Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 3, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | Tryin' To Live My Life Without You | ▲ | 3 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 1 | 2 | Don't Stop Believin' | 1 | 7 |
| Journey |
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| 7 | 3 | No Reply At All | 1 | 17 |
| Genesis |
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| 16 | 4 | Destroyer | 1 |
| The Kinks |
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| 2 | 5 | Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) | 2 | 15 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 5 | 6 | Hang Fire | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 3 | 7 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 9 | 8 | Our Lips Are Sealed | 7 | 14 |
| Go-Go's |
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| 8 | 9 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 6 | 10 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 10 | 11 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| 17 | 12 | Waiting For A Girl Like You | 1 | 1 |
| Foreigner |
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| 20 | 13 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 18 | 14 | Better Things | 8 |
| The Kinks |
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| 13 | 15 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 12 | 16 | Bringin' On The Heartbreak | 11 | 26 |
| Def Leppard |
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| - | 17 | Magic Power | 1 |
| Triumph |
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| 11 | 18 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| - | 19 | Nine Tonight LIVE | 16 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| - | 20 | Little T And A | 3 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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