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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · May 15, 1981

30 positions ← 05/08 05/22 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
12 5 2 1 7 Bette Davis Eyes KIM CARNES 1
2 1 1 2 11 Being With You SMOKEY ROBINSON 1
7 3 3 3 9 Take It On The Run REO SPEEDWAGON 3
8 7 4 4 8 Watching The Wheels JOHN LENNON 4
9 8 5 5 8 Living Inside Myself GINO VANNELLI 5
19 13 11 6 6 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) RAY PARKER JR. & RAYDIO 6
11 10 8 7 9 I Love You CLIMAX BLUES BAND 7
26 19 16 8 5 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 8
13 12 10 9 9 Too Much Time On My Hands STYX 9
1 2 6 10 13 Just The Two Of Us GROVER WASHINGTON JR. 1
- 21 15 11 3 Sukiyaki A TASTE OF HONEY 11
15 14 12 12 9 Sweetheart FRANKE & THE KNOCKOUTS 12
17 15 13 13 8 I Missed Again PHIL COLLINS 13
28 24 22 14 4 America NEIL DIAMOND 14
3 6 9 15 14 Morning Train (Nine To Five) SHEENA EASTON 3
20 18 17 16 5 How 'Bout Us CHAMPAIGN 16
4 4 7 17 11 Her Town Too JAMES TAYLOR & J. D. SOUTHER 4
25 22 20 18 6 What Are We Doin' In Love DOTTIE WEST 18
24 20 19 19 5 Say You'll Be Mine CHRISTOPHER CROSS 19
27 25 24 20 4 This Little Girl GARY U.S. BONDS 20
16 16 18 21 9 You Better You Bet THE WHO 16
- - 27 22 2 The Waiting TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 22
29 26 25 23 4 Since I Don't Have You DON McLEAN 23
- - 30 24 2 Jessie's Girl RICK SPRINGFIELD 24
30 27 26 25 4 Find Your Way Back JEFFERSON STARSHIP 25
- - 28 26 2 Is It You LEE RITENOUR 26
- - 29 27 2 You Make My Dreams DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 27
DEBUT 28 1 All Those Years Ago GEORGE HARRISON 28
DEBUT 29 1 The One That You Love AIR SUPPLY 29
DEBUT 30 1 Winning SANTANA 30