Top 1981 Singles Ranked
|
Rank |
Artist |
Title |
|
1 |
Kim Carnes |
Bette Davis Eyes |
|
2 |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
I'm in Love |
|
3 |
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
I Love Rock N' Roll |
|
4 |
Juice Newton |
Queen of Hearts |
|
5 |
Blondie |
Rapture |
|
6 |
Kraftwerk |
Computer Love |
|
7 |
The Human League |
Don't You Want Me |
|
8 |
The Stranglers |
Golden Brown |
|
9 |
The Pretenders |
Message of Love |
|
10 |
Gang of Four |
What We All Want |
|
11 |
Rick James |
Give It to Me Baby |
|
12 |
The Human League |
Love Action (I Believe in Love) |
|
13 |
Grace Jones |
My Jamaican Guy |
|
14 |
Deniece Williams |
Silly |
|
15 |
Kraftwerk |
Pocket Calculator |
|
16 |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
Let's Groove |
|
17 |
Tom Tom Club |
Genius of Love |
|
18 |
Teena Marie |
Square Biz |
|
19 |
Rick James |
Super Freak |
|
20 |
Hall & Oates |
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) |
|
21 |
Kraftwerk |
Computer World |
|
22 |
Juice Newton |
Angel of the Morning |
|
23 |
The Go-Go's |
We Got the Beat |
|
24 |
The Go-Go's |
Our Lips Are Sealed |
|
25 |
Kraftwerk |
Computer World..2 |
|
26 |
Carl Carlton |
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) |
|
27 |
Duran Duran |
Planet Earth |
|
28 |
Hall & Oates |
Your Imagination |
|
29 |
Rosanne Cash |
Seven Year Ache |
|
30 |
Grace Jones |
Pull Up to the Bumper |
|
31 |
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!) |
|
32 |
Rosanne Cash |
My Baby Thinks He's a Train |
|
33 |
Joan Armatrading |
When I Get It Right |
|
34 |
The Producers |
What's He Got |
|
35 |
Prince |
Controversy |
|
36 |
Billy Idol |
Dancing With Myself |
|
37 |
Lene Lovich |
New Toy |
|
38 |
Diesel |
Sausalito Summer Nights |
|
39 |
Lindsey Buckingham |
Trouble |
|
40 |
Phil Collins |
In the Air Tonight |
|
41 |
Debbie Harry |
Backfired |
|
42 |
Kraftwerk |
Home Computer |
|
43 |
Luther Vandross |
Never Too Much |
|
44 |
Devo |
Beautiful World |
|
45 |
Frankie Smith |
Double Dutch Bus |
|
46 |
The B-52's |
Cake |
|
47 |
The Producers |
What She Does to Me |
|
48 |
George Benson |
Turn Your Love Around |
|
49 |
Kraftwerk |
It's More Fun to Compute |
|
50 |
James Taylor |
Her Town Too |
|
51 |
The Pretenders |
Talk of the Town |
|
52 |
Soft Cell |
Tainted Love |
|
53 |
Billy Idol |
Mony Mony |
|
54 |
Depeche Mode |
Just Can't Get Enough |
|
55 |
Men at Work |
Down Under |
|
56 |
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty |
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around |
|
57 |
Blue Oyster Cult |
Burnin' for You |
|
58 |
The Commodores |
Lady (You Bring Me Up) |
|
59 |
Skyy |
Call Me |
|
60 |
Kraftwerk |
Numbers |
|
61 |
B.B. & Q. Band |
On the Beat |
|
62 |
The Police |
Spirits in the Material World |
|
63 |
The Pretenders |
Waste Not, Want Not |
|
64 |
Stevie Nicks |
Edge of Seventeen |
|
65 |
The Pointer Sisters |
Slow Hand |
|
66 |
Stevie Nicks |
Leather and Lace |
|
67 |
A Taste of Honey |
Sukiyaki |
|
68 |
The Cure |
Other Voices |
|
69 |
Pat Benatar |
Fire and Ice |
|
70 |
The Rolling Stones |
Start Me Up |
|
71 |
Men at Work |
Who Can It Be Now? |
|
72 |
Duran Duran |
Girls on Film |
|
73 |
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
Crimson and Clover |
|
74 |
The Pretenders |
Jealous Dogs |
|
75 |
Rainbow |
Jealous Lover |
|
76 |
Grace Jones |
Nipple to the Bottle |
|
77 |
Rick Springfield |
Jessie's Girl |
|
78 |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
The Waiting |
|
79 |
Stars on 45 |
Medley |
|
80 |
The Cars |
Shake It Up |
|
81 |
New Order |
Everything's Gone Green |
|
82 |
Squeeze |
Tempted |
|
83 |
Champaign |
How 'Bout Us |
|
84 |
Smokey Robinson |
Being With You |
|
85 |
Hall & Oates |
Private Eyes |
|
86 |
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, & Linda Ronstadt |
Mister Sandman |
|
87 |
The Pretenders |
Day After Day |
|
88 |
Billy Squier |
The Stroke |
|
89 |
Terri Gibbs |
Somebody's Knockin' |
|
90 |
Heaven 17 |
Penthouse and Pavement |
|
91 |
Grace Jones |
Walking in the Rain |
|
92 |
The Police |
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic |
|
93 |
APB |
Shoot You Down |
|
94 |
Grace Jones |
Cry Now, Laugh Later |
|
95 |
Kool & the Gang |
Get Down on It |
|
96 |
The Four Tops |
When She Was My Girl |
|
97 |
Emmylou Harris |
How High the Moon |
|
98 |
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie |
Endless Love |
|
99 |
The B-52's |
Mesopotamia |
|
100 |
Paul Davis |
Cool Night |
|
101 |
Paul Davis |
Love or Let Me Be Lonely |
|
102 |
Joan Armatrading |
I'm Lucky |
|
103 |
Billy Squier |
My Kinda Lover |
|
104 |
James Ingram |
One Hundred Ways |
|
105 |
Tommy Tutone |
867-5309 (Jenny) |
|
106 |
Vangelis |
Chariots of Fire |
|
107 |
Emmylou Harris |
Evangeline |
|
108 |
Charly McClain |
Sleepin' With the Radio On |
|
109 |
Floyd Cramer |
Dallas |
|
110 |
The Manhattan Transfer |
Boy From New York City |
|
111 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Hold on Tight |
|
112 |
Stray Cats |
Rock This Town |
|
113 |
Kool & the Gang |
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) |
|
114 |
Martha & the Muffins |
Women Around the World at Work |
|
115 |
Rush |
Tom Sawyer |
|
116 |
Rosanne Cash |
Blue Moon With Heartache |
|
117 |
New Order |
Ceremony |
|
118 |
Ronnie Milsap |
There's No Gettin' Over Me |
|
119 |
Pete Shelley |
Homosapien |
|
120 |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Pretty in Pink |
|
121 |
Rod Stewart |
Young Turks |
|
122 |
Patti Austin & James Ingram |
Baby, Come to Me |
|
123 |
Pat Benatar |
Precious Time |
|
124 |
Hall & Oates |
Did It in a Minute |
|
125 |
Madness |
It Must Be Love |
|
126 |
Depeche Mode |
New Life |
|
127 |
Altered Images |
Happy Birthday |
|
128 |
John Lennon |
Watching the Wheels |
|
129 |
Kim Wilde |
Kids in America |
|
130 |
Queen |
Under Pressure |
|
131 |
The Cure |
Primary |
|
132 |
The Nails |
88 Lines About 44 Women |
|
133 |
The Who |
You Better You Bet |
|
134 |
Rick Springfield |
I've Done Everything for You |
|
135 |
New Order |
Procession |
|
136 |
Chaka Khan |
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me |
|
137 |
Debbie Harry |
The Jam Was Moving |
|
138 |
The Pretenders |
I Go to Sleep |
|
139 |
The Jam |
Absolute Beginners |
|
140 |
Duran Duran |
Careless Memories |
|
141 |
O'Bryan |
The Gigolo |
|
142 |
Depeche Mode |
Dreaming of Me |
|
143 |
The Cure |
Charlotte Sometimes |
|
144 |
Quarterflash |
Harden My Heart |
|
145 |
Little River Band |
Man on Your Mind |
|
146 |
Oak Ridge Boys |
Elvira |
|
147 |
Paul Davis |
'65 Love Affair |
|
148 |
Teena Marie |
It Must Be Magic |
|
149 |
Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass |
Two Hearts |
|
150 |
Ronnie Milsap |
I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World |
|
151 |
Adam & the Ants |
Stand and Deliver |
|
152 |
Devo |
Working in the Coal Mine |
|
153 |
James Ingram |
Just Once |
|
154 |
Spandau Ballet |
To Cut a Long Story Short |
|
155 |
Secret Weapon |
Must Be the Music |
|
156 |
Luther Vandross |
A House Is Not a Home |
|
157 |
Diana Ross |
It's My Turn |
|
158 |
Pat Benatar |
Helter Skelter |
