Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Weekly Rock Top 20 for September 5, 1981

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1 1   Start Me Up 2  
  The Rolling Stones
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3 2   Juke Box Hero 30  
  Foreigner
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2 3   Stop Draggin' My Heart Around 1 1  
  Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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7 4   Stone In Love 3    
  Journey
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5 5   Who's Crying Now 2 1  
  Journey
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11 6   Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) 2 15  
  Stevie Nicks
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4 7   Tube Snake Boogie 4    
  ZZ Top
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10 8   Hold On Tight 4  
  ELO
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8 9   The Adultress 8    
  The Pretenders
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6 10   Urgent 1 2  
  Foreigner
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12 11   Fire And Ice 2 10  
  Pat Benatar
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16 12   Night Life 10    
  Foreigner
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9 13   Burnin' For You 1 23  
  Blue Oyster Cult
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15 14   Don't Stop Believin' 1 7  
  Journey
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13 15   In The Heartland 13    
  Michael Stanley Band
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19 16   Meanwhile 15    
  The Moody Blues
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18 17   Just Like Me    
  Pat Benatar
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14 18   Bringin' On The Heartbreak 11 26  
  Def Leppard
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- 19   Don't Want To Wait Anymore 22  
  Tubes
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- 20   Rock 'N Roll Doctor    
  Little Feat
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The number one song this week is Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones. Foreigner finds the number two position this week with Juke Box Hero. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers comes in at number three.


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