Top 100 Songs Of 1981

These are the top 100 songs of 1981. Within the top 100 there are a total of 79 different bands or artists.

There are five acts with the most entries. Each of these acts has a total of three entries in the top songs of 1981:

  • Barbra Streisand (including two duets with Barry Gibb)
  • Hall & Oates
  • John Lennon
  • Neil Diamond
  • Sheena Easton

The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.

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Top Songs of 1981

1Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
2Endless Love
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
3Lady
Kenny Rogers
4(Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon
5Jessie’s Girl
Rick Springfield
6Celebration
Kool & the Gang
7Kiss on My List
Hall & Oates
8I Love a Rainy Night
Eddie Rabbitt
99 to 5
Dolly Parton
10Keep on Loving You
REO Speedwagon
11Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)
Joey Scarbury
12Morning Train (Nine to Five)
Sheena Easton
13Being with You
Smokey Robinson
14Queen of Hearts
Juice Newton
15Rapture
Blondie
16A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Raydio
17The Tide Is High
Blondie
18Just the Two of Us
Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers
19Slow Hand
The Pointer Sisters
20I Love You
Climax Blues Band
21Woman
John Lennon
22Sukiyaki
A Taste of Honey
23The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
24Stars on 45 Medley
Stars on 45
25Angel of the Morning
Juice Newton
26Love on the Rocks
Neil Diamond
27Every Woman in the World
Air Supply
28The One That You Love
Air Supply
29Guilty
Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
30The Best of Times
Styx
31Elvira
The Oak Ridge Boys
32Take It on the Run
REO Speedwagon
33(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me
Ronnie Milsap
34Living Inside Myself
Gino Vannelli
35Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
36The Boy from New York City
The Manhattan Transfer
37Urgent
Foreigner
38Passion
Rod Stewart
39Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Commodores
40Crying
Don McLean
41Hearts
Marty Balin
42It’s My Turn
Diana Ross
43You Make My Dreams
Hall & Oates
44I Don’t Need You
Kenny Rogers
45How ‘Bout Us
Champaign
46
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
47The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)
The Greg Kihn Band
48Time
The Alan Parsons Project
49Hungry Heart
Bruce Springsteen
50Sweetheart
Franke and the Knockouts
51More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
52Somebody’s Knockin’
Terri Gibbs
53Together
Tierra
54Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
55What Are We Doin’ in Love
Dottie West & Kenny Rogers
56Who’s Crying Now
Journey
57De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
58This Little Girl
Gary U.S. Bonds
59Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
60Giving It Up for Your Love
Delbert McClinton
61A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
62America
Neil Diamond
63Ain’t Even Done With The Night
John Cougar
64Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Christopher Cross
65Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
66Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
67I Can’t Stand It
Eric Clapton
68While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
69Master Blaster (Jammin’)
Stevie Wonder
70Hello Again
Neil Diamond
71Don’t Stand So Close to Me
The Police
72Hey Nineteen
Steely Dan
73I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It
Stevie Wonder
74All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
75Step By Step
Eddie Rabbitt
76The Stroke
Billy Squier
77Feels So Right
Alabama
78Sweet Baby
George Duke & Stanley Clarke
79Same Old Lang Syne
Dan Fogelberg
80Cool Love
Pablo Cruise
81Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
82It’s Now or Never
John Schneider
83Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
84Winning
Santana
85What Kind of Fool
Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
86Watching the Wheels
John Lennon
87Tell It Like It Is
Heart
88Smoky Mountain Rain
Ronnie Milsap
89I Made It Through the Rain
Barry Manilow
90You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
Hall & Oates
91Suddenly
Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard
92For Your Eyes Only
Sheena Easton
93The Beach Boys Medley
The Beach Boys
94Whip It
Devo
95Modern Girl
Sheena Easton
96Really Wanna Know You
Gary Wright
97Seven Year Ache
Rosanne Cash
98I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross
99Miss Sun
Boz Scaggs
100Time Is Time
Andy Gibb

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