Top 100 Of 1981 (* indicates a #1 song)
POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

*1   BETTE DAVIS EYES
      Kim Carnes (#1, May)
*2   ENDLESS LOVE
      Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (#1, Aug)
*3   LADY
      Kenny Rogers (#1, Nov 1980)
*4   (Just Like) STARTING OVER
      John Lennon (#1, Dec 1980)
*5   JESSIE'S GIRL
      Rick Springfield (#1, Aug)
*6   CELEBRATION
      Kool and the Gang (#1, Feb)
*7   KISS ON MY LIST
      Daryl Hall and John Oates (#1, April)
*8   I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT
      Eddie Rabbitt (#1, Feb)
*9   9 TO 5
      Dolly Parton (#1, Feb)
*10  KEEP ON LOVING YOU
      REO Speedwagon (#1, March)
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 11  THE THEME FORM "GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" (Believe It Or Not)
      Joey Scarbury (#2, Aug)
*12  MORNING TRAIN (Nine To Five)
      Sheena Easton (#1, May)
 13  BEING WITH YOU
      Smokey Robinson (#2, May)
 14  QUEEN OF HEARTS
      Juice Newton (#2, Sept)
*15  RAPTURE
      Blondie (#1, March)
 16  A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (Just Like You Do)
      Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (#4, June)
*17  THE TIDE IS HIGH
      Blondie (#1, Jan)
 18  JUST THE TWO OF US
      Grover Wasington Jr. (with Bill Withers) (#2, May)
 19  SLOW HAND
      The Pointer Sisters (#2, Aug)
 20  I LOVE YOU
      The Climax Blues Band (#12, June)
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 21  WOMAN
      John Lennon (#2, March)
 22  SUKIYAKI
      A Taste of Honey (#3, June)
 23  THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
      Abba (#8, March)
*24  MEDLEY (Intro 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)
      The Stars on 45 (#1, June)
 25  ANGEL OF THE MORNING
      Juice Newton (#4, May)
 26  LOVE ON THE ROCKS
      Neil Diamond (#2, Jan)
 27  EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD
      Air Supply (#5, Jan)
*28  THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE
      Air Supply (#1, July)
 29  GUILTY
      Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (#3, Jan)
 30  THE BEST OF TIMES
      Styx (#3, March)
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 31  ELVIRA
      The Oak Ridge Boys (#5, July)
 32  TAKE IT ON THE RUN
      REO Speedwagon (#5, May)
 33  (There's) NO GETTIN' OVER ME
      Ronnie Milsap (#5, Sept)
 34  LIVING INSIDE MYSELF
      Gino Vanelli (#6, May)
*35  WOMAN IN LOVE
      Barbra Streisand (#1, Oct 1980)
 36  BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY
      The Manhattan Tranfer (#7, Aug)
 37  URGENT
      Foreigner (#4, Sept)
 38  PASSION
      Rod Stewart (#5, Feb)
 39  LADY (You Bring Me Up)
      The Commodores (#8, Sept)
 40  CRYING
      Don McLean (#5, March)
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 41  HEARTS
      Marty Balin (#8, Aug)
 42  IT'S MY TURN
      Diana Ross (#9, Jan)
 43  YOU MAKE MY DREAMS
      Daryl Hall and John Oates (#5, July)
 44  I DON'T NEED YOU
      Kenny Rogers (#3, Aug)
 45  HOW 'BOUT US
      Champaign (#12, June)
 46  HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
      Pat Benatar (#9, Dec 1980)
 47  THE BREAKUP SONG (They Don't Write 'Em)
      The Greg Kihn Band (#15, Sept)
 48  TIME
      The Alan Parsons Project (#15, Aug)
 49  HUNGARY HEART
      Bruce Springsteen (#5, Dec 1980)
 50  SWEETHEART
      Frankie and the Knockouts (#10, June)
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 51  SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN'
      Terry Gibbs (#13, April)
 52  MORE THAN I CAN SAY
      Leo Sayer (#2, Dec 1980)
 53  TOGETHER
      Tierra (#18, Feb)
 54  TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS
      Styx (#9, May)
 55  WHAT ARE WE DOIN' IN LOVE
      Dottie West (with Kenny Rogers) (#14, June)
 56  WHO'S CRYING NOW
      Journey (#4, Oct)
 57  DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA
      The Police (#10, Jan)
 58  THIS LITTLE GIRL
      Gary U.S. Bonds (#11, June)
 59  STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND
      Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#3, Sept)
 60  GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE
      Delbert McClinton (#8, Feb)
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 61  A LITTLE IN LOVE
      Cliff Richard (#17, March)
 62  AMERICA
      Neil Diamond (#8, June)
 63  AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT
      John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#17, May)
 64  ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do)
      Christopher Cross (#1, Oct)
 65  ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
      Queen (#1, Oct 1980)
 66  GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
      The Alan Parson Project (#16, March)
 67  I CAN'T STAND IT
      Eric Clapton and His Band (#10, May)
 68  WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE
      Steve Winwood (#7, April)
 69  MASTER BLASTER (Jammin')
      Stevie Wonder (#5, Dec 1980)
 70  HELLO AGAIN
      Neil Diamond (#6, March)
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 71  DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME
      The Police (#10, April)
 72  HEY NINETEEN
      Steely Dan (#10, Feb)
 73  I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT
      Stevie Wonder (#11, March)
 74  ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
      George Harrison (#2, July)
 75  STEP BY STEP
      Eddie Rabbitt (#5, Oct)
 76  THE STROKE
      Billy Squier (#17, Aug)
 77  FEELS SO RIGHT
      Alabama (#20, Sept)
 78  SWEET BABY
      Stanley Clarke/George Duke (#19, Aug)
 79  SAME OLD LANG SYNE
      Dan Fogelberg (#9, Feb)
 80  COOL LOVE
      Pablo Cruise (#13, Sept)
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 81  HOLD ON TIGHT
      ELO (The Electric Light Orchestra) (#10, Oct)
 82  IT'S NOW OR NEVER
      John Schneider (#14, Aug)
 83  TREAT ME RIGHT
      Pat Benatar (#18, March)
 84  WINNING
      Santana (#17, July)
 85  WHAT KIND OF FOOL
      Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (#10, March)
 86  WATCHING THE WHEELS
      John Lennon (#10, May)
 87  TELL IT LIKE IT IS
      Heart (#8, Jan)
 88  SMOKEY MOUNTAIN RAIN
      Ronnie Milsap (#24, Feb)
 89  I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN
      Barry Manilow (#10, Jan)
 90  YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
      Daryl Hall and John Oates (#12, Nov 1980)
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 91  SUDDENLY
      Olivia Newton-John/Cliff Richard (#20, Jan)
 92  FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
      Sheena Easton (#4, Oct)
 93  THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY
      The Beach Boys (#12, Oct)
 94  WHIP IT
      Devo (#14, Nov 1980)
 95  MODERN GIRL
      Sheena Easton (#18, July)
 96  REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU
      Gary Wright (#16, Sept)
 97  SEVEN YEAR ACHE
      Rosanne Cash (#22, July)
 98  I'M COMING OUT
      Diana Ross (#5, Nov 1979)
 99  MISS SUN
      Boz Scaggs (#14, Feb)
100  TIME IS TIME
      Andy Gibb (#15, Jan)
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101. NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE-Stephanie Mills
102. GEMINI DREAM-The Moody Blues
104. HER TOWN TOO-James Taylor and J.D. Souther
105. IN THE AIR TONIGHT-Phil Collins
106 .FEELS SO RIGHT-Alabama
107. I COULD NEVER MISS YOU (More Than I Do)-Lulu
108. THE WANDERER-Donna Summer
109. SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME-Kenny Rogers
110. JESSE-Carly Simon
111. IS IT YOU-Lee Ritenour
112. HEARTS ON FIRE-Randy Meisner
113. DREAMING-Cliff Richard
114. THE VOICE-The Moody Blues
115. JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME-April Wine
116. TOUCH ME WHEN WE'RE DANCING-The Carpenters
117. YOU BETTER YOU BET-The Who
118. SAY YOU'LL BE MINE-Christopher Cross
119. FIRE AND ICE-Pat Benatar
120. I MISSED AGAIN-Phil Collins
121. SUPER FREAK (Part 1)-Rick James
122. THE WAITING-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
123. EVERYBODY'S GOTTA LEARN SOMETIME-The Korgis
124. OUT HERE ON MY OWN-Irene Cara
125. HOLD ON LOOSELY-.38 Special
126. THAT OLD SONG-Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio
127. SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA (She's Built, She's Stacked)-Carl Carlton
128. KILLIN' TIME-Fred Knoblock and Susan Anton
129. LOVELY ONE-The Jacksons
130. DOUBLE DUTCH BUS-Frankie Smith
131. SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD-The Eagles
132. PRECIOUS TO ME-Phil Seymour
133. TURN ME LOOSE-Loverboy
134. FOOL IN LOVE WOTH YOU-Jim Photoglo
135. IN YOUR LETTER-REO Speedwagon
136. ON THE ROAD AGAIN-Willie Nelson
137. BREAKING AWAY-Balance
138. THIS TIME-John Cougar (Mellencamp)
139. FADE AWAY-Bruce Springsteen
140. THEME FROM "THE DUKES OF HAZARD" (Good Ol' Boys)-Waylon Jennigs
141. DEEP INSIDE MY HEART-Randy Meisner
142. NOBODY WINS-Elton John
143. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE-Roger Daltry
144. AH LEAH-Donnie Iris
145. I BELIEVE IN YOU-Don Williams
146. WASN'T THAT A PARTY-The Rovers
147. SHINE ON-L.T.D.
148. LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL-Stacy Lattisaw
149. SWITCHIN' TO GLIDE/
       THIS BEAT GOES ON-The Kings
150. SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS (Some Days Are Stone)-John Denver