Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 15, 1981 |
Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and Stop Draggin' My Heart Around finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Who's Crying Now by Journey finds the runner-up spot. At number three this week is Ozzy Osbourne with Mr. Crowley. |
| 2 | 1 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | ▲ | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 4 | 2 | Who's Crying Now | ▲ | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 6 | 3 | Mr. Crowley | ▲ |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 5 | 4 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 3 | 5 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 11 | 6 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 1 | 7 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| - | 8 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 12 | 9 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 16 | 10 | Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) | 8 |
| Don Felder |
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| 14 | 11 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 13 | 12 | Straight From The Heart | 10 | 28 |
| The Allman Brothers Band |
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| 18 | 13 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 14 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 9 | 15 | A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) | 1 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 15 | 16 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| - | 17 | In The Heartland | 13 |
| Michael Stanley Band |
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| - | 18 | Pearl Necklace | 14 |
| ZZ Top |
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| - | 19 | The Friends Of Mr. Cairo | ▲ |
| Jon And Vangelis |
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| 8 | 20 | Tempted | 3 | 26 |
| Squeeze |
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