Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 1, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | I Don't Need You | ▲ |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 3 | 2 | Hearts | ▲ |
| Marty Balin |
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| 4 | 3 | Slow Hand | 1 |
| Pointer Sisters |
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| 5 | 4 | Boy From New York City | ▲ |
| The Manhattan Transfer |
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| 1 | 5 | Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) | 1 |
| Joey Scarbury |
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| 11 | 6 | Queen Of Hearts | 2 |
| Juice Newton |
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| 8 | 7 | Gemini Dream | 5 | ▲ |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 9 | 8 | Jessie's Girl | 17 | 2 |
| Rick Springfield |
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| 10 | 9 | Time | 4 |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
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| 6 | 10 | Elvira | 4 |
| Oak Ridge Boys |
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| 20 | 11 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | 4 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 7 | 12 | The One That You Love | 1 |
| Air Supply |
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| 16 | 13 | Touch Me When We're Dancing | 10 |
| Carpenters |
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| 14 | 14 | In The Air Tonight | 1 | 6 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 21 | 15 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 24 | 16 | Endless Love | 1 |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 18 | 17 | Sweet Baby | 15 |
| Stanley Clarke/George Duke |
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| 23 | 18 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 17 | 19 | Don't Let Him Go | 2 | 17 |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| 30 | 20 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 4 | 13 |
| Greg Kihn Band |
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| 29 | 21 | Everlasting Love | 14 |
| Rex Smith Rachel Sweet |
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| 19 | 22 | All Those Years Ago | 8 | 1 |
| George Harrison |
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| 13 | 23 | You Make My Dreams | 3 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 12 | 24 | Bette Davis Eyes | 12 | 1 |
| Kim Carnes |
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| 28 | 25 | Cool Love | 7 |
| Pablo Cruise |
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| 27 | 26 | Don't Want To Wait Anymore | 19 | 22 |
| The Tubes |
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| 22 | 27 | The Stroke | 1 | 22 |
| Billy Squier |
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| - | 28 | Nightwalker | ▲ |
| Gino Vannelli |
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| - | 29 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| - | 30 | Love On A Two-Way Street | 21 |
| Stacy Lattisaw |
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