1980's Top 20 charts

July 1981

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Ghost town	Specials
2		Can can	Bad Manners
3		One day in your life	Michael Jackson
4		Body talk	Imagination
5		Stars on 45 (vol.2)	Starsound
6		Going back to my roots	Odyssey
7		Wordy rapppinghood	Tom Tom Club
8		No woman no cry	Bob Marley & the Wailers
9		Memory	Elain Paige
10		Motherhead live	Motorhead
11		You might need somebody	Randy Crawford
12		Being with you	Smokey Robinson
13		Dancing on the floor (Hooked on love)	Third World
14		Razzamatazz	Quincy Jones
15		Chant No.1 (I don't need yjos pressure on)	Spandau Ballet
16		Piece of the action	Bucks Fizz
17		Lay all your love on me	Abba
18		More than in love	Kate Robbins & Beyond
19		Ssat in your lap	Kate Bush
20		Teddy bear	Red Sovine

 

August 1981

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Green door	Shakin' Stevens
2		Hooked on classics	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
3		Happy birthday	Stevie Wonder
4		Chant No.1 (I don't need This pressure on)	Spandau Ballet
5		Back to sixties	Tight Fit
6		Girls on film	Duran Duran
7		Love action (I believe in love)	Human League
8		Hold on tight	Electric light Orchestra
9		Ghost town	Specials
10		For your eyes only	Sheena Easton
11		Japanese boy	Aneka
12		Can can	Bad Manners
13		Walk right now	Jacksons
14		Tainted love	Soft Cell
15		Caribbean disco	Lobo
16		Water on glass / Boys	Kim Wilde
17		Stars on 45 (vol.2)	Starsound
18		New life	Depeche Mode
19		Beach boy gold	Gidea Park
20		Dancing on the floor (Hooked on love)	Third World

 

September 1981

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Tainted love	Soft Cell
2		Japanese boy	Aneka
3		Prince charming	Adam & the Ants
4		Wired for sound	Cliff Richard
5		Hold on tight	Electric light Orchestra
6		Love action (I believe in love)	Human League
7		Souvenir	O.M.D.
8		Hands up (Give me your heart)	Ottawan
9		Start me up	Rolling Stones
10		One in ten	UB40
11		She's got claws	Gary Numan
12		Pretend	Alvin stardust
13		Slow hand	Pointer Sisters
14		Abacab	Genesis
15		Hooked on classics	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
16		Endless love	Dianna Ross & Lionel Richie
17		Everybody Salsa	Modern Romance
18		The thin wall	Ultravox
19		Caribbean disco	Lobo
20		Green door	Shakin' Stevens

 

October 1981

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		The birdie song	Tweets
2		It's my party	Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
3		Under your thumb	Godley & Creme
4		Prince charming	Adam & the Ants
5		Hands up (Give me your heart)	Ottawan
6		Thunder in mountains	Toyah
7		Invisible sun	Police
8		Just can't get enough	Depeche Mode
9		Shut up	Madness
10		Happy birthday	Altered Images
11		O Superman	Laurie Anderson
12		Open your heart	Human League
13		Pretend	Alvin stardust
14		Endless love	Dianna Ross & Lionel Richie
15		A good year for the roses	Elvis Costello
16		It's raining	Shakin' Stevens
17		Absolute beginners	Jam
18		Souvenir	O.M.D.
19		Walkin' in the sunshine	Bad Manners
20		Tainted love	Soft Cell

 

November 1981

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Every little thing she does is magic	Police
2		Joan of Arc	O.M.D.
3		When she was my girl	Four Tops
4		Under pressure	Queen & David Bowie
5		Happy birthday	Altered Images
6		Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar)	Julio Iglesias
7		Labelled with love	Squeeze
8		Favourite shirts (Boy meets girl)	Haircut 100
9		Tonight I'm yours	Rod Stewart
10		It's my party	Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
11		Physical	Olivia Newton-John
12		Let's groove	Earth, Wind & Fire
13		A good year for the roses	Elvis Costello
14		Bed sitter	Soft Cell
15		I go to sleep	Pretenders
16		Hold me	B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell
17		When you were sweet sixteen	Fureys & Davey Arthur
18		The birdie song	Tweets
19		Open your heart	Human League
20		Why do fools fall in love	Dianna Ross

 

December 1981

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Don't you want me	Human League
2		Daddy's home	Cliff Richard
3		Begin the Beguine	Julio Iglesias
4		Why do fools fall in love	Diana Ross
5		Bed sitter	Soft Cell
6		One of us	Abba
7		Ant rap	Adam & the Ants
8		It must be love	Madness
9		Let's groove	Earth, Wind & Fire
10		Wedding bells	Godley & Creme
11		Under pressure	Queen & David Bowie
12		Land of make believe	Bucks Fizz
13		I go to sleep	Pretenders
14		Rock 'n' roll	Status Quo
15		Cambodia	Kim Wilde
16		Ay ay ay ay moosey	Modern Romance
17		Spirits in the material world	Police
18		Mirror mirror	Dollar
19		Four more from Toyah E.P.	Toyah
20		Favourite shirts (Boy meets girl)	Haircut 100

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