Top 100 - 1981
These were officially the biggest hits from 1981
1
This Ole House
Shakin' Stevens
2
Stand And Deliver
Adam & The Ants
3
Ghost Town
The Specials
4
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
5
Prince Charming
Adam & The Ants
6
Imagine
John Lennon
7
Making Your Mind Up
Bucks Fizz
8
Vienna
Ultravox
9
One Day In Your Life
Michael Jackson
10
It's My Party
Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin
11
Green Door
Shakin' Stevens
12
The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)
The Tweets
13
Being With You
Smokey Robinson
14
Woman
John Lennon
15
Shaddup You Face
Joe Dolce Music Theatre
16
You Drive Me Crazy
Shakin' Stevens
17
Jealous Guy
Roxy Music
18
Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
Julio Iglesias
19
Antmusic
Adam & The Ants
20
Stars On 45
Starsound
21
Don't You Want Me
The Human League
22
Kids In America
Kim Wilde
23
Hooked On Classics
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
24
Japanese Boy
Aneka
25
Chi Mai (Theme From 'Life And Times Of David Lloyd George')
Ennio Morricone
26
Happy Birthday
Altered Images
27
Can Can
Bad Manners
28
Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
29
Daddy's Home
Cliff Richard
30
Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
Ottawan
31
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
32
Body Talk
Imagination
33
Lately
Stevie Wonder
34
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
35
Love Action (I Believe In Love)
The Human League
36
Stars On 45 (Volume 2)
Starsound
37
(Do) The Hucklebuck
Coast To Coast
38
Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
39
Happy Birthday
Stevie Wonder
40
Going Back To My Roots
Odyssey
41
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
42
More Than In Love
Kate Robbins & Beyond
43
Can You Feel It
The Jacksons
44
Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
45
I Surrender
Rainbow
46
Einstein A-Go-Go
Landscape
47
How 'Bout Us
Champaign
48
Four From Toyah (EP)
Toyah
49
Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
Spandau Ballet
50
Let's Groove
Earth Wind & Fire
51
Under Your Thumb
Godley & Creme
52
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir
53
Good Thing Going
Sugar Minott
54
Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Diana Ross
55
Pretend
Alvin Stardust
56
Joan Of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
57
Bedsitter
Soft Cell
58
Girls On Film
Duran Duran
59
Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love)
Third World
60
When She Was My Girl
The Four Tops
61
Grey Day
Madness
62
Attention to Me
The Nolans
63
Swords Of A Thousand Men
Ten Pole Tudor
64
Wired For Sound
Cliff Richard
65
Invisible Sun
The Police
66
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
Haircut 100
67
Back To The Sixties
Tight Fit
68
Chequered Love
Kim Wilde
69
It's A Love Thing
The Whispers
70
The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven
Madness
71
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
72
Keep On Loving You
REO Speedwagon
73
Memory
Elaine Paige
74
Labelled With Love
Squeeze
75
A Good Year For The Roses
Elvis Costello
76
Endless Love
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
77
Thunder In The Mountains
Toyah
78
I Want To Be Free
Toyah
79
For Your Eyes Only
Sheena Easton
80
Night Games
Graham Bonnet
81
New Life
Depeche Mode
82
(Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon
83
Don't Stop The Music
Yarborough & Peoples
84
Reward
The Teardrop Explodes
85
Intuition
Linx
86
Open Your Heart
The Human League
87
Fade To Grey
Visage
88
Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
89
Rapture
Blondie
90
One In Ten
UB40
91
The Caribbean Disco Show
Lobo
92
One Of Us
Abba
93
Romeo And Juliet
Dire Straits
94
Southern Freeez
Freeez
95
No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley & The Wailers
96
Do Nothing / Maggie's Farm
Specials featuring Rico With The Ice Rink String Sounds
97
O Superman
Laurie Anderson
98
Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
99
The Oldest Swinger In Town
Fred Wedlock
100
Slow Hand
The Pointer Sisters
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