(Saturday, May 15, 1982) — “Ebony and Ivory” by former Beatle Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder peaked on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #1 for seven consecutive weeks (May 15/22/29, June 5/12/19/26, 1982).

It was McCartney’s eighth of nine number one hits on the chart (1971-1983) since the 1970 break-up of The Beatles (a band that had 20 number one hits from 1964 to 1970).

It was also McCartney’s 17th of 23 top ten hits on the chart (1971-2015) since the break-up of The Beatles (a band that had 34 top ten hits from 1964 to 1995).