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Top 40 - 5th April 1981

These were officially the biggest hits of 5th April 1981

1
Shakin Stevens

This Ole House

Shakin Stevens
Peak 1 11 weeks
2
Bucks Fizz

Making Your Mind Up

Bucks Fizz
Peak 1 11 weeks
3
Stevie Wonder

Lately

Stevie Wonder
Peak 3 10 weeks
4
Kim Wilde

Kids In America

Kim Wilde
Peak 2 9 weeks
5
Landscape

Einstein A Go-go

Landscape
Peak 5 10 weeks
6
Tony Capstick And The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band

Capstick Comes Home/the Sheffield Grinder

Tony Capstick And The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
Peak 3 5 weeks
7
Linx

Intuition

Linx
Peak 7 8 weeks
8
Toyah

Four From Toyah (ep)

Toyah
Peak 4 10 weeks
9
The Whispers

It's A Love Thing

The Whispers
Peak 9 9 weeks
10
Hazel O'connor

D-days

Hazel O'connor
Peak 10 7 weeks
11
The Jacksons

Can You Feel It

The Jacksons
Peak 6 13 weeks
12
Graham Bonnet

Night Games

Graham Bonnet
Peak 6 8 weeks
13
Dave Stewart With Colin Blunstone

What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

Dave Stewart With Colin Blunstone
Peak 13 7 weeks
14
Sugar Minott

Good Thing Going (we've Got A Good Thing Going)

Sugar Minott
Peak 4 9 weeks
15
The Nolans

Attention To Me

The Nolans
Peak 9 10 weeks
16
Visage

Mind Of A Toy

Visage
Peak 13 7 weeks
17
Coast To Coast

(do) The Hucklebuck

Coast To Coast
Peak 5 11 weeks
18
Roxy Music

Jealous Guy

Roxy Music
Peak 1 9 weeks
19
Ennio Morricone

Chi Mai (theme From 'life And Times Of David Lloyd George')

Ennio Morricone
Peak 2 10 weeks
20
Bad Manners

Just A Feeling

Bad Manners
Peak 13 7 weeks
21
The Teardrop Explodes

Reward

The Teardrop Explodes
Peak 6 7 weeks
22
Duran Duran

Planet Earth

Duran Duran
Peak 12 7 weeks
23
The Who

You Better You Bet

The Who
Peak 9 6 weeks
24
Gillan

New Orleans

Gillan
Peak 17 8 weeks
25
Kool & The Gang

Jones Vs Jones/summer Madness

Kool & The Gang
Peak 17 8 weeks
26
Adam & The Ants

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants
Peak 2 11 weeks
27
Saxon

And The Bands Played On

Saxon
Peak 12 6 weeks
28
Kiki Dee

Star

Kiki Dee
Peak 13 7 weeks
29
Spandau Ballet

Muscle Bound/glow

Spandau Ballet
Peak 10 7 weeks
30
Phil Collins

I Missed Again

Phil Collins
Peak 14 5 weeks
31
Public Image Limited

Flowers Of Romance

Public Image Limited
Peak 24 6 weeks
32
David Bowie

Up The Hill Backwards

David Bowie
Peak 32 3 weeks
33
John Lennon

Watching The Wheels

John Lennon
Peak 30 3 weeks
34
Heatwave

Jitterbuggin'

Heatwave
Peak 34 3 weeks
35
Polecats

John I'm Only Dancing/big Green Car

Polecats
Peak 35 4 weeks
36
Shalamar

Make That Move

Shalamar
Peak 30 5 weeks
37
Dire Straits

Skateaway

Dire Straits
Peak 37 2 weeks
38
Light Of The World

I'm So Happy/time

Light Of The World
Peak 35 2 weeks
39
Keith Marshall

Only Crying

Keith Marshall
Peak 12 9 weeks
40
Ultravox

Slow Motion

Ultravox
Peak 33 3 weeks
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