Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 8, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Slow Hand | ▲ |
| Pointer Sisters |
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| 6 | 2 | Queen Of Hearts | ▲ |
| Juice Newton |
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| 5 | 3 | Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) | 1 |
| Joey Scarbury |
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| 9 | 4 | Time | ▲ |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
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| 1 | 5 | I Don't Need You | 1 |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 16 | 6 | Endless Love | 1 |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 11 | 7 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | 4 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 15 | 8 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 14 | 9 | In The Air Tonight | 1 | 6 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 13 | 10 | Touch Me When We're Dancing | ▲ |
| Carpenters |
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| 2 | 11 | Hearts | 2 |
| Marty Balin |
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| 10 | 12 | Elvira | 4 |
| Oak Ridge Boys |
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| 4 | 13 | Boy From New York City | 4 |
| The Manhattan Transfer |
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| 18 | 14 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 12 | 15 | The One That You Love | 1 |
| Air Supply |
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| 21 | 16 | Everlasting Love | 14 |
| Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet |
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| 8 | 17 | Jessie's Girl | 17 | 2 |
| Rick Springfield |
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| 25 | 18 | Cool Love | 7 |
| Pablo Cruise |
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| 7 | 19 | Gemini Dream | 5 | 7 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 20 | 20 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 4 | 13 |
| Greg Kihn Band |
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| 29 | 21 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 26 | 22 | Don't Want To Wait Anymore | 19 | ▲ |
| Tubes |
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| 22 | 23 | All Those Years Ago | 8 | 1 |
| George Harrison |
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| 24 | 24 | Bette Davis Eyes | 12 | 1 |
| Kim Carnes |
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| 30 | 25 | Love On A Two-Way Street | 21 |
| Stacy Lattisaw |
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| - | 26 | Really Wanna Know You | 16 | 8 |
| Gary Wright |
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| - | 27 | Don't Give It Up | 23 |
| Robbie Patton |
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| - | 28 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 29 | It's Now Or Never | ▲ |
| John Schneider |
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| 17 | 30 | Sweet Baby | 15 |
| Stanley Clarke/George Duke |
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