In this year, Top Of The Pops featured the Top 30.
These are the new chart entries in 1982 that did not peak in the Top 30.
Numbers in brackets are the entry position / peak position. If there is only one number, the song peaked at its entry position.
ALICE COOPER: "Seven And Seven Is" (#75/#62)
BAUHAUS: "Kick In the Eye" [1982] (#72/#45)
MARI WILSON: "Beat The Beat" (#71/#59)
THE FOUR TOPS: "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You all Over" (#69/#43)
HANK MARVIN: "Don't Talk" (#67/#49)
THIN LIZZY: "Hollywood" (#54/#53)
BLACKFOOT: "Dry Country (Four From Blackfoot)" (#44/#43)
SMOKEY ROBINSON: "Tell Me Tomorrow" (#75/#51)
VICKY D: "The Beat Is Mine" (#74/#42)
BLUE RONDO A LA TURK: "Klactoveesedstein" (#65/#50)
ADAM & THE ANTS: Antmusic EP (#60/#46)
GENESIS: "Man On the Corner" (#50/#41)
BARBRA STREISAND: "Memory" (#74/#34)
DOLLAR: "Ring Ring" (#72/#61)
DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: "Celtic Soul Brothers" (#69/#45)
XAVIER: "Work That Sucker To Death" (#69/#53)
GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR: "Temporary Beauty" (#64/#50)
KILLING JOKE: "Empire Song" (#58/#43)
MIKE OLDFIELD: "Five Miles Out" (#56/#43)
ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE: "I Hate People" (#55/#46)
BILL WYMAN: "A New Fashion" (#54/#37)
CHRIS REA: "Loving You" (#75/#65)
XTC: "Ball And Chain" (#74/#58)
MOBILES: "Amour Amour" (#72/#45)
B-MOVIE: "Nowhere Girl" (#70/#67)
SLADE: "Ruby Red" (#67/#51)
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS: "I Ran" (#66/#43)
TYGERS OF PAN TANG: Love Potion No 9" (#52/#45)
There were no new entries this week that did not peak in the Top 30