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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 11, 1981

30 positions ← 12/04 12/18 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
1 1 1 1 11 Waiting For A Girl Like You FOREIGNER 1
10 6 3 2 7 Leather And Lace STEVIE NICKS with DON HENLEY 2
3 2 2 3 10 Physical OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 2
6 5 4 4 9 Young Turks ROD STEWART 4
12 9 5 5 7 Trouble LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM 5
19 14 9 6 5 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 6
13 11 8 7 7 Harden My Heart QUARTERFLASH 7
8 7 6 8 9 Why Do Fools Fall In Love? DIANA ROSS 6
11 10 10 9 9 Don't Stop Believin' JOURNEY 9
15 12 11 10 6 Yesterday's Songs NEIL DIAMOND 10
21 18 14 11 5 Turn Your Love Around GEORGE BENSON 11
5 3 7 12 11 Oh No COMMODORES 3
30 26 15 13 4 Let's Groove EARTH, WIND & FIRE 13
22 20 17 14 6 Centerfold THE J. GEILS BAND 14
27 23 18 15 4 Comin' In And Out Of Your Life BARBRA STREISAND 15
4 4 12 16 12 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic THE POLICE 3
24 22 20 17 5 Cool Night PAUL DAVIS 17
26 24 23 18 4 Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight EDDIE RABBITT 18
- 29 28 19 3 Waiting On A Friend THE ROLLING STONES 19
23 21 21 20 5 Our Lips Are Sealed THE GO-GO'S 20
- - 29 21 2 The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) JUICE NEWTON 21
16 15 16 22 8 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) CHILLIWACK 15
29 28 26 23 4 Shake It Up THE CARS 23
28 27 25 24 4 Under Pressure QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE 24
- - 30 25 2 I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World RONNIE MILSAP 25
DEBUT 26 1 Leader Of The Band DAN FOGELBERG 26
DEBUT 27 1 Come Go With Me THE BEACH BOYS 27
DEBUT 28 1 Take It Easy On Me LITTLE RIVER BAND 28
DEBUT 29 1 You Could Have Been With Me SHEENA EASTON 29
DEBUT 30 1 She's Got A Way BILLY JOEL 30