Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 3, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Keep On Loving You | ▲ | 2 |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| 3 | 2 | Once In A Lifetime | ▲ |
| Talking Heads |
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| 4 | 3 | Seven Bridges Road | ▲ | 16 |
| Eagles |
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| 10 | 4 | Woman | 1 | 1 |
| John Lennon |
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| 2 | 5 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | 1 |
| John Lennon |
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| 13 | 6 | Giving It Up For Your Love | ▲ | 6 |
| Delbert McClinton |
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| 6 | 7 | Watching The Wheels | 6 | 2 |
| John Lennon |
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| 17 | 8 | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 2 |
| Outlaws |
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| 9 | 9 | Skateaway | 4 |
| Dire Straits |
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| 18 | 10 | Treat Me Right | 2 | 8 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 12 | 11 | The River | 9 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 7 | 12 | Hey Nineteen | 1 | 3 |
| Steely Dan |
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| - | 13 | Snake Eyes | 7 |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
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| 11 | 14 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 14 | 15 | Teacher, Teacher | 10 |
| Rockpile |
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| 5 | 16 | The Tide Is High | 5 | 1 |
| Blondie |
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| - | 17 | Cadillac Ranch | 11 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 6 | 18 | Passion | 2 | 2 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| - | 19 | Time Out Of Mind | 4 | 10 |
| Steely Dan |
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| 8 | 20 | When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around | 3 |
| The Police |
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