1981

Previous Year : 1980

Following Year : 1982

Songs with multple appearances in 1981

1981 Songs

Possible 1981 Songs

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Song	Highest UK Chart	Main	Anniversary	Millennium	Yearbook
ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me	7				YB 1981
ABBA - One Of Us	3				YB 1981
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough	19			1981 M	YB 1981
Adam and the Ants - Ant Rap	3				YB X 1981
Adam and the Ants - Cartrouble	33				YB X 1980 - 1984
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming	1				YB 1981
Adam and the Ants - Stand And Deliver	1				YB 1981
Alvin Stardust - Pretend	4
Bad Manners - Can Can	3				YB 1981
Bad Manners - Walking In The Sunshine	10				YB X 1981
Barry Manilow - Bermuda Triangle	15				YB X 1981
Blondie - Rapture	5				YB 1981
Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe	1				YB 1982
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up	1				YB 1981
Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights	20				YB X 1981
Bucks Fizz - Piece of the Action	12				YB 1980 - 1984
Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound	4				YB 1981
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer	24
Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party	1			1981 M	YB X 1980 - 1984
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	20			1981 M
Debbie Harry - Backfired	32				YB X 1980 - 1984
Diana Ross - It's My Turn	16				YB X 1981
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet	8
Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White	19				YB 1981
Dollar - Mirror Mirror	4				YB 1982
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5	47
Duran Duran - Careless Memories	37				YB X 1981
Duran Duran - Girls On Film	5			1981 M	YB 1981
Duran Duran - My Own Way	14				YB X 1981
Duran Duran - Planet Earth	12				YB 1981
Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove	3				YB 1981
Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight	4				YB 1981
Electric Light Orchestra - Twilight	30				YB X 1981
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Good Year For The Roses	6			1981 M	YB 1981
Four Tops - When She Was My Girl	3			1981 M	YB 1981
Freeez - Southern Freeez	8				YB 1981
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)	20				YB 1981
Gary Numan - She's Got Claws	6				YB 1981
Girlschool/Motörhead - Please Don't Touch	5				YB 1981
Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper	12				YB X 1986
Grover Washington Jr/Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us	34				YB X 1981
Hazel O'Connor - D-Days	10				YB 1980 - 1984
Hazel O'Connor - Will You?	8				YB 1981
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang	40
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement	54				YB X 1980 - 1984
Heaven 17 - Play To Win	46				YB X 1981
The Human League - Boys and Girls	48				YB X 1980 - 1984
The Human League - Don't You Want Me	1				YB 1981
The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)	3			1981 M	YB 1981
The Human League - Open Your Heart	6				YB X 1981
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd	12				YB X 1981
The Jam - Absolute Beginners	4				YB X 1981
The Jam - Funeral Pyre	4				YB X 1981
The Jam - That's Entertainment	21			1981 M	YB 1981
Japan - The Art Of Parties	48				YB X 1981
Japan - Quiet Life	19				YB 1981
Japan - Visions Of China	32				YB X 1981
John Lennon - Watching The Wheels	40				YB X 1981
John Lennon - Woman	1				YB 1981
Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)	1				YB 1981
Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap	11				YB 1980 - 1984
Kim Wilde - Cambodia	12				YB X 1980 - 1984
Kim Wilde - Chequered Love	4				YB X 1981
Kim Wilde - Kids In America	2			1981 M	YB 1981
Kim Wilde - Water On Glass	11				YB 1980 - 1984
Kool and the Gang - Get Down On It	3			1981 M	YB 1982
Kool and the Gang - Steppin' Out	12				YB X 1981
Kraftwerk - The Model	1			1982 M
Laurie Anderson - O Superman	2				YB 1980 - 1984
Linx - Intuition	7				YB 1980 - 1984
Lionel Richie/Diana Ross - Endless Love	7			1981 M	YB 1981
Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics	2				YB X 1981
Madness - Grey Day	4				YB 1980 - 1984
Madness - It Must Be Love	4	21	1992 A	1992 M	YB 1981
Madness - The Return of the Los Palmas 7	7			1981 M	YB X 1981
Madness - Shut Up	7				YB X 1981
Meat Loaf/Cher - Dead Ringer For Love	5				YB 1982
Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life	1			1981 M	YB 1981
Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey	10				YB X 1981
Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa	12				YB 1981
New Order - Ceremony	34				YB X 1981
New Order - Everything's Gone Green	38				YB 1980 - 1984
Olivia Newton-John - Physical	7				YB 1981
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Joan Of Arc	5				YB X 1981
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir	3			1981 M	YB 1981
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight	2	68		1981 M
The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand	10				YB X 1981
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	1				YB 1981
The Police - Invisible Sun	2				YB X 1981
The Police - Spirits in the Material World	12				YB X 1980 - 1984
Pretenders - Day After Day	45				YB 1980 - 1984
Pretenders - I Go To Sleep	7				YB 1981
Pretenders - Message Of Love	11				YB X 1981
Public Image Ltd - Flowers Of Romance	24				YB X 1981
Queen/David Bowie - Under Pressure	1			1981 M	YB 1981
Quincy Jones - Razzamatazz	11			1981 M
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up	7
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy	1			1981 M	YB 1981
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl	64
Shakatak - Easier Said Than Done	12				YB X 1980 - 1984
Shalamar - Make That Move	30				YB X 1981
Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only	8				YB 1981
Sheena Easton - When He Shines	12				YB 1980 - 1984
Simple Minds - The American	59				YB X 1981
Simple Minds - Love Song	47				YB 1992
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Arabian Knights	32				YB X 1981
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound	22				YB 1981
Soft Cell - Bedsitter	4				YB X 1981
Soft Cell - Tainted Love	1			1981 M	YB 1981
Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)	3			1981 M	YB 1981
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze	17				YB X 1981
Spandau Ballet - Glow	10
Spandau Ballet - Musclebound	10				YB X 1981
The Specials - Ghost Town	1			1981 M	YB 1981
Squeeze - Labelled With Love	4			1981 M	YB 1981
Stars On 45 - More Stars (ABBA Medley)	2			1981 M	YB 1980 - 1984
Status Quo - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like	9				YB 1981
Steve Winwood - While You See a Chance	45			1981 M
Toyah - Good Morning Universe	14				YB X 1980 - 1984
Toyah - I Want To Be Free	8				YB X 1981
Toyah - It's A Mystery	4				YB 1981
Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains	4				YB 1980 - 1984
The Tweets - Birdie Song	2				YB X 1981
U2 - Fire	35				YB 1981
U2 - Gloria	55			1981 M	YB X 1981
UB40 - Don't Slow Down	16				YB X 1981
UB40 - One In Ten	7			1981 M	YB 1981
Ultravox - Slow Motion	33				YB X 1978
Ultravox - Vienna	2	24		1981 M	YB 1981
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire	12			1981 M
XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)	16			1981 M	YB X 1980 - 1984

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Songs yet to be sorted that appear on a Now album in 1981

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Altered Images - I Could Be Happy

Aneka - Japanese Boy

Blue Rondo à la Turk - Me and Mr. Sanchez

The Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard

Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua

Champaign - How 'Bout Us

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck

Department S - Is Vic There?

Elaine Paige - Memory

Godley and Creme - Under Your Thumb

Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells

Graham Bonnet - Night Games

Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)

Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True)

Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know

Imagination - Body Talk

Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

Kate Robbins and Beyond - More Than In Love

Keith Marshall - Only Crying

Kiki Dee - Star

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go

The Look - I Am The Beat

The Nolans - Attention To Me

Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots

Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs

The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star

Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl

The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink

REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run

Rainbow - I Surrender

Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia

Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody

Shakin' Stevens - Green Door

Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House

Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy

Smokey Robinson - Being With You

Stars On 45 - Stars On 45

Stray Cats - Rock This Town

Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut

Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going (We've Got A Good Thing Going)

Susan Fassbender - Twilight Cafe

The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend

The Teardrop Explodes - Reward

The Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just A Story)

Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men

Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

Visage - Mind Of A Toy

Visage - Visage

The Whispers - It's A Love Thing

The Who - You Better You Bet

Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop The Music