Weekly Pop Top 30 for September 19, 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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| 1 | 2 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 4 | 3 | Step By Step | ▲ |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| 14 | 4 | Hold On Tight | 8 | ▲ |
| ELO |
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| 3 | 5 | Endless Love | 1 |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 15 | 6 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 1 |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 11 | 7 | For Your Eyes Only | 3 |
| Sheena Easton |
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| 10 | 8 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 12 | 9 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 6 | 10 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 5 | 11 | Queen Of Hearts | 2 |
| Juice Newton |
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| 17 | 12 | I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) | 10 |
| Lulu |
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| 9 | 13 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | 4 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 13 | 14 | The Beach Boys Medley | 13 |
| The Beach Boys |
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| 8 | 15 | Really Wanna Know You | 16 | 8 |
| Gary Wright |
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| 21 | 16 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 23 | 17 | The Night Owls | 4 |
| Little River Band |
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| 18 | 18 | That Old Song | 17 |
| Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio |
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| 16 | 19 | Slow Hand | 1 |
| Pointer Sisters |
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| 20 | 20 | In Your Letter | 17 |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| 29 | 21 | Private Eyes | 1 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 25 | 22 | Breaking Away | 16 |
| Balance |
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| 7 | 23 | Cool Love | 7 |
| Pablo Cruise |
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| - | 24 | Hard To Say | 19 | 1 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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| - | 25 | Share Your Love With Me | 6 |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 24 | 26 | Draw Of The Cards | 23 |
| Kim Carnes |
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| 22 | 27 | Feels So Right | 22 |
| Alabama |
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| 26 | 28 | Chloe | 26 |
| Elton John |
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| 30 | 29 | Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) | 1 |
| Joey Scarbury |
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| - | 30 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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