Top 40 Songs Of The Year 1981 in Pop Music
The year end pop top 40 countdown for 1981

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Apr 1981

May 1981

1

1

12

1

Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes

Oct 1980

Dec 1980

1

1

1

2

(Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

Jul 1981

Aug 1981

1

1

3

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

Oct 1981

Nov 1981

1

1

4

Physical

Olivia Newton-John

Sep 1981

Nov 1981

2

1

1

5

Waiting For A Girl Like You

Foreigner

Nov 1980

Jan 1981

1

1

6

6

The Tide Is High

Blondie

Aug 1981

Oct 1981

1

1

7

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

Dec 1980

Feb 1981

1

1

8

9 To 5

Dolly Parton

Sep 1981

Oct 1981

1

1

9

Private Eyes

Daryl Hall And John Oates

Jul 1981

Sep 1981

3

1

1

10

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Oct 1980

Feb 1981

1

1

11

Celebration

Kool And The Gang

Jan 1981

Apr 1981

1

1

12

Kiss On My List

Daryl Hall And John Oates

Apr 1981

Jul 1981

1

2

17

13

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

Nov 1980

Feb 1981

1

2

1

14

Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon

Jul 1981

Sep 1981

4

1

2

15

Who's Crying Now

Journey

May 1981

Jul 1981

2

1

16

Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)

Joey Scarbury

Feb 1981

Mar 1981

1

1

13

17

Rapture

Blondie

Oct 1981

Dec 1981

5

1

20

18

Young Turks

Rod Stewart

Nov 1980

Dec 1980

2

2

19

Love On The Rocks

Neil Diamond

Feb 1981

Apr 1981

2

1

20

Just The Two Of Us

Grover Washington, Jr./Bill Withers

May 1981

Jul 1981

1

1

21

The One That You Love

Air Supply

Feb 1981

May 1981

2

1

22

Being With You

Smokey Robinson

Feb 1981

Apr 1981

1

1

23

Morning Train (Nine To Five)

Sheena Easton

Nov 1980

Feb 1981

1

2

24

I Love A Rainy Night

Eddie Rabbitt

Jun 1981

Aug 1981

2

2

25

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

Jul 1981

Sep 1981

4

2

1

26

Urgent

Foreigner

Dec 1980

Mar 1981

2

1

1

27

Woman

John Lennon

May 1981

Jun 1981

2

1

8

28

All Those Years Ago

George Harrison

Nov 1980

Jan 1981

5

2

2

29

Passion

Rod Stewart

Apr 1981

Jun 1981

1

1

30

Stars On 45

Stars On 45

Mar 1981

Jun 1981

6

2

31

Living Inside Myself

Gino Vannelli

Aug 1981

Oct 1981

2

2