Weekly Pop Top 30 for September 26, 1981 |
Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and Stop Draggin' My Heart Around finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) by Christopher Cross finds the runner-up spot. Journey finds the third chart position this week with Who's Crying Now. |
| 1 | 1 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | ▲ |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 6 | 2 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 1 |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 2 | 3 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 7 | 4 | For Your Eyes Only | 3 |
| Sheena Easton |
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| 3 | 5 | Step By Step | 3 |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| 9 | 6 | The Voice | 1 | ▲ |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 4 | 7 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 16 | 8 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 5 | 9 | Endless Love | 1 |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 12 | 10 | I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) | ▲ |
| Lulu |
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| 17 | 11 | The Night Owls | 4 |
| Little River Band |
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| 8 | 12 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 21 | 13 | Private Eyes | 1 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 10 | 14 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 14 | 15 | The Beach Boys Medley | 13 |
| The Beach Boys |
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| 11 | 16 | Queen Of Hearts | 2 |
| Juice Newton |
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| 20 | 17 | In Your Letter | ▲ |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| 22 | 18 | Breaking Away | 16 |
| Balance |
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| 15 | 19 | Really Wanna Know You | 16 | 8 |
| Gary Wright |
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| 24 | 20 | Hard To Say | 19 | 1 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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| 25 | 21 | Share Your Love With Me | 6 |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 13 | 22 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | 4 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 26 | 23 | Draw Of The Cards | ▲ |
| Kim Carnes |
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| 23 | 24 | Cool Love | 7 |
| Pablo Cruise |
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| 30 | 25 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| - | 26 | We're In This Love Together | 5 |
| Al Jarreau |
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| - | 27 | Just Once | 4 |
| Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram |
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| - | 28 | Tryin' To Live My Life Without You | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| - | 29 | When She Was My Girl | 7 |
| The Four Tops |
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| 19 | 30 | Slow Hand | 1 |
| Pointer Sisters |
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