| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | New World Man | 1 | 26 |  |
| Rush |
| 1 | 2 | Athena | 1 | 23 | |
| The Who |
| 3 | 3 | Jack & Diane | 1 | 1 | |
| John Cougar |
| 4 | 4 | Dirty Laundry | 1 | 2 | |
| Don Henley |
| 11 | 5 | Rock The Casbah | 3 | 6 | |
| The Clash |
| 18 | 6 | Pressure | 1 | 9 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 10 | 7 | You Keep Runnin' Away | 6 | 20 | |
| 38 Special |
| 6 | 8 | Bad To The Bone | 6 | |
| George Thorogood And The Destroyers |
| 5 | 9 | Electricland | 3 | |
| Bad Company |
| 13 | 10 | Eminence Front | 3 | |
| The Who |
| 8 | 11 | Don't Fight It | 5 | 6 | |
| Kenny Loggins With Steve Perry |
| 14 | 12 | Steppin' Out | 2 | 2 | |
| Joe Jackson |
| 7 | 13 | Eye In The Sky | 7 | 2 | |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
| 15 | 14 | Valerie | 10 | 4 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 16 | 15 | Nowhere To Run | 10 | |
| Santana |
| 9 | 16 | Hold On | 9 | 9 | |
| Santana |
| - | 17 | Subdivisions | 2 | |
| Rush |
| - | 18 | Shock The Monkey | 1 | 26 | |
| Peter Gabriel |
| - | 19 | Learn How To Live | 13 | |
| Billy Squier |
| - | 20 | You've Got Another Thing Comin' | 2 | |
| Judas Priest |
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