Weekly Pop Top 30 for October 17, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | ▲ |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 3 | 2 | Private Eyes | 1 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 4 | 3 | For Your Eyes Only | ▲ |
| Sheena Easton |
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| 6 | 4 | Hard To Say | 19 | 1 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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| 5 | 5 | The Night Owls | 4 |
| Little River Band |
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| 8 | 6 | Share Your Love With Me | ▲ |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 2 | 7 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 11 | 8 | We're In This Love Together | 5 |
| Al Jarreau |
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| 15 | 9 | I've Done Everything For You | 6 |
| Rick Springfield |
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| 14 | 10 | Tryin' To Live My Life Without You | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 10 | 11 | Endless Love | 1 |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 16 | 12 | When She Was My Girl | 7 |
| The Four Tops |
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| 9 | 13 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 18 | 14 | Just Once | 4 |
| Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram |
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| 20 | 15 | Say Goodbye To Hollywood | 4 | 12 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 7 | 16 | Step By Step | 3 |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| 12 | 17 | I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) | 10 |
| Lulu |
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| 21 | 18 | Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) | 2 |
| Air Supply |
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| 28 | 19 | The Theme From Hill Street Blues | 7 |
| Mike Post Featuring Larry Carlton |
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| 13 | 20 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 24 | 21 | Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love) | 19 |
| Marty Balin |
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| 26 | 22 | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | 1 | 2 |
| The Police |
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| - | 23 | Super Freak | 19 |
| Rick James |
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| 19 | 24 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| - | 25 | Oh No | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 17 | 26 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| - | 27 | Waiting For A Girl Like You | 1 | 1 |
| Foreigner |
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| 23 | 28 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| - | 29 | Alien | 23 |
| Atlanta Rhythm Section |
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| - | 30 | He's A Liar | ▲ |
| Bee Gees |
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