Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 29, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Start Me Up | ▲ | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 1 | 2 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 7 | 3 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 11 | 4 | Tube Snake Boogie | ▲ |
| ZZ Top |
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| 2 | 5 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 6 | 6 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 16 | 7 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| 12 | 8 | The Adultress | ▲ |
| The Pretenders |
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| 4 | 9 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 14 | 10 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| - | 11 | Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) | 2 | 15 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 5 | 12 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 18 | 13 | In The Heartland | ▲ |
| Michael Stanley Band |
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| 17 | 14 | Bringin' On The Heartbreak | 11 | 26 |
| Def Leppard |
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| - | 15 | Don't Stop Believin' | 1 | 7 |
| Journey |
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| 13 | 16 | Night Life | 10 |
| Foreigner |
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| - | 17 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| - | 18 | Just Like Me | 17 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 15 | 19 | Meanwhile | 15 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 9 | 20 | Mr. Crowley | 3 |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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