Hunley (Warner Bros. 49887) | 33 | 44 | 54 | 7 | |
| 30 | WHEN YOU WERE BLUE AND I WAS GREEN Kin Vassy (Liberty 1440) | 31 | 33 | 40 | 9 | |
| 31 | WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Jack Grayson & Blackjack (Koala 340) | 34 | 38 | 43 | 8 | |
| 32 | THE CLOWN Conway Twitty (Elektra 47302) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | ALL I’M MISSING IS YOU Eddy Arnold (RCA 13000) | 35 | 36 | 39 | 10 | |
| 34 | LOVE WAS BORN Randy Barlow (Jamex 002) | 36 | 41 | 46 | 8 | |
| 35 | TENNESSEE ROSE Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 49892) | 43 | 49 | 65 | 4 | |
| 36 | ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT Anne Murray (Capitol 5083) | 45 | 54 | 77 | 4 | |
| 37 | INNOCENT LIES Sonny James & Southern Gentlemen (Dimension 1026) | 41 | 45 | 56 | 8 | |
| 38 | LOVE NEVER COMES EASY Helen Cornelius (Elektra 47237) | 38 | 40 | 44 | 10 | |
| 39 | SAME OLE ME George Jones (Epic 02696) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | IF SOMETHING SHOULD COME BETWEEN US (Let It Be Love) Burrito Brothers (Curb 02641) | 42 | 46 | 55 | 9 | |
| 41 | SWEET YESTERDAY Sylvia (RCA 13020) | 46 | 52 | 66 | 4 | |
| 42 | BE THERE FOR ME BABY Johnny Lee (Full Moon/Asylum 47301) | 48 | 77 | — | 3 | |
| 43 | I LIE Loretta Lynn (MCA 51226) | 49 | 58 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | LIES ON YOUR LIPS Cristy Lane (Liberty 1443) | 50 | 57 | 69 | 5 | |
| 45 | BLAZE OF GLORY Kenny Rogers (Liberty 1441) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |
| 46 | A COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE Hank Williams Jr. (Elektra 47257) | 54 | 76 | — | 3 | |
| 47 | YOU LOOK LIKE THE ONE I LOVE Deborah Allen (Capitol 5080) | 52 | 59 | 70 | 5 | |
| 48 | THROUGH THE YEARS Kenny Rogers (Liberty 1444) | 57 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | DON’T EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN Vern Gosdin (A.M.I. 1302) | 56 | 65 | 74 | 4 | |
| 50 | IF YOU’RE THINKING YOU WANT A STRANGER (There’s One Coming Home) George Strait (MCA 51228) | 60 | — | — | 2 | |
| 51 | CRYING MY HEART OUT OVER YOU Ricky Skaggs (Epic 02692) | 64 | 79 | — | 3 | |
| 52 | PLAY ME OR TRADE ME Mel Tillis & Nancy Sinatra (Elektra 47247) | 53 | 55 | 58 | 7 | |
| 53 | RED NECKIN’ LOVE MAKIN’ NIGHT Conway Twitty (MCA 51199) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
| 54 | BUT IT’S CHEATING Family Brown (RCA 13015) | 65 | 68 | 78 | 4 | |
| 55 | GUILTY EYES Bandana (Warner Bros. 49872) | 62 | 70 | 84 | 7 | |
| 56 | RUNNING ON LOVE Don King (Epic 02674) | 66 | 71 | 91 | 4 | |
| 57 | NEW CUT ROAD Bobby Bare (Columbia 02690) | 67 | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 58 | I DON’T WANT TO WANT YOU Lobo (Lobo I) | 58 | 63 | 68 | 8 | |
| 59 | CASCADE MOUNTAIN MEMORIES Wickline (Cascade Mountain 2425) | 59 | 62 | 64 | 9 | |
| 60 | ANOTHER HONKY-TONK NIGHT ON BROADWAY David Frizzell & Shelly West (Warner/Viva 50007) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 61 | LADY LAY DOWN Tom Jones (Mercury 76125) | 29 | 29 | 31 | 12 | |
| 62 | FROM LEVIS TO CALVIN KLEIN JEANS Brenda Lee (MCA 51230) | 78 | — | — | 2 | |
| 63 | EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER Dickey Lee (Mercury 76129) | 75 | 81 | — | 3 | |
| 64 | WHERE THERE’S SMOKE THERE’S FIRE Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon (RCA 12359) | 37 | 37 | 38 | 12 | |
| 65 | LAY BACK DOWN AND LOVE ME Rich Landers (A.M.I. 1301) | 70 | 75 | 93 | 4 | |
| 66 | SOME DAY MY SHIP’S COMIN’ IN Joe Waters (New Colony 6812) | 68 | 78 | 82 | 5 | |
| 67 | MISTER GARFIELD Merle Kilgore & Friends (Elektra 47252) | 71 | 83 | 88 | 5 | |
| 68 | DON’T COME KNOCKIN’ Cindy Hurt (Churchill 94000) | 84 | — | — | 2 | |
| 69 | LET’S GET TOGETHER AND CRY Joe Stampley (Epic 02533) | 39 | 39 | 42 | 10 | |
| 70 | WRITTEN DOWN IN MY HEART Ray Stevens (RCA 13038) | 86 | — | — | 2 | |
| 71 | THE HIGHLIGHT OF ’81 Johnny Paycheck (Epic 02684) | 76 | 93 | — | 3 | |
| 72 | AFTER THE LOVE SLIPS AWAY Earl Thomas Conley (RCA 13053) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 73 | NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO CHEAT David Allan Coe (Columbia 02678) | 80 | 87 | — | 3 | |
| 74 | I’M JUST THE LEAVIN’ KIND Michael Meyers (MBP 1980) | 77 | 82 | 87 | 5 | |
| 75 | THE REVEREND MR. BLACK Johnny Cash (Columbia 02669) | 81 | 88 | 92 | 4 | |
| 76 | THE CUBE Bob Jenkins (& 3 Year Old Daughter Mandy) (Liberty 1448) | 83 | — | — | 2 | |
| 77 | I SEE AN ANGEL EVERY DAY Billy Parker (Soundwaves 4659) | 82 | 89 | 94 | 7 | |
| 78 | LUSTFUL LADY EYES Steve Mantelli (Picap 006) | 79 | 84 | — | 3 | |
| 79 | IN LIKE WITH EACH OTHER Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Brothers Band (Columbia 02698) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 80 | TOOK IT LIKE A MAN, CRIED LIKE A BABY Cedar Creek (Moon Shine 3003) | 90 | — | — | 2 | |
| 81 | AIN’T NOBODY GONNA GET MY BODY BUT YOU Del Reeves (Koala 339) | 87 | 90 | 97 | 4 | |
| 82 | BEST OF FRIENDS Thrasher Brothers (MCA 51227) | 88 | 91 | — | 3 | |
| 83 | HONKY TONK TONIGHT David Heavener (Brent 1019) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 84 | LADY, LAY DOWN (Lay Down On My Pillow) Gary Goodnight (Door Knob 169) | 85 | 86 | 89 | 5 | |
| 85 | TIL SOMETHING BETTER COMES ALONG R.C. Bannon (RCA 13029) | 89 | 92 | — | 3 | |
| 86 | BLUE EYES DON’T MAKE AN ANGEL Zella Lehr (Columbia 02677) | 91 | 95 | — | 3 | |
| 87 | NATURAL LOVE Petula Clark (Scotti Brothers 02676) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 88 | VICTIM OR A FOOL Rodney Crowell (Warner Bros. 50008) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 89 | NO PLACE TO HIDE Gail Zeiler (Equa 670) | 92 | 96 | — | 3 | |
| 90 | ONE DAY SINCE YESTERDAY Colleen Camp (Moon Pictures 0001) | 93 | — | — | 2 | |
| 91 | HOLDIN’ ON Jessi Colter (Capitol 5073) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 92 | COULD IT BE LOVE Jennifer Warnes (Arista 0611) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 93 | LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Claude Gray & Norma Jean (Granny White 1009) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 94 | BORN IN COUNTRY MUSIC Bobby Barnett (Marshall 101681) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 95 | I WOULDN’T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD Ronnie Milsap (RCA 12342) | 44 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| 96 | I CAN’T SAY GOODBYE TO YOU Terry Gregory (Handshake 02563) | 47 | 47 | 49 | 10 | |
| 97 | BREAD AND BUTTER Worley Max (General Delivery Ltd. 1914) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 98 | OKLAHOMA CRUDE Corbin/Hanner Band (Alfa 7010) | 51 | 51 | 53 | 10 | |
| 99 | YOU’RE MY BESTEST FRIEND Mac Davis (Casablanca 2341) | 55 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |
| 100 | DON’T LEAD ME ON Wyvon Alexander (Gervasi 671) | 61 | 61 | 63 | 10 | |
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