Weekly Pop Top 30 for January 3, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | ▲ |
| John Lennon |
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| 3 | 2 | Love On The Rocks | ▲ |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 2 | 3 | Guilty | 2 |
| Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb |
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| 4 | 4 | The Tide Is High | 5 | 1 |
| Blondie |
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| 7 | 5 | Passion | 2 | 2 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| 10 | 6 | Tell It Like It Is | 14 | 5 |
| Heart |
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| 14 | 7 | I Made It Through The Rain | ▲ |
| Barry Manilow |
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| 6 | 8 | Every Woman In The World | 2 |
| Air Supply |
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| 13 | 9 | Hey Nineteen | 1 | 3 |
| Steely Dan |
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| 18 | 10 | Celebration | 1 |
| Kool And The Gang |
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| 9 | 11 | Suddenly | 9 |
| Olivia Newton-John And Cliff Richard |
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| 8 | 12 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | 2 | 8 |
| The Police |
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| 5 | 13 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 12 | 14 | One Step Closer | 11 |
| The Doobie Brothers |
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| 20 | 15 | I Love A Rainy Night | 2 |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| 16 | 16 | Time Is Time | 12 |
| Andy Gibb |
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| 11 | 17 | More Than I Can Say | 1 |
| Leo Sayer |
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| 21 | 18 | Together | 16 |
| Tierra |
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| 15 | 19 | Lady | 1 |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 23 | 20 | It's My Turn | 15 |
| Diana Ross |
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| - | 21 | Miss Sun | 8 |
| Boz Scaggs |
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| 17 | 22 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 23 | Same Old Lang Syne | 6 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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| - | 24 | Giving It Up For Your Love | 6 | 6 |
| Delbert McClinton |
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| 22 | 25 | Never Be The Same | 3 |
| Christopher Cross |
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| - | 26 | Keep On Loving You | 1 | 2 |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| 28 | 27 | My Mother's Eyes | ▲ |
| Bette Midler |
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| - | 28 | Cold Love | 26 |
| Donna Summer |
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| 25 | 29 | Girls Can Get It | 25 |
| Dr. Hook |
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| 19 | 30 | Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime | 11 |
| The Korgis |
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