Weekly Pop Top 30 for October 3, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | ▲ |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 3 | 2 | Who's Crying Now | 2 | 1 |
| Journey |
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| 4 | 3 | For Your Eyes Only | ▲ |
| Sheena Easton |
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| 8 | 4 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 5 | 5 | Step By Step | 3 |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| 13 | 6 | Private Eyes | 1 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 11 | 7 | The Night Owls | 4 |
| Little River Band |
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| 6 | 8 | The Voice | 1 | 6 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 9 | 9 | Endless Love | 1 |
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
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| 1 | 10 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 7 | 11 | Hold On Tight | 8 | 4 |
| ELO |
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| 10 | 12 | I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) | 10 |
| Lulu |
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| 20 | 13 | Hard To Say | 19 | 1 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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| 21 | 14 | Share Your Love With Me | 6 |
| Kenny Rogers |
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| 26 | 15 | We're In This Love Together | 5 |
| Al Jarreau |
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| 18 | 16 | Breaking Away | ▲ |
| Balance |
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| 29 | 17 | When She Was My Girl | 7 |
| The Four Tops |
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| 17 | 18 | In Your Letter | 17 |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| 27 | 19 | Just Once | 4 |
| Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram |
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| 22 | 20 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | 4 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 28 | 21 | Tryin' To Live My Life Without You | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 12 | 22 | Urgent | 1 | 2 |
| Foreigner |
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| 14 | 23 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| - | 24 | Say Goodbye To Hollywood | 4 | 12 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 15 | 25 | The Beach Boys Medley | 13 |
| The Beach Boys |
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| 25 | 26 | Burnin' For You | 1 | 23 |
| Blue Oyster Cult |
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| 16 | 27 | Queen Of Hearts | 2 |
| Juice Newton |
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| - | 28 | I've Done Everything For You | 6 |
| Rick Springfield |
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| 30 | 29 | Slow Hand | 1 |
| Pointer Sisters |
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| - | 30 | Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) | 2 |
| Air Supply |
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