Weekly Rock Top 20 for September 5, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Start Me Up | ▲ | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 3 | 2 | Juke Box Hero | ▲ | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 2 | 3 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 7 | 4 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| 5 | 5 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 11 | 6 | Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) | 2 | 15 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 4 | 7 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 10 | 8 | Hold On Tight | ▲ | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 8 | 9 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 6 | 10 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 12 | 11 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 16 | 12 | Night Life | 10 |
| Foreigner |
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| 9 | 13 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 15 | 14 | Don't Stop Believin' | 1 | 7 |
| Journey |
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| 13 | 15 | In The Heartland | 13 |
| Michael Stanley Band |
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| 19 | 16 | Meanwhile | 15 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 18 | 17 | Just Like Me | ▲ |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 14 | 18 | Bringin' On The Heartbreak | 11 | 26 |
| Def Leppard |
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| - | 19 | Don't Want To Wait Anymore | ▲ | 22 |
| Tubes |
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| - | 20 | Rock 'N Roll Doctor | ▲ |
| Little Feat |
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