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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · May 1, 1981

30 positions ← 04/24 05/08 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
7 5 2 1 9 Being With You SMOKEY ROBINSON 1
2 1 1 2 11 Just The Two Of Us GROVER WASHINGTON JR. 1
10 9 7 3 7 Take It On The Run REO SPEEDWAGON 3
6 6 4 4 9 Her Town Too JAMES TAYLOR & J. D. SOUTHER 4
27 18 12 5 5 Bette Davis Eyes KIM CARNES 5
3 3 3 6 12 Morning Train (Nine To Five) SHEENA EASTON 3
20 10 8 7 6 Watching The Wheels JOHN LENNON 7
18 11 9 8 6 Living Inside Myself GINO VANNELLI 8
5 4 5 9 10 Angel Of The Morning JUICE NEWTON 4
17 12 11 10 7 I Love You CLIMAX BLUES BAND 10
1 2 6 11 12 While You See A Chance STEVE WINWOOD 1
19 15 13 12 7 Too Much Time On My Hands STYX 12
29 24 19 13 4 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) RAY PARKER JR. & RAYDIO 13
21 19 15 14 7 Sweetheart FRANKE & THE KNOCKOUTS 14
24 21 17 15 6 I Missed Again PHIL COLLINS 15
22 20 16 16 7 You Better You Bet THE WHO 16
4 7 10 17 14 Kiss On My List DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 1
- 29 20 18 3 How 'Bout Us CHAMPAIGN 18
- 30 26 19 3 Medley: Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want To Know A Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going To Lose That Girl/Stars On 45 STARS ON 45 19
- 28 24 20 3 Say You'll Be Mine CHRISTOPHER CROSS 20
DEBUT 21 1 Sukiyaki A TASTE OF HONEY 21
30 27 25 22 4 What Are We Doin' In Love DOTTIE WEST 22
28 25 23 23 5 Love You Like I Never Loved Before JOHN O'BANION 23
- - 28 24 2 America NEIL DIAMOND 24
- - 27 25 2 This Little Girl GARY U.S. BONDS 25
- - 29 26 2 Since I Don't Have You DON McLEAN 26
- - 30 27 2 Find Your Way Back JEFFERSON STARSHIP 27
8 8 14 28 10 I Can't Stand It ERIC CLAPTON AND HIS BAND 8
16 16 21 29 8 Ain't Even Done With The Night JOHN COUGAR 16
15 13 18 30 8 Time Out Of Mind STEELY DAN 13