Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 8, 1981 |
Pointer Sisters and Slow Hand finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Finding a spot at number two this week is Queen Of Hearts by Juice Newton. Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) by Joey Scarbury is at number three on the chart. |
| 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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