1981

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
ABBA - Lay All Your Love on Me	12 July 1981	7	3
ABBA - One of Us	6 December 1981	3	1
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough	25 October 1981	19	3
Adam and the Ants - Ant Rap	6 December 1981	3	1
Adam and the Ants - Cartrouble	18 January 1981	33	2
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming	6 September 1981	1	3
Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver	3 May 1981	1	9
Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars	22 March 1981	67	2
Altered Images - Happy Birthday	20 September 1981	2	3
Altered Images - I Could Be Happy	6 December 1981	7	4
Alvin Stardust - Pretend	30 August 1981	4	1
Aneka - Japanese Boy	2 August 1981	1	5
Aretha Franklin & George Benson - Love All the Hurt Away	13 September 1981	49	1
B-Movie - Remembrance Day	12 April 1981	61	1
Bad Manners - Can Can	21 June 1981	3	2
Bad Manners - Walking in the Sunshine	20 September 1981	10	1
Barry Manilow - Bermuda Triangle	5 April 1981	15	1
Bauhaus - Kick in the Eye	12 April 1981	45	1
The Beat - Drowning	12 April 1981	22	1
Blondie - Rapture	18 January 1981	5	6
Blue Rondo à la Turk - Me and Mr. Sanchez	8 November 1981	40	1
Boney M. - We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)	15 November 1981	39	1
The Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard	25 January 1981	26	1
The Boomtown Rats - Never in a Million Years	6 December 1981	62	1
Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua	1 November 1981	51	2
Bow Wow Wow - Prince of Darkness	9 August 1981	58	1
Bruce Springsteen - The River	7 June 1981	35	2
Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe	22 November 1981	1	4
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up	22 March 1981	1	8
Bucks Fizz - One of Those Nights	9 August 1981	20	1
Bucks Fizz - Piece of the Action	31 May 1981	12	1
Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine	9 August 1981	42	1
Champaign - How 'bout Us	3 May 1981	5	3
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)	11 October 1981	7	2
Christopher Cross - Sailing	8 February 1981	48	1
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven	19 April 1981	34	1
The Clash - This Is Radio Clash	22 November 1981	47	1
Classix Nouveaux - Guilty	22 February 1981	43	1
Cliff Richard - Wired for Sound	23 August 1981	4	4
Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck	25 January 1981	5	2
Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up)	26 July 1981	56	1
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer	27 September 1981	24	2
The Cure - Primary	29 March 1981	43	1
Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party	13 September 1981	1	5
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	4 January 1981	20	1
Debbie Harry - Backfired	26 July 1981	32	2
Department S - Is Vic There?	29 March 1981	22	2
Dexys Midnight Runners - Show Me	5 July 1981	16	1
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love	6 September 1981	7	7
Diana Ross - It's My Turn	11 January 1981	16	1
Diana Ross - One More Chance	22 March 1981	49	1
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet	11 January 1981	8	1
Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White	9 August 1981	19	4
Dollar - Mirror Mirror	8 November 1981	4	3
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5	15 February 1981	47	13
Donna Summer - Cold Love	11 January 1981	44	1
Duran Duran - Careless Memories	10 May 1981	37	2
Duran Duran - Girls on Film	19 July 1981	5	4
Duran Duran - My Own Way	22 November 1981	14	1
Duran Duran - Planet Earth	15 February 1981	12	6
Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove	1 November 1981	3	6
Echo & the Bunnymen - A Promise	12 July 1981	49	1
Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night	22 February 1981	53	2
Elaine Paige - Memory	31 May 1981	6	3
Electric Light Orchestra - Hold on Tight	26 July 1981	4	2
Electric Light Orchestra - Twilight	18 October 1981	30	1
Elton John - Nobody Wins	17 May 1981	42	1
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Good Year for the Roses	27 September 1981	6	4
Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again	28 June 1981	63	1
Evelyn "Champagne" King - I'm in Love	21 June 1981	27	1
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero	4 October 1981	48	1
Foreigner - Urgent	23 August 1981	45	1
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You	6 December 1981	8	3
Four Tops - When She Was My Girl	11 October 1981	3	2
Freeez - Flying High	12 April 1981	35	1
Freeez - Southern Freeez	1 February 1981	8	4
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)	1 November 1981	20	2
Gary Numan & Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise	29 November 1981	33	1
Gary Numan - She's Got Claws	23 August 1981	6	2
Gary U.S. Bonds - This Little Girl	24 May 1981	43	1
Gillan - Mutually Assured Destruction	8 February 1981	32	1
Girlschool - Hit and Run	5 April 1981	32	1
Godley and Creme - Under Your Thumb	6 September 1981	3	4
Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells	15 November 1981	7	1
Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper	14 June 1981	12	5
Graham Bonnet - Night Games	15 March 1981	6	1
Grover Washington Jr. featuring Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us	10 May 1981	34	3
Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)	18 October 1981	4	5
Hazel O'Connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up	26 July 1981	41	1
Hazel O'Connor - D-Days	15 March 1981	10	1
Hazel O'Connor - Will You?	17 May 1981	8	1
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang	15 March 1981	40	2
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement	8 November 1981	54	1
Heaven 17 - Play to Win	30 August 1981	46	4
Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know	2 August 1981	12	3
Honey Bane - Turn Me On Turn Me Off	18 January 1981	37	1
Hot Chocolate - You'll Never Be So Wrong	24 May 1981	52	1
The Human League - Boys and Girls	22 February 1981	48	1
The Human League - Don't You Want Me	29 November 1981	1	22
The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love)	2 August 1981	3	5
The Human League - Open Your Heart	4 October 1981	6	3
The Human League - The Sound of the Crowd	26 April 1981	12	5
Imagination - Body Talk	10 May 1981	4	6
The Jam - Absolute Beginners	18 October 1981	4	2
The Jam - Funeral Pyre	31 May 1981	4	1
The Jam - That's Entertainment	1 February 1981	21	3
Japan - The Art of Parties	3 May 1981	48	2
Japan - Quiet Life	13 September 1981	19	5
Japan - Visions of China	1 November 1981	32	1
Jim Steinman - Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through	28 June 1981	52	1
Joan Armatrading - I'm Lucky	6 September 1981	46	1
Joe Jackson - Jumpin' Jive	28 June 1981	43	1
John Foxx - Europe After the Rain	23 August 1981	40	1
John Lennon - Watching the Wheels	29 March 1981	30	2
John Lennon - Woman	18 January 1981	1	5
Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning	26 April 1981	43	6
Julio Iglesias - Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)	18 October 1981	1	2
Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap	5 July 1981	11	1
Kate Robbins and Beyond - More Than in Love	24 May 1981	2	1
Keith Marshall - Only Crying	29 March 1981	12	1
Kiki Dee - Star	15 February 1981	13	2
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes	3 May 1981	10	6
Kim Carnes - Draw of the Cards	2 August 1981	49	1
Kim Wilde - Cambodia	8 November 1981	12	1
Kim Wilde - Chequered Love	3 May 1981	4	3
Kim Wilde - Kids in America	15 February 1981	2	8
Kim Wilde - Water on Glass	26 July 1981	11	1
Kirsty MacColl - There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis	7 June 1981	14	1
Kleeer - Get Tough	8 March 1981	49	1
Kool & the Gang - Get Down on It	13 December 1981	3	7
Kool and the Gang - Steppin' Out	25 October 1981	12	1
Kraftwerk - The Model	5 July 1981	1	1
Landscape - Einstein a Go-Go	22 February 1981	5	4
Laurie Anderson - O Superman	11 October 1981	2	4
Level 42 - Love Games	12 April 1981	38	1
Linx - Intuition	1 March 1981	7	2
Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics	19 July 1981	2	3
Madness - Grey Day	19 April 1981	4	1
Madness - It Must Be Love	29 November 1981	4	10
Madness - The Return of the Los Palmas 7	18 January 1981	7	2
Madness - Shut Up	20 September 1981	7	1
Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer for Love	22 November 1981	5	3
Meat Loaf - I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us	20 September 1981	62	1
Michael Jackson - One Day in Your Life	17 May 1981	1	6
Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey	1 November 1981	10	1
Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa	9 August 1981	12	2
The Motels - Days Are O.K. (But the Nights Were Made for Love)	4 January 1981	41	1
Motörhead & Girlschool - Please Don't Touch	15 February 1981	5	2
Neil Diamond - Hello Again	8 February 1981	51	1
New Order - Ceremony	8 March 1981	34	1
New Order - Everything's Gone Green	27 September 1981	38	1
New Order - Procession	27 September 1981	38	1
The Nolans - Attention to Me	8 March 1981	9	1
Odyssey - Going Back to My Roots	24 May 1981	4	3
Odyssey - Hang Together	11 January 1981	36	1
Olivia Newton-John - Physical	4 October 1981	7	5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Joan of Arc	18 October 1981	5	2
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir	23 August 1981	3	4
Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)	23 August 1981	3	2
Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs	26 July 1981	49	4
The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star	25 January 1981	25	3
Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight	11 January 1981	2	4
Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl	15 March 1981	14	5
The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand	16 August 1981	10	1
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	18 October 1981	1	5
The Police - Invisible Sun	20 September 1981	2	2
The Police - Spirits in the Material World	6 December 1981	12	2
Pretenders - Day After Day	6 September 1981	45	1
Pretenders - I Go to Sleep	8 November 1981	7	2
Pretenders - Message of Love	8 February 1981	11	2
The Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters	26 April 1981	59	1
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink	21 June 1981	18	5
Public Image Ltd - Flowers of Romance	29 March 1981	24	1
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure	8 November 1981	1	8
Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida	5 April 1981	14	1
Quincy Jones - Razzamatazz	14 June 1981	11	1
REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You	5 April 1981	7	7
REO Speedwagon - Take It on the Run	21 June 1981	19	1
Rainbow - Can't Happen Here	14 June 1981	20	1
Rainbow - I Surrender	25 January 1981	3	2
Randy Crawford - Rainy Night in Georgia	2 August 1981	18	2
Randy Crawford - Secret Combination	25 October 1981	48	1
Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody	24 May 1981	11	1
Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet - Everlasting Love	16 August 1981	35	1
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up	23 August 1981	7	4
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy	15 February 1981	1	5
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl	15 November 1981	64	2
Shakatak - Easier Said Than Done	15 November 1981	12	1
Shakatak - Living in the U.K.	1 March 1981	52	1
Shakin' Stevens - Green Door	19 July 1981	1	4
Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House	22 February 1981	1	4
Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy	26 April 1981	2	1
Shalamar - Make That Move	22 March 1981	30	2
Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It	22 February 1981	31	4
Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only	21 June 1981	8	1
Sheena Easton - When He Shines	26 April 1981	12	1
Sheila Hylton - The Bed's Too Big Without You	11 January 1981	35	1
Simple Minds - The American	17 May 1981	59	3
Simple Minds - Love Song	9 August 1981	6	1
Simple Minds - Sweat in Bullet	1 November 1981	52	1
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Arabian Knights	26 July 1981	32	1
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound	24 May 1981	22	3
Sister Sledge - All American Girls	22 February 1981	41	1
Smokey Robinson - Being With You	3 May 1981	1	6
Soft Cell - Bedsitter	8 November 1981	4	4
Soft Cell - Tainted Love	26 July 1981	1	29
Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)	12 July 1981	3	5
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze	18 January 1981	17	4
Spandau Ballet - Glow	29 March 1981	10	4
Spandau Ballet - Musclebound	29 March 1981	10	2
Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down	8 November 1981	30	1
The Specials - Ghost Town	14 June 1981	1	7
Split Enz - History Never Repeats	17 May 1981	63	1
Squeeze - Is That Love?	10 May 1981	35	1
Squeeze - Labelled With Love	4 October 1981	4	6
Starsound - More Stars (ABBA Medley)	28 June 1981	2	4
Starsound - Stars On 45	12 April 1981	2	3
Status Quo - Something 'bout You Baby I Like	22 February 1981	9	1
Steve Winwood - While You See a Chance	11 January 1981	45	2
The Stranglers - Thrown Away	25 January 1981	42	1
Stray Cats - Rock This Town	1 February 1981	9	1
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut	19 April 1981	11	1
Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going	22 March 1981	4	4
Susan Fassbender - Twilight Cafe	11 January 1981	21	1
The Teardrop Explodes - Colours Fly Away	15 November 1981	54	1
The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend	23 August 1981	25	1
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward	25 January 1981	6	4
The Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just a Story)	26 April 1981	18	2
Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a Thousand Men	19 April 1981	6	2
Thin Lizzy - Trouble Boys	2 August 1981	53	1
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love	4 October 1981	65	2
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood	14 June 1981	7	3
Toyah - Good Morning Universe	22 November 1981	14	1
Toyah - I Want to Be Free	10 May 1981	8	2
Toyah - It's a Mystery	8 February 1981	4	1
Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains	27 September 1981	4	2
The Tubes - Don't Want to Wait Anymore	6 September 1981	60	1
The Tweets - Birdie Song	6 September 1981	2	2
U2 - Fire	2 August 1981	35	1
U2 - Gloria	11 October 1981	55	2
UB40 - Don't Slow Down	17 May 1981	16	2
UB40 - One in Ten	2 August 1981	7	2
Ultravox - All Stood Still	31 May 1981	8	1
Ultravox - Slow Motion	22 March 1981	33	1
Ultravox - Vienna	11 January 1981	2	12
The Undertones - It's Going to Happen!	26 April 1981	18	1
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire	3 May 1981	12	2
Visage - Mind of a Toy	8 March 1981	13	3
Visage - Visage	5 July 1981	21	3
Voggue - Dancin' the Night Away	12 July 1981	39	1
The Whispers - It's a Love Thing	8 March 1981	9	2
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again	31 October 1981	34	6
The Who - You Better You Bet	1 March 1981	9	1
XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)	18 January 1981	16	2

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