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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 4, 1981

30 positions ← 11/27 12/11 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
1 1 1 1 10 Waiting For A Girl Like You FOREIGNER 1
4 3 2 2 9 Physical OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 2
13 10 6 3 6 Leather And Lace STEVIE NICKS with DON HENLEY 3
8 6 5 4 8 Young Turks ROD STEWART 4
16 12 9 5 6 Trouble LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM 5
10 8 7 6 8 Why Do Fools Fall In Love? DIANA ROSS 6
6 5 3 7 10 Oh No COMMODORES 3
18 13 11 8 6 Harden My Heart QUARTERFLASH 8
26 19 14 9 4 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 9
12 11 10 10 8 Don't Stop Believin' JOURNEY 10
23 15 12 11 5 Yesterday's Songs NEIL DIAMOND 11
3 4 4 12 11 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic THE POLICE 3
2 2 8 13 12 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) AIR SUPPLY 2
27 21 18 14 4 Turn Your Love Around GEORGE BENSON 14
- 30 26 15 3 Let's Groove EARTH, WIND & FIRE 15
21 16 15 16 7 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) CHILLIWACK 15
25 22 20 17 5 Centerfold THE J. GEILS BAND 17
- 27 23 18 3 Comin' In And Out Of Your Life BARBRA STREISAND 18
24 20 19 19 5 Heart Like A Wheel THE STEVE MILLER BAND 19
29 24 22 20 4 Cool Night PAUL DAVIS 20
28 23 21 21 4 Our Lips Are Sealed THE GO-GO'S 21
9 9 16 22 9 The Old Songs BARRY MANILOW 9
- 26 24 23 3 Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight EDDIE RABBITT 23
20 14 13 24 7 No Reply At All GENESIS 13
- 28 27 25 3 Under Pressure QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE 25
- 29 28 26 3 Shake It Up THE CARS 26
5 7 17 27 15 Private Eyes DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 1
- - 29 28 2 Waiting On A Friend THE ROLLING STONES 28
DEBUT 29 1 The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) JUICE NEWTON 29
DEBUT 30 1 I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World RONNIE MILSAP 30