Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 8, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Burnin' For You | ▲ | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 5 | 2 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 2 | 3 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 4 | 4 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 1 | 5 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 7 | 6 | Mr. Crowley | 3 |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 6 | 7 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 12 | 8 | Tempted | 3 | 26 |
| Squeeze |
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| 9 | 9 | A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) | 1 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 8 | 10 | T.N.T. | 8 |
| AC/DC |
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| 17 | 11 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 10 | 12 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| - | 13 | Straight From The Heart | 10 | 28 |
| The Allman Brothers Band |
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| - | 14 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 14 | 15 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| 13 | 16 | Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) | 8 |
| Don Felder |
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| - | 17 | Icehouse | ▲ |
| Icehouse |
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| - | 18 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 19 | Night Life | 10 |
| Foreigner |
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| - | 20 | Main Street U.S.A. | ▲ |
| Union |
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