Pop and Rock Chart Archive
and Music Encyclopedia

Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 1, 1981

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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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Foreigner is top over this week's song chart with Urgent. Fire And Ice by Pat Benatar finds the runner-up spot. At number three this week is Blue Oyster Cult with Burnin' For You.


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