1981

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Previous Year : 1980 Following Year : 1982




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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
The Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard 26 YB X 1981
Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe 1 YB 1982,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer 24
Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party 1 1981 M YB X 1980 - 1984,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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
Elaine Paige - Memory 6 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
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero 48
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 8 YB 1982
Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 3 1981 M YB 1981
Freeez - Southern Freeez 8 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 20 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
Gary Numan - She's Got Claws 6 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) 4 YB 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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
The Human League - Open Your Heart 6 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd 12 YB X 1981
The Jam - Absolute Beginners 4 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
The Police - Spirits in the Material World 12 YB X 1980 - 1984,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
Pretenders - Day After Day 45 YB 1980 - 1984
Pretenders - I Go To Sleep 7 YB 1981
Pretenders - Message Of Love 11 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
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
Shakin' Stevens - Green Door 1 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House 1 YB 1981
Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy 2 YB X 1981
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
Soft Cell - Bedsitter 4 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
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,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
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
Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua
Champaign - How 'Bout Us
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck
Department S - Is Vic There?
Godley and Creme - Under Your Thumb
Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells
Graham Bonnet - Night Games
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
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