Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 1, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Urgent | ▲ | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 3 | 2 | Fire And Ice | ▲ | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 2 | 3 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 19 | 4 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 13 | 5 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 4 | 6 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 7 | 7 | Mr. Crowley | 3 |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 10 | 8 | T.N.T. | ▲ |
| AC/DC |
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| 6 | 9 | A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) | 1 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 14 | 10 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 8 | 11 | Gemini Dream | 5 | 7 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 5 | 12 | Tempted | 3 | 26 |
| Squeeze |
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| 16 | 13 | Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) | 8 |
| Don Felder |
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| - | 14 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| 12 | 15 | In The Dark | 6 |
| Billy Squier |
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| 18 | 16 | Really Wanna Know You | ▲ | 8 |
| Gary Wright |
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| - | 17 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 11 | 18 | Talk To Ya Later | 2 |
| The Tubes |
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| 9 | 19 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 4 | 13 |
| Greg Kihn Band |
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| 15 | 20 | The Stroke | 1 | 22 |
| Billy Squier |
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