Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 22, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Endless Love | ▲ |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 4 | 2 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 2 | 3 | Queen Of Hearts | 2 |
| Juice Newton |
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| 5 | 4 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | ▲ |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 3 | 5 | Slow Hand | 1 |
| Pointer Sisters |
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| 7 | 6 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 12 | 7 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 11 | 8 | Cool Love | 7 |
| Pablo Cruise |
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| 8 | 9 | Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) | 1 |
| Joey Scarbury |
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| 17 | 10 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 15 | 11 | Fire And Ice | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 10 | 12 | I Don't Need You | 1 |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 20 | 13 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 4 | ▲ |
| Greg Kihn Band |
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| 16 | 14 | Everlasting Love | ▲ |
| Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet |
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| 22 | 15 | Really Wanna Know You | 16 | 8 |
| Gary Wright |
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| 14 | 16 | Touch Me When We're Dancing | 10 |
| Carpenters |
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| 29 | 17 | Step By Step | 3 |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| 26 | 18 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 6 | 19 | In The Air Tonight | 1 | 6 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 28 | 20 | That Old Song | 17 |
| Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio |
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| 27 | 21 | You're My Girl | ▲ |
| Franke & The Knockouts |
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| 21 | 22 | The One That You Love | 1 |
| Air Supply |
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| 25 | 23 | Don't Give It Up | ▲ |
| Robbie Patton |
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| 9 | 24 | Hearts | 2 |
| Marty Balin |
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| 19 | 25 | Time | 4 |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
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| 23 | 26 | Love On A Two-Way Street | 21 |
| Stacy Lattisaw |
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| - | 27 | The Beach Boys Medley | 13 |
| The Beach Boys |
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| - | 28 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 13 | 29 | Boy From New York City | 4 |
| The Manhattan Transfer |
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| - | 30 | For Your Eyes Only | 3 |
| Sheena Easton |
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