Pop and Rock Chart Archive
and Music Encyclopedia

Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 8, 1981

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rock pop  
3 1   Burnin' For You 23  
  Blue Oyster Cult
    YouTube download at Amazon  

5 2   Stop Draggin' My Heart Around 1 1  
  Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
    YouTube download at Amazon  

2 3   Fire And Ice 2 10  
  Pat Benatar
    YouTube download at Amazon  

4 4   Who's Crying Now 2 1  
  Journey
    YouTube download at Amazon  

1 5   Urgent 1 2  
  Foreigner
    YouTube download at Amazon  

7 6   Mr. Crowley 3    
  Ozzy Osbourne
    YouTube download at Amazon  

6 7   The Voice 1 6  
  The Moody Blues
    YouTube download at Amazon  

12 8   Tempted 3 26  
  Squeeze
    YouTube download at Amazon  

9 9   A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) 1    
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
    YouTube download at Amazon  

8 10   T.N.T. 8    
  AC/DC
    YouTube download at Amazon  

17 11   Juke Box Hero 2 30  
  Foreigner
    YouTube download at Amazon  

10 12   Tube Snake Boogie 4    
  ZZ Top
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 13   Straight From The Heart 10 28  
  The Allman Brothers Band
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 14   Hold On Tight 8 4  
  ELO
    YouTube download at Amazon  

14 15   Stone In Love 3    
  Journey
    YouTube download at Amazon  

13 16   Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) 8    
  Don Felder
    YouTube    

- 17   Icehouse    
  Icehouse
    YouTube    

- 18   Promises In The Dark 11 24  
  Pat Benatar
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 19   Night Life 10    
  Foreigner
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 20   Main Street U.S.A.    
  Union
    YouTube    

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Blue Oyster Cult and Burnin' For You finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Finding a spot at number two this week is Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. At number three this week is Pat Benatar with Fire And Ice.


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