1981 Songs Comparison

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  • Tracks (Songs that appear on any album with '1981' in the title or release date)[edit]

    Song Highest UK Chart Main Anniversary Millennium Yearbook Dance
    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 - Antmusic 2 1980 M YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Adam and the Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier 2 YB X 1981
    Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming 1 YB 1981
    Adam and the Ants - Stand And Deliver 1 YB 1981
    Altered Images - Happy Birthday YB 1981
    Altered Images - I Could Be Happy YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Aneka - Japanese Boy YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    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
    Blondie - The Tide Is High 1 1981 M YB 1980
    Blue Rondo à la Turk - Me and Mr. Sanchez YB X 1981
    The Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard YB X 1981
    Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua YB X 1981
    Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up 1 YB 1981
    Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights 20 YB X 1981
    Champaign - How 'Bout Us YB 1981
    The Clash - The Magnificent Seven YB X 1981
    Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound 4 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck YB 1981
    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
    Department S - Is Vic There? YB 1981
    Diana Ross - It's My Turn 16 YB X 1981
    Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White 19 YB 1981
    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
    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
    Godley and Creme - Under Your Thumb 1981 M YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells YB X 1981
    Graham Bonnet - Night Games YB X 1981
    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
    Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True) YB X 1981
    Hazel O'Connor - Will You? 8 YB 1981
    Heaven 17 - Play To Win 46 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know YB 1981
    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
    Imagination - Body Talk 1981 M YB 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 - Imagine 1 45 YB 1981
    John Lennon - Watching The Wheels 40 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    John Lennon - Woman 1 YB 1981
    Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning YB X 1981
    Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) 1 YB 1981
    Kate Robbins and Beyond - More Than In Love YB 1981
    Keith Marshall - Only Crying YB X 1981
    Kiki Dee - Star YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes YB 1981
    Kim Wilde - Chequered Love 4 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Kim Wilde - Kids In America 2 1981 M YB 1981
    Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis YB X 1981
    Kool and the Gang - Get Down On It 3 1981 M YB 1982
    Kool and the Gang - Steppin' Out 12 YB X 1981
    Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go YB 1981
    Lionel Richie/Diana Ross - Endless Love 7 1981 M YB 1981
    The Look - I Am The Beat YB 1981
    Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics 2 YB X 1981
    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
    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
    The Nolans - Attention To Me YB 1981
    Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots YB 1981
    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
    Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs YB X 1981
    The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star YB 1981
    Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 2 68 1981 M
    Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl 1981 M YB 1981
    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
    Pretenders - I Go To Sleep 7 YB 1981
    Pretenders - Message Of Love 11 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink YB X 1981,YB 1986
    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
    REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You YB 1981
    REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run YB X 1981
    Rainbow - I Surrender YB 1981
    Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody YB X 1981
    Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl 43 YB X 1981
    Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 1 1981 M YB 1981
    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
    Simple Minds - The American 59 YB X 1981
    Siouxsie and the Banshees - Arabian Knights 32 YB X 1981
    Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound 22 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    Smokey Robinson - Being With You 1981 M YB 1981
    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 - 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
    Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    Status Quo - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like 9 YB 1981
    Steve Winwood - While You See a Chance 45 1981 M
    Stray Cats - Rock This Town YB 1981
    Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut YB X 1981
    Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going (We've Got A Good Thing Going) YB X 1981
    Susan Fassbender - Twilight Cafe YB X 1981
    The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend YB X 1981
    The Teardrop Explodes - Reward 1981 M YB 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    The Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just A Story) YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    Tears for Fears - Suffer The Children 52 YB X 1981
    Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men YB 1981
    Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love YB X 1981
    Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood YB 1981
    Toyah - I Want To Be Free 8 YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Toyah - It's A Mystery 4 YB 1981
    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 - Vienna 2 24 1981 M YB 1981
    Vangelis - Chariots of Fire 12 1981 M
    Visage - Fade to Grey 8 1981 M YB 1981
    Visage - Mind Of A Toy YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X
    Visage - Visage YB X 1981,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2
    The Whispers - It's A Love Thing YB 1981
    The Who - You Better You Bet YB 1981
    XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) 16 1981 M YB X 1980 - 1984
    Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop The Music 1980 M YB 1981