Daryl Hall & John Oates " I Can't Go For That" reaches #1 1982

The second single from Private Eyes, the tenth studio album by Daryl Hall & John Oates, I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, January 30, 1982.  It knocked Olivia Newton-John's Physical from the top spot where it had been for a record-setting 10 weeks. Ironically, Physical had knocked the Hall & Oates single Private Eyes from the top spot ten weeks earlier.  

VH-1 listed I Can't Go for That as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '80's. 

Daryl Hall & John Oates "Private Eyes" reaches #1 1981

Daryl Hall & John Oates single Private Eyes from their studio album of the same name reached #1 November 7, 1981.  It was the first single from their tenth studio album.  It stayed at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.  

It was one of their first songs to get heavy rotation on MTV.

Hall & Oates release "Private Eyes" 1981

Daryl Hall and John Oates released their tenth studio album Private Eyes, September 1, 1981.  The platinum album generated two #1 singles and went to #5 on the Billboard 200.

The second single I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) spent a week on the top of the R&B charts, which is a rare accomplishment for a couple of white guys.