Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 15, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | ▲ | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 4 | 2 | Who's Crying Now | ▲ | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 6 | 3 | Mr. Crowley | ▲ |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 5 | 4 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 3 | 5 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 11 | 6 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 1 | 7 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| - | 8 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 12 | 9 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 16 | 10 | Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) | 8 |
| Don Felder |
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| 14 | 11 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 13 | 12 | Straight From The Heart | 10 | 28 |
| The Allman Brothers Band |
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| 18 | 13 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 14 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 9 | 15 | A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) | 1 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 15 | 16 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| - | 17 | In The Heartland | 13 |
| Michael Stanley Band |
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| - | 18 | Pearl Necklace | 14 |
| ZZ Top |
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| - | 19 | The Friends Of Mr. Cairo | ▲ |
| Jon And Vangelis |
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| 8 | 20 | Tempted | 3 | 26 |
| Squeeze |
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