MY TOP 100 SINGLES OF 1981:
#1 - TAINTED LOVE - Soft Cell
#2 - SUPER FREAK - Rick James
#3 - IN THE AIR TONIGHT - Phil Collins
#4 - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU - Foreigner
#5 - FADE TO GREY - Visage
#6 - BETTE DAVIS EYES - Kim Carnes
#7 - DOWN UNDER - Men at Work
#8 - WIRED FOR SOUND - Cliff Richard
#9 - BOYS IN TOWN - Divinyls
#10 - LOVE IN MOTION - Icehouse
#11 - IF YOU LEAVE ME CAN I COME TOO? - Mental as Anything
#12 - CELEBRATION - Kool & The Gang
#13 - ERROL - Australian Crawl
#14 - SAY I LOVE YOU - Renee Geyer
#15 - STARS ON 45 - Stars on 45
#16 - WHO CAN IT BE NOW? - Men at Work
#17 - JEALOUS GUY - Roxy Music
#18 - HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - Pat Benatar
#19 - PHYSICAL - Olivia Newton-John
#20 - I MISSED AGAIN - Phil Collins
#21 - CENTREFOLD - The J. Geils Band
#22 - 9 TO 5 - Dolly Parton
#23 - THINGS DON'T SEEM - Australian Crawl
#24 - URGENT - Foreigner
#25 - OUR LIPS ARE SEALED - Go-Go's
#26 - DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA - The Police
#27 - FLASH - Queen
#28 - SHAKE IT UP - The Cars
#29 - WOMAN - John Lennon
#30 - TOO MANY TIMES - Mental as Anything
#31 - COOL WORLD - Mondo Rock
#32 - GIRLS ON FILM - Duran Duran
#33 - WATCHING THE WHEELS - John Lennon
#34 - HISTORY NEVER REPEATS - Split Enz
#35 - EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - The Police
#36 - WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE - Steve Winwood
#37 - ONCE IN A LIFETIME - Talking Heads
#38 - CHEMISTRY - Mondo Rock
#39 - TROUBLE - Lindsey Buckingham
#40 - LOOKING FOR CLUES - Robert Palmer
#41 - UNDER PRESSURE - Queen & David Bowie
#42 - START ME UP - The Rolling Stones
#43 - YOU GOT NOTHING I WANT - Cold Chisel
#44 - PRIVATE EYES - Daryl Hall & John Oates
#45 - OH NO NOT YOU AGAIN - Australian Crawl
#46 - THE BREAKUP SONG (THEY DON'T WRITE 'EM) - Greg Kihn Band
#47 - STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND - Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
#48 - MORE STARS - Stars on 45
#49 - COUNTING THE BEAT - The Swingers
#50 - GEMINI DREAM - The Moody Blues
#51 - VIENNA - Ultravox
#52 - HEY NINETEEN - Steely Dan
#53 - CHARIOTS OF FIRE - Vangelis
#54 - STAY YOUNG - INXS
#55 - JESSIE'S GIRL - Rick Springfield
#56 - TURN ME LOOSE - Loverboy
#57 - SUPER TROUPER - ABBA
#58 - PULL UP TO THE BUMPER - Grace Jones
#59 - ANGEL OF THE MORNING - Juice Newton
#60 - THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE - Bucks Fizz
(Was not able to do a full top 100 for this year)
Hear them all on my site -
http://top100singles.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-top-singles-of-1981.html