| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Misunderstanding | 1 | 3 |  |
| Genesis |
| 5 | 2 | Let My Love Open The Door | 1 | 4 | |
| Pete Townshend |
| 1 | 3 | Rough Boys | 1 | |
| Pete Townshend |
| 8 | 4 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 12 | 5 | You Better Run | 5 | |
| Pat Benatar |
| 10 | 6 | Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight | 2 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 4 | 7 | Mystery Achievement | 4 | |
| Pretenders |
| 14 | 8 | Play The Game | 7 | |
| Queen |
| 13 | 9 | Everybody Wants Some! | 4 | |
| Van Halen |
| 15 | 10 | Times Like These | 10 | |
| Dan Fogelberg |
| 19 | 11 | Breaking The Law | 3 | |
| Judas Priest |
| 11 | 12 | If I Didn't Love You | 11 | |
| Squeeze |
| - | 13 | I'm Alive | 13 | 10 | |
| Electric Light Orchestra |
| 6 | 14 | Nine Tonight | 6 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 3 | 15 | Alabama Getaway | 2 | |
| Grateful Dead |
| 7 | 16 | Everything Works If You Let It | 7 | |
| Cheap Trick |
| - | 17 | Wango Tango | 17 | |
| Ted Nugent |
| 20 | 18 | Behind The Lines | 10 | |
| Genesis |
| - | 19 | Feel Like A Stranger | 12 | |
| Grateful Dead |
| - | 20 | Sailing | 20 | 1 | |
| Christopher Cross |
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