Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 22, 1981 |
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is the number one song this week. Journey finds the number two position this week with Who's Crying Now. At number three this week is The Rolling Stones with Start Me Up. |
| 1 | 1 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | ▲ | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 2 | 2 | Who's Crying Now | ▲ | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 8 | 3 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 7 | 4 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 5 | 5 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 4 | 6 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 6 | 7 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 10 | 8 | Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) | ▲ |
| Don Felder |
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| 3 | 9 | Mr. Crowley | 3 |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 12 | 10 | Straight From The Heart | ▲ | 28 |
| The Allman Brothers Band |
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| 9 | 11 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 14 | 12 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| - | 13 | Night Life | 10 |
| Foreigner |
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| 11 | 14 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| - | 15 | Meanwhile | ▲ |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 16 | 16 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| - | 17 | Bringin' On The Heartbreak | 11 | 26 |
| Def Leppard |
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| 17 | 18 | In The Heartland | 13 |
| Michael Stanley Band |
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| 13 | 19 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 20 | Let It Go | ▲ |
| Def Leppard |
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