1981 Pop Top 100 Songs Of The Year |
Top 100 pop songs of 1981, based on our weekly pop chart archive. |
| songs 1 to 25 | songs 26 to 50 | songs 51 to 75 | songs 76 to 100 |
Pop Top 100 in popularity order
| red # = rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 51 | Hello Again | 2 | Mar 1981 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 52 | Sukiyaki | 1 | Jun 1981 |
| A Taste Of Honey |
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| 53 | You Make My Dreams | 3 | Jun 1981 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 54 | A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) | 4 | Jun 1981 |
| Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio |
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| 55 | Crying | 2 | Mar 1981 |
| Don McLean |
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| 56 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 | Oct 1981 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 57 | Trouble | 10 | 2 | Dec 1981 |
| Lindsey Buckingham |
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| 58 | Her Town Too | 4 | Apr 1981 |
| James Taylor And J.D. Souther |
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| 59 | America | 3 | Jun 1981 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 60 | Tell It Like It Is | 14 | 5 | Jan 1981 |
| Heart |
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| 61 | Elvira | 4 | Jul 1981 |
| Oak Ridge Boys |
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| 62 | Too Much Time On My Hands | 3 | 5 | May 1981 |
| Styx |
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| 63 | I Love You | 11 | May 1981 |
| Climax Blues Band |
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| 64 | Boy From New York City | 4 | Aug 1981 |
| The Manhattan Transfer |
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| 65 | A Little In Love | 6 | Feb 1981 |
| Cliff Richard |
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| 66 | Tryin' To Live My Life Without You | 1 | 3 | Oct 1981 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 67 | Why Do Fools Fall In Love | 4 | Dec 1981 |
| Diana Ross |
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| 68 | Just Once | 4 | Nov 1981 |
| Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram |
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| 69 | Let's Groove | 2 | Dec 1981 |
| Earth, Wind & Fire |
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| 70 | This Little Girl | 8 | 5 | Jun 1981 |
| Gary U.S. Bonds |
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| 71 | What Kind Of Fool | 3 | Mar 1981 |
| Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb |
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| 72 | Time | 4 | Aug 1981 |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
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| 73 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 | Sep 1981 |
| ELO |
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| 74 | I Made It Through The Rain | 7 | Jan 1981 |
| Barry Manilow |
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| 75 | Same Old Lang Syne | 6 | Jan 1981 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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