Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 8, 1981 |
Blue Oyster Cult and Burnin' For You finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is at number two on the chart. Fire And Ice by Pat Benatar comes in at number three. |
| 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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