Here they are, the
absolutely greatest top hits from the history of popular
music.
The very best
music.
The
Year
is
1981.
These are the year's
Favo(u)rites in the UK, the top 20 single records.
Abba
- Lay All Your Love On Me - 07-1981 (Epic)
Abba - One Of Us -
12-1981
(Epic)
Adam & The Ants
- Young
Parisians - 02-1981 (Decca)
Adam & The Ants
- Kings Of
The Wild Frontier - 03-1981 (CBS)
Adam & The Ants
- Stand And
Deliver - 05-1981 (CBS)
Adam & The Ants
- Prince
Charming - 09-1981 (CBS)
Adam & The Ants
- Ant Rap -
12-1981 (CBS)
Altered Images -
Happy Birthday
- 10-1981 (Epic)
Laurie Anderson -
O Superman -
10-1981 (Warner)
Aneka - Japanese
Boy - 08-1981
(Hansa)
Bad Manners - Just
A Feeling -
04-1981 (Magnet)
Bad Manners - Can
Can - 07-1981
(Magnet)
Bad Manners -
Walkin' In The
Sunshine - 10-1978 (Magnet)
The Beat - Too
Nice To Talk To
- 01-1981 (Go Feet)
Beggar & Co -
(Somebody)
Help Me Out - 03-1981 (Ensign)
Blondie - Rapture
- 02-1981
(Chrysalis)
Graham Bonnett -
Night Games -
04-1981 (Vertigo)
Bucks Fizz -
Making Your Mind
Up - 04-1981 (RCA)
Bucks Fizz - Piece
Of The
Action - 07-1981 (RCA)
Bucks Fizz - Land
Of Make
Believe - 12-1981 (RCA)
Kate Bush - Sat
In Your Lap -
07-1981 (EMI)
Tony Capstick -
Capstick Comes
Home/The Sheffield Grinder - 04-1981 (Dingles)
Kim Carnes -
Bette Davies Eyes
- 05-1981 (EMI America)
Champaign - How
'Bout Us -
06-1981 (CBS)
Chas & Dave -
Rabbit -
01-1981 (Rockney)
Coast To Coast - (Do) The
Hucklebuck -
02-1981 (Polydor)
Phil Collins - In The Air
Tonight -
01-1981 (Virgin)
Phil Collins - I
Missed Again
- 03-1981 (Virgin)
Elvis Costello -
A Good Year
For The Roses - 10-1981 (F. Beat)
Randy Crawford -
You Might
Need Somebody - 07-1981 (Warner)
Kiki Dee - Star -
03-1981
(Ariola)
Depeche Mode - New
Life -
08-1981 (Mute)
Depeche Mode -
Just Can't Get
Enough - 10-1981 (Mute)
Dire Straits -
Romeo And Juliet
- 02-1981 (Vertigo)
Dollar - Mirror
Mirror (Mon
Amour) - 12-1981 (WEA)
Duran Duran -
Girls On Film -
08-1981 (EMI)
Earth, Wind & Fire
- Let's
Groove - 11-1981 (CBS)
Sheena Easton -
For Your Eyes
Only - 08-1981 (EMI)
The Electric Light
Orchestra -
Hold On Tight - 08-1981 (Jet)
Enigma - Ain't No
Stoppin' -
06-1981 (Creole)
The Four Tops -
When She Was My
Girl - 11-1981 (Casablanca)
Freeez - Southern
Freeez -
03-1981 (Beggars Banquet)
The Fureys &
Davey Arthur
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen - 11-1981 (Ritz)
Genesis - Abacab -
09-1981
(Charisma)
Gidea Park - Beach
Boy Gold -
08-1981 (Sonet)
Godley & Creme
- Under Your
Thumb - 10-1981 (Polydor)
Godley & Creme
- Wedding
Bells - 12-1981 (Polydor)
Haircut 100 -
Favourite Shirts
(Boy Meets Girl) - 11-1981 (Arista)
The Human League
- Love Action
(I Believe In Love) - 08-1981 (Virgin)
The Human League
- Open Your
Heart - 10-1981 (Virgin)
The Human League
- Don't You
Want Me - 12-1981 (Virgin)
Julio Iglesias -
Begin The
Beguine (Volver A Empezar) - 11-1981 (CBS)
Imagination -
Body Talk -
07-1981 (R&B)
The Jacksons -
Can You Feel It
- 04-1981 (Epic)
The Jacksons -
Walk Right Now
- 08-981 (Epic)
Michael Jackson -
One Day In
Your Life - 06-1981 (Motown)
Jam - Funeral Pyre
- 06-1981
(Polydor)
Jam - Absolute
Beginners -
10-1981 (Polydor)
The Joe Dolce Music
Theatre -
Shaddup You Face - 02-1981 (Epic)
Quincy Jones -
Razzamatazz -
07-1981 (A&M)
Landscape -
Einstein A Go-Go -
04-1981 (RCA)
John Lennon -
Imagine -
01-1981 (Apple)
John Lennon -
Woman - 01-1981
(Geffen)
The Linx -
Intuition - 04-1981
(Chrysalis)
Lobo - Caribbean
Disco -
08-1981 (Polydor)
The Look - I Am
The Beat -
01-1981 (MCA)
Madness - Return
Of The Los
Palmas 7 - 02-1981 (Stiff)
Madness - Grey Day
- 05-1981
(Stiff)
Madness - Shut Up
- 0-1981
(Stiff)
Madness - It Must
Be Love -
12-1981 (Stiff)
Bob Marley &
The Wailers -
No Woman No Cry - 07-1981 (Island)
Keith
Marshall - Only
Crying -
05-1981 (Arrival)
Sugar
Minott - Good
Thing
Going (We've Got A Good Thing Going) - 04-1981 (RCA)
Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai
(Theme From 'The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George') -
04-1981 (BBC)
Modern Romance -
Everybody
Salsa - 09-1981 (WEA)
Modern Romance -
Ay Ay Ay Ay
Moosey - 12-1981 (WEA)
Motorhead &
Girlschool -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre E.P. - 02-1981 (Bronze)
Motorhead -
Motorhead Live -
07-1981 (Bronze)
Olivia Newton-John
- Physical
- 11-1981 (EMI)
The
Nolans - Attention
To Me -
04-1981 (Epic)
Gary Numan -
She's Got Claws
- 09-1981 (Beggars Banquet)
Hazel
O'Connor - D-Days
-
04-1981 (Albion)
Hazel O'Connor -
Will You -
06-1981 (A&M)
Odyssey - Going
Back To My
Roots - 06-1981 (RCA)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In
The Dark
- Souvenir - 09-1981 (Dindisc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In
The Dark
- Joan Of Arc - 11-1981 (Dindisc)
Ottawan - Hands Up
(Give Me
Your Heart) - 09-1981
Elaine Paige -
Memory - 06-1981
(Polydor)
The Pointer Sisters
- Slow
Hand - 09-1981 (Planet)
The Police -
Invisible Sun -
10-1981 (A&M)
The Police -
Every Little
Thing She Does is Magic - 10-1981 (A&M)
The Police -
Spirits In The
Material World - 12-1981 (A&M)
The Pretenders -
Message Of
Love - 02-1981 (Real)
The Pretenders -
I Go To Sleep
- 11-1981 (Real)
Queen & David
Bowie - Under
Pressure - 11-1981 (EMI)
Rainbow - I
Surrender - 02-1981
(Polydor)
REO Speedwagon -
Keep On Loving
You - 05-1981 (Epic)
Cliff Richard -
Wired For Sound
- 09-1981 (EMI)
Cliff Richard -
Daddy's Home -
12 -1981 (EMI)
Kate Robbins
& Beyond -
More Than In Love - 06-1981 (RCA)
B.A. Robertson
& Maggie
Bell - Hold Me - 11-1981 (Swansong)
Smokey Robinson -
Being With
You - 06-1981 (Motown)
The Rolling Stones
- Start Me
Up - 09-1981 (Rolling Stone)
Diana Ross &
Lionel Richie
- Endless Love - 09-1981 (Motown)
Diana Ross - Why
Do Fools Fall
In Love - 11-1981 (Capitol)
Roxy Music -
Jealous Guy -
02-1981 (EG)
The Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra
- Hooked On Classics - 08-1981 (RCA)
Saxon - And The
Bands Played On
- 04-1981 (Carrere)
Shakin' Stevens -
This Ole
House - 03-1981 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens -
You Drive Me
Crazy - 05-1981 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens -
Green Door -
08-1981 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens -
It's Raining
- 10-1981 (Epic)
Slade - We'll
Bring The House
Down - 02-1981 (Cheapskate)
Soft Cell -
Tainted Love -
08-1981 (Some Bizzare)
Soft Cell - Bed
Sitter -
11-1981 (Some Bizzare)
Red Sovine -
Teddy Bear -
06-1981 (Starday)
Spandau Ballet -
Musclebound/Glow - 05-1981 (Reformation)
Spandau Ballet -
Chant No. 1 (I
Don't Need This Pressure On) - 07-1981 (Reformation)
The Specials - Do
Nothing/Maggie's Farm - 01-1981 (2 Tone)
The Specials -
Ghost Town -
06-1981 (2 Tone)
Squeeze - Labelled
With Love -
11-1981 (A&M)
Alvin Stardust -
Pretend -
09-1981 (Stiff)
Starsound - Stars
On 45 -
05-1981 (CBS)
Starsound - Stars
On 45 (Vol 2)
- 07-1981 (CBS)
Status Quo -
Something 'Bout
You Baby I Like - 03-1981 (Vertigo)
Status Quo - Rock
'n' Roll -
12-1981 (Vertigo)
Dave Stewart
& Barbara
Gaskin - It's My Party - 10-1981 (Broken)
Rod Stewart -
Tonight I'm
Yours (Don't Hurt Me) - 11-1981 (Riva)
The Stray Cats -
Rock This Town
- 02-1981 (Arista)
The Stray Cats -
Stray Cat
Strut - 05-1981 (Arista)
Talking Heads -
Once In A
Lifetime - 03-1981 (Sire)
Teardrop Explodes
- Reward -
03-1981 (Vertigo)
Ten Pole Tudor -
Swords Of A
Thousand Men - 05-1981 (Stif)
Third World -
Dancing On The
Floor (Hooked On Love) - 07-1981 (BS)
Tight Fit - Back
To The Sixties
- 08-1981 (Jive)
Tom Tom Club -
Wordy
Rappinghood - 07-1981 (Island)
The Tottenham Hotspur
F.A. Cup Final
Squad - Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To
Wembley) -
05-1981 (Rockney)
Toyah - Four From
Toyah E.P. -
03-1981 (Safari)
Toyah - I Want To
Be Free -
05-1981 (Safari)
Toyah - Thunder In
Mountains -
10-1981 (Safari)
Toyah - Four More
From Toyah
E.P. - 12-1981 (Safari)
Tweets - The
Birdie Song
(Birdie Dance) - 10-1981 (PRT)
UB40 - One In Ten
- 09-1981
(Dep International)
Ultravox - Vienna
- 02-1981
(Chrysalis)
Ultravox - All
Stood Still -
06-1981 (Chrysalis)
Ultravox - The
Thin Wall -
09-1981 (Chrysalis)
Vangelis -
Chariots Of Fire -
Titles - 06-1981 (Polydor)
Visage - Fade To
Grey - 02-1981
(Polydor)
Visage - Mind Of A
Toy -
04-1981 (Polydor)
Fred Wedlock -
Oldest Swinger
In Town - 02-1981 (Rocket)
The Whispers -
It's A Love
Thing - 04-1981 (Solar)
The Who - You
Better You Bet -
03-1981 (Polydor)
Kim Wilde - Kids
In America -
03-1981 (RAK)
Kim Wilde -
Chequered Love -
05-1981 (RAK)
Kim Wilde - Water
On
Glass/Boys - 08-1981 (RAK)
Kim Wilde -
Cambodia - 12-1981
(RAK)
Stevie Wonder - I
Ain't Gonna
Stand For It - 01-1981 (Motown)
Stevie Wonder -
Lately -
03-1981 (Motown)
Stevie Wonder -
Happy Birthday
- 08-1981 (Motown)
Yarbrough & Peoples
- Don't
Stop The Music - 01-1981 (Mercury)
1981 in the US
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