Weekly Rock Top 20 for May 23, 1981 |
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is top over this week's song chart with The Waiting. Santana finds the number two position this week with Winning. Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne is at number three on the chart. |
| 2 | 1 | The Waiting | ▲ | 10 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 1 | 2 | Winning | 1 | 7 |
| Santana |
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| 3 | 3 | Crazy Train | 1 |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 8 | 4 | Big Balls | ▲ |
| AC/DC |
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| 5 | 5 | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 1 |
| AC/DC |
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| 4 | 6 | In The Air Tonight | 1 | 6 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 15 | 7 | A Life Of Illusion | 1 | 25 |
| Joe Walsh |
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| 13 | 8 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 4 | 13 |
| Greg Kihn Band |
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| 10 | 9 | Find Your Way Back | 2 | 22 |
| Jefferson Starship |
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| 11 | 10 | This Little Girl | 8 | 5 |
| Gary U.S. Bonds |
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| 7 | 11 | Message Of Love | 4 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 20 | 12 | The Stroke | 1 | 22 |
| Billy Squier |
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| 12 | 13 | Bette Davis Eyes | 12 | 1 |
| Kim Carnes |
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| 6 | 14 | Another Tricky Day | 4 |
| The Who |
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| - | 15 | Won't Get Fooled Again | 14 |
| Pete Townshend |
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| - | 16 | Mean Street | 8 |
| Van Halen |
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| 9 | 17 | Limelight | 1 |
| Rush |
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| - | 18 | Stranger | 13 |
| Jefferson Starship |
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| - | 19 | Talk To Ya Later | 2 |
| The Tubes |
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| 14 | 20 | You Better You Bet | 1 | 12 |
| The Who |
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