No. |
Song |
Artist |
|
| 1 |
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
|
| 2 |
Don't You Want Me?
| Human League
|
| 3 |
Tainted Love
| Soft Cell
|
| 4 |
Super Freak (Part 1)
| Rick James
|
| 5 |
Physical
| Olivia Newton-John
|
| 6 |
Don't Stop Believin'
| Journey
|
| 7 |
In The Air Tonight
| Phil Collins
|
| 8 |
Start Me Up
| Rolling Stones
|
| 9 |
Our Lips Are Sealed
| Go-Gos
|
| 10 |
Jessie's Girl
| Rick Springfield
|
| 11 |
Endless Love
| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
|
| 12 |
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
| Hall & Oates
|
| 13 |
Under Pressure
| Queen and David Bowie
|
| 14 |
Rock This Town
| Stray Cats
|
| 15 |
Down Under
| Men At Work
|
| 16 |
Centerfold
| J. Geils Band
|
| 17 |
Waiting For A Girl Like You
| Foreigner
|
| 18 |
Who Can It Be Now?
| Men At Work
|
| 19 |
Let's Groove
| Earth, Wind, & Fire
|
| 20 |
867-5309/Jenny
| Tommy Tutone
|
| 21 |
Genius of Love
| Tom Tom Club
|
| 22 |
Just Can't Get Enough
| Depeche Mode
|
| 23 |
Bette Davis Eyes
| Kim Carnes
|
| 24 |
The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
| Grandmaster Flash
|
| 25 |
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
| The Police
|
| 26 |
Urgent
| Foreigner
|
| 27 |
Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) (live)
| Stevie Nicks
|
| 28 |
Ghost Town
| Specials
|
| 29 |
Being With You
| Smokey Robinson
|
| 30 |
Kids In America
| Kim Wilde
|
| 31 |
Open Arms
| Journey
|
| 32 |
Slow Hand
| Pointer Sisters
|
| 33 |
Give It To Me Baby
| Rick James
|
| 34 |
Get Down On It
| Kool & The Gang
|
| 35 |
Tom Sawyer
| Rush
|
| 36 |
Tempted
| Squeeze
|
| 37 |
Girls On Film
| Duran Duran
|
| 38 |
Working For The Weekend
| Loverboy
|
| 39 |
Baby, Come To Me
| Patti Austin and James Ingram
|
| 40 |
Freeze Frame
| J. Geils Band
|
| 41 |
Never Too Much
| Luther Vandross
|
| 42 |
You're The One For Me
| D-Train
|
| 43 |
Heartbeat
| Taana Gardner
|
| 44 |
Mama Used To Say
| Junior
|
| 45 |
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
| Carl Carlton
|
| 46 |
Harden My Heart
| Quarterflash
|
| 47 |
Turn Your Love Around
| George Benson
|
| 48 |
Lady (You Bring Me Up)
| Commodores
|
| 49 |
The Stroke
| Billy Squier
|
| 50 |
Shake It Up
| The Cars
|
| 51 |
Walking On Thin Ice
| Yoko Ono
|
| 52 |
Never Say Never
| Romeo Void
|
| 53 |
At This Moment
| Billy Vera & The Beaters
|
| 54 |
We Got The Beat (I.R.S. version)
| Go-Gos
|
| 55 |
Mony Mony
| Billy Idol
|
| 56 |
You Better, You Bet
| The Who
|
| 57 |
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
| AC/DC
|
| 58 |
Pull Up To The Bumper
| Grace Jones
|
| 59 |
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
| Stevie Nicks w/ Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
|
| 60 |
How 'Bout Us?
| Champaign
|
| 61 |
Waiting On A Friend
| Rolling Stones
|
| 62 |
Limelight
| Rush
|
| 63 |
Controversy
| Prince
|
| 64 |
Theme from "Chariots of Fire"
| Vangelis
|
| 65 |
Stand And Deliver
| Adam & The Ants
|
| 66 |
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
| Pigbag
|
| 67 |
Love Action (I Believe In Love)
| Human League
|
| 68 |
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
| Heaven 17
|
| 69 |
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
| Haircut 100
|
| 70 |
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
| Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
|
| 71 |
Square Biz
| Teena Marie
|
| 72 |
A Million Miles Away
| Plimsouls
|
| 73 |
I'm In Love
| Evelyn "Champagne" King
|
| 74 |
Chant No. 1 (We Don't Need This Pressure On)
| Spandau Ballet
|
| 75 |
Call Me
| Skyy
|
| 76 |
All Those Years Ago
| George Harrison
|
| 77 |
The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
| Greg Kihn
|
| 78 |
It Must Be Love
| Madness
|
| 79 |
Message Of Love
| Pretenders
|
| 80 |
Wordy Rappinghood
| Tom Tom Club
|
| 81 |
Stray Cat Strut
| Stray Cats
|
| 82 |
Da Da Da (I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me, Aha Aha Aha)
| Trio
|
| 83 |
Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)
| Christopher Cross
|
| 84 |
O Superman (For Massenet)
| Laurie Anderson
|
| 85 |
Boy From New York City
| Manhattan Transfer
|
| 86 |
Abacab
| Genesis
|
| 87 |
Funky Sensation
| Gwen McRae
|
| 88 |
Out Come The Freaks
| Was (Not Was)
|
| 89 |
The Sweetest Girl
| Scritti Politti
|
| 90 |
Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da)
| Quincy Jones feat. Dune
|
| 91 |
Moody
| ESG
|
| 92 |
Spirits In the Material World
| The Police
|
| 93 |
Too Drunk To Fuck
| Dead Kennedys
|
| 94 |
Gloria
| U2
|
| 95 |
T.V. Party
| Black Flag
|
| 96 |
When She Was My Girl
| Four Tops
|
| 97 |
Ceremony
| New Order
|
| 98 |
To Hell With Poverty!
| Gang of Four
|
| 99 |
Charlotte Sometimes
| The Cure
|
| 100 |
This Little Girl
| Gary "U.S." Bonds
|
20 more worth mentioning. |
| 101 |
Just Between You And Me
| April Wine
|
| 102 |
The Waiting
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
|
| 103 |
Hold On Loosely
| .38 Special
|
| 104 |
Burnin' For You
| Blue Oyster Cult
|
| 105 |
Who's Crying Now?
| Journey
|
| 106 |
Planet Earth
| Duran Duran
|
| 107 |
Magic Power
| Triumph
|
| 108 |
Young Turks
| Rod Stewart
|
| 109 |
One Of Us
| ABBA
|
| 110 |
Oh No
| Commodores
|
| 111 |
Private Eyes
| Hall & Oates
|
| 112 |
Hold On Tight
| Electric Light Orchestra
|
| 113 |
Reward (With A Capital Wow)
| The Teardrop Explodes
|
| 114 |
Homosapien
| Pete Shelley
|
| 115 |
Der Kommissar (The Commissioner)
| Falco
|
| 116 |
Ghosts
| Japan
|
| 117 |
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
| Soft Cell
|
| 118 |
Tears Are Not Enough
| ABC
|
| 119 |
That's When I Reach For My Revolver
| Mission of Burma
|
| 120 |
Der Mussolini
| D.A.F.
|
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1981 |
| Jeff's Choice - Greatest Single Re-Entry |
| * |
No Woman, No Cry (#8 UK)
| Bob Marley & The Wailers
|
| Jeff's Choice - An unheralded great record from 1981 |
| * |
Fate
| Chaka Kahn
|
| Lew's Choice: |
| * |
Trouble
| Lindsey Buckingham
|
| Bruce's Choice: |
| * |
Hepno Beat
| Dynamic Hepnotics
|
| Brett's Choice: |
| * |
Haunted Town
| The Effigies
|
| Ryan's Choice: |
| * |
It's Obvious
| Au Pairs
|
| Adam's Choice: |
| * |
The Gigolo
| O'Bryan
|
