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Top 40 - 31st May 1981

These were officially the biggest hits of 31st May 1981

1
Adam & The Ants

Stand And Deliver

Adam & The Ants
Peak 1 11 weeks
2
Shakin Stevens

You Drive Me Crazy

Shakin Stevens
Peak 2 11 weeks
3
Smokey Robinson

Being With You

Smokey Robinson
Peak 1 11 weeks
4
The Jam

Funeral Pyre

The Jam
Peak 4 5 weeks
5
Kim Wilde

Chequered Love

Kim Wilde
Peak 4 7 weeks
6
Champaign

How 'bout Us

Champaign
Peak 5 9 weeks
7
Star Sound

Stars On 45

Star Sound
Peak 2 10 weeks
8
Toyah

I Want To Be Free

Toyah
Peak 8 9 weeks
9
Tenpole Tudor

Swords Of A Thousand Men

Tenpole Tudor
Peak 6 9 weeks
10
Hazel O'connor

Will You

Hazel O'connor
Peak 8 7 weeks
11
Kim Carnes

Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes
Peak 10 6 weeks
12
Michael Jackson

One Day In Your Life

Michael Jackson
Peak 1 11 weeks
13
Kate Robbins And Beyond

More Than In Love

Kate Robbins And Beyond
Peak 2 9 weeks
14
Reo Speedwagon

Keep On Loving You

Reo Speedwagon
Peak 7 9 weeks
15
George Harrison

All Those Years Ago

George Harrison
Peak 13 5 weeks
16
Enigma (uk)

Ain't No Stopping

Enigma (uk)
Peak 11 7 weeks
17
Tottenham Hotspur F.a. Cup Final Squad

Ossie's Dream (spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley)

Tottenham Hotspur F.a. Cup Final Squad
Peak 5 5 weeks
18
Human League

The Sound Of The Crowd

Human League
Peak 12 7 weeks
19
Vangelis

Chariots Of Fire

Vangelis
Peak 12 7 weeks
20
The Stray Cats

Stray Cat Strut

The Stray Cats
Peak 11 7 weeks
21
UB40

Don't Let It Pass You By/don't Slow Down

UB40
Peak 16 7 weeks
22
The Undertones

It's Going To Happen

The Undertones
Peak 18 6 weeks
23
Odyssey

Going Back To My Roots

Odyssey
Peak 4 9 weeks
24
Sheena Easton

When He Shines

Sheena Easton
Peak 12 6 weeks
25
The Teardrop Explodes

Treason (it's Just A Story)

The Teardrop Explodes
Peak 18 6 weeks
26
Quincy Jones

Al No Corrida (i-no-ko-ree-da)

Quincy Jones
Peak 14 8 weeks
27
Madness

Grey Day

Madness
Peak 4 7 weeks
28
Ennio Morricone

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

Ennio Morricone
Peak 2 10 weeks
29
Siouxsie And The Banshees

Spellbound

Siouxsie And The Banshees
Peak 22 7 weeks
30
Coast To Coast

Let's Jump The Broomstick

Coast To Coast
Peak 28 5 weeks
31
Thin Lizzy

Killers Live (ep)

Thin Lizzy
Peak 19 5 weeks
32
The Beat

Drowning/all Out To Get You

The Beat
Peak 22 7 weeks
33
Kool & The Gang

Take It To The Top (climbing)

Kool & The Gang
Peak 15 7 weeks
34
Grover Washington Jr

Just The Two Of Us

Grover Washington Jr
Peak 34 3 weeks
35
Polecats

Rockabilly Guy

Polecats
Peak 35 3 weeks
36
Keith Marshall

Only Crying

Keith Marshall
Peak 12 9 weeks
37
Bucks Fizz

Making Your Mind Up

Bucks Fizz
Peak 1 11 weeks
38
Duran Duran

Careless Memories

Duran Duran
Peak 37 4 weeks
39
Department S

Is Vic There?

Department S
Peak 22 8 weeks
40
Squeeze

Is That Love

Squeeze
Peak 35 4 weeks
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