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Top Songs of 1981

1980 <-1981-> 1982

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1.
11/1981
458

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3
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4
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2.
02/1981
435

2
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4
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✫1
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[Tamla 54321]
written by Smokey Robinson
video capture
3.
01/1981
412

2
US
4
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26
rock
✫1
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[Geffen]
written by John Lennon
video capture
4.
04/1981
406

✫1
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11
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18
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2
UK
[venus, sugar sugar, no reply, i'll be back, drive my car, do you want to know a secret, we can work it out, i should have known better, nowhere man, you're going to lose that girl, stars on 45]
[Radio 3810]
written by various
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5.
11/1981
402

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12
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3
UK
charted as Centerfold / Flamethrower in US dance charts
[EMI America 8102]
written by Seth Justman
video capture
6.
09/1981
387

3
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✫1
rock
✫1
UK
written by Sting
video capture
7.
12/1981
386

✫1
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31
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✫1
rock
4
UK
as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
rolling stone logo [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #484]
[Boardwalk 7-11-135]
written by Alan Merrill & Jake Hooker
video capture
8.
11/1981
379

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US
12
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✫1
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✫1
R&B
28
rock
8
UK
[RCA 12357]
written by Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen
video capture
9.
07/1981
377

✫1
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✫1
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✫1
R&B


7
UK
[Motown 1519]
written by Lionel Richie
video capture
10.
08/1981
355

✫1
US
✫1
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13
rock
7
UK
academy award logo [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1981]
golden globe logo [Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1981]
[Warner 49787]
written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen
video capture
11.
10/1981
353

3
US




3
dance
✫1
R&B


3
UK
charted as Let's Groove/I've Had Enough in US dance charts
[Columbia 02536]
written by Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White
video capture
12.
10/1981
335

✫1
US
29
AC


22
dance
28
R&B


7
UK
[MCA 51182]
written by Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick
video capture
13.
08/1981
335

8
US




4
dance


12
rock
✫1
UK
written by Ed Cobb, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)
video capture
14.
03/1981
328

✫1
US
15
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26
dance


5
rock
10
UK
grammy logo [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1982]
grammy logo [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1982]
[EMI America 8077]
written by Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon
video capture
15.
08/1981
327

2
US




14
dance


✫1
rock
7
UK
[Rolling Stones 21003]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
video capture
16.
10/1981
325

2
US
5
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✫1
rock
8
UK
[Atlantic 3868]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm
video capture
17.
05/1981
314

✫1
US
✫1
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12
UK
[instrumental]
[Polydor 2189]
written by Vangelis
video capture
18.
05/1981
295

2
US
✫1
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6
rock
13
UK
[Dark Horse 49725]
written by George Harrison
video capture
19.
05/1981
294

2
US
6
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7
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10
UK
[Planet 47929]
written by John Bettis & Michael Clark
video capture
20.
10/1981
288

7
US
2
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6
R&B


4
UK
[RCA 12349]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago (uncredited), George Goldner (uncredited) & Morris Levy
video capture
21.
07/1981
274

10
US
8
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2
UK
[instrumental]
tchaikovsky piano concerto #1, flight of the bumble bee, mozart symphony #40 in g minor, rhapsody in blue, karelia suite, the marriage of figaro, romeo & juliet, trumpet voluntary, etc.
[RCA 12304]
written by various
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22.
08/1981
267

11
US
9
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✫1
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3
UK
[Casablanca 2338]
written by Marc Blatte & Larry Gottlieb
video capture
23.
10/1981
261

10
US




16
dance
4
R&B


3
UK
B side to Steppin' Out ; charted as Take My Heart / Steppin' Out / Get Down on It in US dance charts
[De-Lite 818]
written by Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & The Gang & James "J.T." Taylor
video capture
24.
06/1981
256

4
US
6
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8
UK
[Liberty 1418]
written by Bill Conti & Mike Leeson (as Michael Leeson)
video capture
25.
02/1981
255

2
US
2
AC




3
R&B


34
UK
featuring Bill Withers
[Elektra 47103]
written by Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
video capture
26.
01/1981
254

19
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2
rock
2
UK
[Atlantic 3824]
written by Phil Collins
video capture
27.
11/1981
251

29
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7
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✫1
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28.
02/1981
249

12
US
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4
R&B


5
UK
[Columbia 11433]
written by Dana Walden
video capture
29.
07/1981
249

10
US








2
rock
4
UK
[Columbia 02408 (Jet)]
written by Jeff Lynne
video capture
30.
08/1981
248

✫1
US
33
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33
rock
32
UK
[RCA 12296]
written by Daryl Hall, Sara Allen, Janna Allen & Warren Pash
video capture
31.
03/1981
244

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10
rock
43
UK
[RCA 12201]
written by Rick Springfield
video capture
32.
11/1981
240

23
US
3
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2
UK
[live]
[EMI America 8103]
written by James Sheppard, Clarence Bassett & Charles Baskerville
video capture
33.
05/1981
237

✫1
US
2
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[Arista 0604]
written by Graham Russell
video capture
34.
04/1981
234

3
US




78
dance


41
rock
11
UK
produced by Dave Edmunds
[EMI America 8122]
written by Brian Setzer
video capture
35.
05/1981
226

2
US
2
AC
14
country






76
UK
[Capitol 4997]
written by Hank DeVito
video capture
36.
04/1981
222

55
US
37
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42
R&B


✫1
UK
[Motown 1512]
written by Sam Brown III & Renée Armand
video capture
37.
02/1981
220

25
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29
rock
2
UK
video capture
38.
02/1981
218

53
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✫1
UK
written by Joe Dolce
video capture
39.
10/1981
217

5
US




63
dance


23
rock
11
UK
video capture
40.
01/1981
214

3
US
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✫1
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[Capitol 4953]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, A.B. Quintanilla (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudillo
video capture
41.
09/1981
213

72
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✫1
UK
with Barbara Gaskin
written by Walter Gold, John Gluck (as John Gluck Jr.) & Herb Wiener (as Herb Weiner)
video capture
42.
06/1981
211







13
dance




✫1
UK
charted as The Model / Computer Love in UK charts; charted as Pocket Calculator / Numbers / Computer-World / Computer Love in US dance charts
written by Karl Bartos & Ralf Hütter
video capture
43.
08/1981
211







15
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✫1
UK
written by Bob Heatlie
video capture
44.
06/1981
207

3
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✫1
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produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1415]
written by Rick Christian
video capture
45.
05/1981
206







38
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✫1
UK
charted as Stand and Deliver / Beat My Guest in US dance charts
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni
video capture
46.
05/1981
206

2
US
3
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[Elektra 47147]
written by Stephen Geyer & Mike Post
video capture
47.
10/1981
204

3
US
41
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✫1
rock
49
UK
[Geffen 49824]
written by Marv Ross
video capture
48.
07/1981
203













✫1
UK
written by Hutch Davie (as Bob Davie) & Marvin Moore
video capture
49.
09/1981
203













✫1
UK
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni
video capture
50.
02/1981
202













✫1
UK
[Epic 02072]
written by Stuart Hamblen
video capture
51.
03/1981
202













✫1
UK
[1981 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
[RCA 12242]
written by John Danter & Andy Hill
video capture
52.
06/1981
202













✫1
UK
written by Jerry Dammers
video capture
53.
11/1981
202













✫1
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video capture
54.
02/1981
202













✫1
UK
[Atco 7329]
written by John Lennon
video capture
55.
10/1981
202













✫1
UK
written by Cole Porter
video capture
56.
02/1981
201

9
US




35
dance


4
rock
9
UK
produced by Dave Edmunds; charted as Rock This Town/Runaway Boys in US dance charts
[EMI America 8132]
written by Brian Setzer
video capture
57.
11/1981
201

4
US






25
R&B
8
rock
27
UK
charted as Flamethrower / Freeze-Frame in US R&B charts
[EMI America 8108]
written by Seth Justman & Peter Wolf
video capture
58.
03/1981
200

5
US








6
rock
19
UK
[Epic 19-01054]
written by Gary Richrath
video capture
59.
09/1981
200

4
US
5
AC




5
R&B


44
UK
[Motown 1527]
written by Lionel Richie
video capture
60.
10/1981
198

5
US




32
dance
✫1
R&B


29
UK
[Warner 49846]
written by Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather
video capture
61.
07/1981
196

3
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2
rock
50
UK
video capture
62.
07/1981

Urgent by Foreigner

from 4   4
194

4
US




32
dance


✫1
rock
54
UK
featuring Jr. Walker
[Atlantic 3831]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner]
video capture
63.
01/1981
188

3
US
26
AC






16
rock
42
UK
[A&M 2300]
written by Dennis DeYoung
video capture
64.
03/1981
187

4
US
11
AC




✫1
R&B




as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
[Arista 0592]
written by Ray Parker Jr
video capture
65.
07/1981
185

67
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2
UK
written by various
video capture
66.
07/1981
183

4
US
14
AC






4
rock
76
UK
[Columbia 02241 A]
written by Jonathan Cain & Steve Perry
video capture
67.
02/1981
182

4
US
✫1
AC
22
country




57
rock


[Capitol 4976]
written by Chip Taylor
video capture
68.
11/1981
181

4
US




14
dance


2
rock


charted as Shake It Up/Cruiser in US dance charts
[Elektra 47250]
written by Ric Ocasek
video capture
69.
06/1981
181

5
US
2
AC
✫1
country








[RCA 12264]
written by Walt Aldridge & Tom Brasfield
video capture
70.
07/1981
177

5
US
3
AC
✫1
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[Elektra 47174]
written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens
video capture
71.
11/1981
177

4
US








✫1
rock


written by Alex Call & Jim Keller
video capture
72.
05/1981
174













2
UK
[Epic 02217]
written by Ronnie Harwood
video capture
73.
01/1981

Vienna by Ultravox

from Vienna   Vienna
174













2
UK
[Chrysalis 2515]
written by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie & Midge Ure
video capture
74.
09/1981
174













2
UK
[instrumental]
written by Werner Thomas
video capture
75.
10/1981
174













2
UK
written by Laurie Anderson
video capture
76.
05/1981
174













2
UK
written by Barry Leng & Simon May
video capture
77.
09/1981
174













2
UK
written by Sting
video capture
78.
07/1981
174













2
UK
[Tamla 54331 (u)]
written by Stevie Wonder
video capture
79.
09/1981
174













2
UK
written by Johnny McElhone (as John McElhone), Clare Grogan, Tony McDaid (as Anthony McDaid) & Michael "Tich" Anderson (as Michael Anderson)
video capture
80.
04/1981
174













2
UK
[instrumental]
written by Ennio Morricone
video capture
81.
02/1981
174













2
UK
[R]
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni
video capture
82.
03/1981
172

18
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✫1
rock
9
UK
written by Pete Townshend
video capture
83.
04/1981
169

5
US
8
AC
✫1
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[MCA 51084]
written by Dallas Frazier
video capture
84.
03/1981
166

64
US
33
AC




29
R&B


3
UK
[Tamla 54323]
written by Stevie Wonder
video capture
85.
01/1981
166

28
US




4
dance
2
R&B


9
UK
charted as It's a Love Thing / Up on Soul Train / I Can Make It Better in US dance charts
[Solar 12154]
written by William Shelby & Dana Meyers
video capture
86.
12/1981
166

11
US








7
rock
12
UK
written by Sting
video capture
87.
12/1981
165

33
US










4
UK
written by Labi Siffre
video capture
88.
10/1981
162

7
US
✫1
AC
✫1
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[Capitol 5046]
written by Otha Young
video capture
89.
09/1981
161

5
US
✫1
AC










[Arista 0626]
written by Norman Saleet (as Norman Sallitt)
video capture
90.
01/1981
160

7
US
17
AC






2
rock
45
UK
[Island 49656]
written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings
video capture
91.
09/1981
159

5
US








2
rock


[live]
written by Eugene Williams
video capture
92.
01/1981
158

105
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19
rock
3
UK
[Polydor 2163]
written by Russ Ballard
video capture
93.
01/1981
157

6
US
3
AC








51
UK
[Capitol 4960]
written by Neil Diamond & Alan Lindgren
video capture
94.
11/1981
155

8
US




14
dance
2
R&B


36
UK
charted as Mirror, Mirror / Work That Body in US dance charts
[RCA 13021]
written by Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
video capture
95.
07/1981
155







17
dance




3
UK
written by Gary Kemp
video capture
96.
12/1981
152

5
US
4
AC










[Arista 0655]
written by Graham Russell
video capture
97.
08/1981
150







37
dance




3
UK
video capture
98.
06/1981
149







56
dance




3
UK
[instrumental]
written by Chip Carpenter (as Andrew Carpenter), Roger Freeman, Chris Hamlin (as Chris Hamlyn), James Johnstone, Chris Lee (as Christoper J. Lee), Timothy Moore & Simon Underwood
video capture
99.
10/1981
148

20
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29
rock
8
UK
video capture
100.
08/1981

Abacab by Genesis

from Abacab   Abacab
148

26
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43
dance


4
rock
9
UK
video capture

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