Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 8, 1981

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3 1   Slow Hand  
  Pointer Sisters
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6 2   Queen Of Hearts  
  Juice Newton
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5 3   Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) 1  
  Joey Scarbury
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9 4   Time  
  The Alan Parsons Project
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1 5   I Don't Need You 1  
  Kenny Rogers
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16 6   Endless Love 1  
  Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
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11 7   (There's) No Gettin' Over Me 4  
  Ronnie Milsap
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15 8   Lady (You Bring Me Up) 1  
  Commodores
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14 9   In The Air Tonight 1 6  
  Phil Collins
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13 10   Touch Me When We're Dancing  
  Carpenters
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2 11   Hearts 2  
  Marty Balin
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10 12   Elvira 4  
  Oak Ridge Boys
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4 13   Boy From New York City 4  
  The Manhattan Transfer
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18 14   Urgent 1 2  
  Foreigner
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12 15   The One That You Love 1  
  Air Supply
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21 16   Everlasting Love 14  
  Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet
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8 17   Jessie's Girl 17 2  
  Rick Springfield
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25 18   Cool Love 7  
  Pablo Cruise
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7 19   Gemini Dream 5 7  
  The Moody Blues
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20 20   The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) 4 13  
  Greg Kihn Band
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29 21   Who's Crying Now 2 1  
  Journey
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26 22   Don't Want To Wait Anymore 19  
  Tubes
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22 23   All Those Years Ago 8 1  
  George Harrison
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24 24   Bette Davis Eyes 12 1  
  Kim Carnes
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30 25   Love On A Two-Way Street 21  
  Stacy Lattisaw
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- 26   Really Wanna Know You 16 8  
  Gary Wright
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- 27   Don't Give It Up 23  
  Robbie Patton
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- 28   Fire And Ice 2 10  
  Pat Benatar
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- 29   It's Now Or Never  
  John Schneider
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17 30   Sweet Baby 15  
  Stanley Clarke/George Duke
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The number one song this week is Slow Hand by Pointer Sisters. Juice Newton finds the number two position this week with Queen Of Hearts. Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) by Joey Scarbury is at number three on the chart.


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