Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 22, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | ▲ | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 2 | 2 | Who's Crying Now | ▲ | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 8 | 3 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 7 | 4 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 5 | 5 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 4 | 6 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 6 | 7 | Juke Box Hero | 2 | 30 |
| Foreigner |
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| 10 | 8 | Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) | ▲ |
| Don Felder |
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| 3 | 9 | Mr. Crowley | 3 |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 12 | 10 | Straight From The Heart | ▲ | 28 |
| The Allman Brothers Band |
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| 9 | 11 | Tube Snake Boogie | 4 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 14 | 12 | The Adultress | 8 |
| The Pretenders |
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| - | 13 | Night Life | 10 |
| Foreigner |
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| 11 | 14 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| - | 15 | Meanwhile | ▲ |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 16 | 16 | Stone In Love | 3 |
| Journey |
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| - | 17 | Bringin' On The Heartbreak | 11 | 26 |
| Def Leppard |
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| 17 | 18 | In The Heartland | 13 |
| Michael Stanley Band |
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| 13 | 19 | Promises In The Dark | 11 | 24 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 20 | Let It Go | ▲ |
| Def Leppard |
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