Weekly Rock Top 20 for September 26, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 5 | 1 | Don't Stop Believin' | ▲ | 7 |
| Journey |
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| 2 | 2 | Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) | ▲ | 15 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 1 | 3 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 10 | 4 | Tryin' To Live My Life Without You | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 7 | 5 | Hang Fire | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 3 | 6 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 17 | 7 | No Reply At All | 1 | 17 |
| Genesis |
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| 4 | 8 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 14 | 9 | Our Lips Are Sealed | 7 | 14 |
| Go-Go's |
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| 6 | 10 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| 13 | 11 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 11 | 12 | Bringin' On The Heartbreak | 11 | 26 |
| Def Leppard |
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| 9 | 13 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 16 | 14 | Pearl Necklace | ▲ |
| ZZ Top |
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| 8 | 15 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| - | 16 | Destroyer | 1 |
| The Kinks |
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| - | 17 | Waiting For A Girl Like You | 1 | 1 |
| Foreigner |
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| - | 18 | Better Things | 8 |
| The Kinks |
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| 12 | 19 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| - | 20 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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