Weekly Pop Top 30 for November 28, 1981 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Physical | ▲ |
| Olivia Newton-John |
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| 3 | 2 | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | 1 | ▲ |
| The Police |
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| 2 | 3 | Waiting For A Girl Like You | 1 | 1 |
| Foreigner |
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| 5 | 4 | Oh No | 1 |
| Commodores |
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| 7 | 5 | Young Turks | 20 | 1 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| 9 | 6 | Why Do Fools Fall In Love | 4 |
| Diana Ross |
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| 8 | 7 | The Old Songs | ▲ |
| Barry Manilow |
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| 4 | 8 | Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) | 2 |
| Air Supply |
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| 11 | 9 | Don't Stop Believin' | 1 | 7 |
| Journey |
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| 12 | 10 | Leather And Lace | 9 | 2 |
| Stevie Nicks With Don Henley |
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| 14 | 11 | Harden My Heart | 5 | 4 |
| Quarterflash |
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| 15 | 12 | Trouble | 10 | 2 |
| Lindsey Buckingham |
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| 20 | 13 | My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) | 14 | ▲ |
| Chilliwack |
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| 6 | 14 | Private Eyes | 1 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 21 | 15 | Let's Groove | 2 |
| Earth, Wind & Fire |
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| 26 | 16 | Yesterday's Songs | 4 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| 17 | 17 | No Reply At All | 1 | ▲ |
| Genesis |
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| 19 | 18 | The Night Owls | 4 |
| Little River Band |
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| 10 | 19 | Just Once | 4 |
| Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram |
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| 28 | 20 | Heart Like A Wheel | 13 | 18 |
| The Steve Miller Band |
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| 16 | 21 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 1 |
| Christopher Cross |
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| - | 22 | I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) | 1 |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates |
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| 23 | 23 | Start Me Up | 1 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| - | 24 | Turn Your Love Around | 1 |
| George Benson |
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| 29 | 25 | Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) | ▲ |
| Kool And The Gang |
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| 24 | 26 | I Want You, I Need You | 24 |
| Chris Christian with Cheryl Ladd |
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| - | 27 | Our Lips Are Sealed | 7 | 14 |
| Go-Go's |
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| 22 | 28 | Hard To Say | 19 | 1 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
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| - | 29 | Never Too Much | ▲ |
| Luther Vandross |
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| - | 30 | The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) | 10 |
| Juice Newton |
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