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1981's
Hit Music & Song Charts
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1981's
Biggest Artists, Albums and Songs
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| 1981 Hot Pop Songs Most Requested
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Don’t Stop Believin’ –Journey |
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Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield |
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You Make My Dreams - Hall and Oates
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Super Freak - Rick James |
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Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go Gos |
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Every Little Thing She Does is
Magic - The Police |
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In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins |
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Don't Stand So Close to Me - The
Police |
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Back In Black - AC/DC |
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Fire and Ice - Pat Benetar |
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Hold on Loosely - .38 Special |
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You Make My Dreams - Daryl Hall
& John Oates |
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Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones |
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Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner |
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Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington
Jr. w/ Bill Withers |
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Let’s Groove - Earth Wind, and
Fire |
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Physical - Olivia Newton John |
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Tom Sawyer - Rush |
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Celebration - Kool and The Gang |
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The Waiting - Tom Petty |
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Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon |
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Burnin’ For You - Blue Oyster Cult |
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Endless Love - Diana Ross &
Lionel Richie |
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Private Eyes - Hall and Oates |
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The Tide Is High - Blondie |
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Artists in the Pop Charts Included:
Sheena Easton, Phil Collins (solo), Loverboy, Stevie
Nicks (solo), Lionel Richie, The Oak Ridge Boys, Al
Jarreau, Steve Winwood (solo), The Go-Gos, Billy Squire,
Luthor Vandross, Debbie Harry (solo), Marty Balin (solo)
and Lee Ritenour |
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1981's
Retro Pop Top 10 Hit List
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Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes |
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Flash's Theme (Flash) - Queen |
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Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris |
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Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton |
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I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt |
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9 to 5 - Dolly Parton |
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Private Eyes - Hall and Oates |
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Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne |
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Fire and Ice - Pat Benatar |
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Hearts - Marty Balin |
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1981's
One Hit Wonders &
'Money Song' Top 10 Hit List
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Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith |
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Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman |
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Tempted - Squeeze |
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Precious To Me - Phil Seymour |
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Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash |
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Teacher Teacher - Rockpile |
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Sausalito Summernight - Diesel |
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Sweet Baby - Stanley Clark & George Duke |
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Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce |
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A Woman's Got The Power - The A's |
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1981's
Dance Top 10 Hit List
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Let's Groove - Earth Wind and Fire |
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When She Was My Girl - Four Tops |
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Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith |
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Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) -
Kool and the Gang |
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She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built She's Stacked)
- Carl Carlton |
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Don't The Music - Yarbrough & Peoples |
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We're In This Love Together - Al Jarreau |
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Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside |
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A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
- Ray Parker Jr & Raydio |
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Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) - Gap Band |
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1981's
Pop Dance Top 10 Hit List
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Super Freak - Rick James |
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Celebration - Kool and the Gang |
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Give It To Me Baby - Rick James |
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Physical - Olivia Newton-John |
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Morning Train (9 to 5) - Sheena Easton |
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Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Gos |
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Lady (You Bring Me Up) - Commodores |
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Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters |
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Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 |
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This Little Girl - Gary U.S. Bonds |
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1981's
Pop Rock Top 10 Hit List
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Don't Stop Believin' - Journey |
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Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield |
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Back In Black - AC/DC |
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Start Me Up - Rolling Stones |
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Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police |
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Urgent - Foreigner |
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De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police |
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Rapture - Blondie |
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Fashion - David Bowie |
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Tempted - Squeeze |
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1981's
Album Rock Top 10 Hit List
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Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police |
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While You See a Chance - Steve Winwood |
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Back In Black - AC/DC |
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The Stroke - Billy Squire |
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Stop Draggin My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks and Tom
Petty |
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Skateaway - Dire Straites |
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The Voice - The Moody Blues |
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Burnin For You - Blue Oyster Cult |
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Who's Makin Love - The Blues Brothers |
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The Waiting - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
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More
of 1981's Album Rock
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Fade Away - Bruce Springsteen |
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1981's
Bubblegum Pop Music Top Ten
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Physical - Olivia Newton-John |
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Morning Train - Sheena Easton |
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De DoDoDo, De Da Da Da - The POlice |
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Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton |
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The Tide Is High - Blondie |
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Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic -
The Police |
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Step By Step - Eddie Rabbitt |
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Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce |
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My Girl (Gone Gone Gone) - Chilliwack |
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Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' - Joey Scarbury |
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PCM's
1981 Top 10 Hit List
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Don't Stop Believin' - Journey |
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Let's Groove - Earth, Wind and Fire |
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Super Freak - Rick James |
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Give It To Me Baby - Rick James |
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Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield |
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Start Me Up - Rolling Stones |
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Back In Black - AC/DC |
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I Love You - Climax Blues Band |
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Celebration - Kool and The Gang |
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She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
- Carl Carlton |
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PCM 1981
Annual Best
Music
Hits Here
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One Hit Wonders include artists with only one
song in Billboard's Top 40 Pop Charts,
songs of note and well-known hits that did not even
make the Billboard Pop Charts.
Hot Pop Songs/PCM Charts are based on DJ requests and online suggestions.
Some songs are listed in multiple years because some
charts list the
'release date' as the official date, while others
list the chart 'peak date.'
Compromising that data, we try to list songs for the
year they saw the most chart action.
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