6 7 RAPTURE –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-8 (6) 14 14 IT’S NOW OR NEVER –•– John Schneider (Scotti Brothers)-13 (14) 48 58 PROMISES IN THE DARK –•– Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-3 (48) 42 46 WHO’S MAKING LOVE –•– The Blues Brothers (Atlantic)-6 (42) 47 52 I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF –•– Billy and the Beaters (Alfa)-5 (47) 26 32 (There’s) NO GETTIN’ OVER ME –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-4 (26) 2 4 9 TO 5 –•– Dolly Parton (RCA)-12 (2) 12 8 WHO’S CRYING NOW –•– Journey (Columbia)-15 (4) 81 — SOMEBODY SPECIAL –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-1 (81) 44 49 THEME FROM “GREATEST AMERICAN HERO” (Believe It Or Not) –•– Joey Scarbury (Elektra)-5 (44) 38 42 PROMISES IN THE DARK –•– Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-5 (38) 3 3 STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND –•– Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (Modern)-9 (3) 23 25 THAT OLD SONG –•– Ray Parker, Jr. and Raydio (Arista)-8 (23) 28 30 AI NO CORRIDA (I-No-Ko-ree-da) –•– Quincy Jones (with Dune) (A&M)-8 (28) 48 52 LET ME LOVE YOU ONCE –•– Greg Lake (Chrysalis)-6 (48) 15 16 SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME –•– Kenny Rogers (Liberty)-7 (15) 4 6 I DON’T NEED YOU –•– Kenny Rogers (Liberty)-8 (4) 16 18 HEARTS –•– Marty Balin (EMI-America)-6 (16) 39 40 NICOLE –•– Point Blank (MCA)-11 (39) 6 4 CELEBRATION –•– Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-20 (1) 2 3 WOMAN –•– John Lennon (Geffen)-10 (2) 22 26 9 TO 5 –•– Dolly Parton (RCA)-8 (22) 92 39 TOGETHER –•– Tierra (Boardwalk)-21 (18), 41 45 I LOVE YOU –•– The Climax Blues Band (Warner Brothers)-6 (41) Discover NME's best albums and tracks of 1981. 54 31 JESSIE’S GIRL –•– Rick Springfield (RCA)-29 (1), 41 45 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED –•– The Go-Go’s (I.R.S. 49 60 LOVE IS ALRIGHT TONITE –•– Rick Springfield (RCA)-3 (49) 85 — THE COWBOY AND THE LADY –•– John Denver (RCA)-1 (85) 5 5 (There’s) NO GETTIN’ OVER ME –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-15 (5) 28 32 LOVE YOU LIKE I NEVER LOVED BEFORE –•– John O’Banion (Elektra)-6 (28) 10 11 START ME UP –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-6 (10), 11 12 HOLD ON TIGHT –•– ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) (Jet)-10 (11) 29 15 THE OLD SONGS –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-10 (15) 24 5 (There’s) NO GETTIN’ OVER ME –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-16 (5) 40 45 BACK IN BLACK –•– AC/DC (Atlantic)-8 (40), 45 40 SHINE ON –•– L.T.D. 35 36 CHLOE –•– Elton John (Geffen)-8 (35) 19 32 RAPTURE –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-4 (19) 26 31 THE OLD SONGS –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-4 (26) 82 — KEEP THIS TRAIN A-ROLLIN’ –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-1 (82) 29 29 FIND YOUR WAY BACK –•– Jefferson Starship (Grunt)-9 (29) 25 29 LADY (You Bring Me Up) –•– The Commodores (Motown)-6 (25) (A&M)-10 (41) 84 — JUST ONCE –•– Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (A&M)-1 (84) 24 17 BEING WITH YOU –•– Smokey Robinson (Tamla)-21 (2) 38 39 WRACK MY BRAIN –•– Ringo Starr (Boardwalk)-6 (38) 83 — TEMPTED –•– Squeeze (A&M)-1 (83) 38 41 DOUBLE DUTCH BUS –•– Frankie Smith (WMOT)-9 (38) 8 7 JUST THE TWO OF US –•– Grover Washington, Jr. (with Bill Withers) (Elektra)-17 (2) Page: 1 2.. 5.. 7.. 10.. 12.. 15.. 17.. 20.. 22.. 25 next > 1: 1. 19 21 DON’T STOP THE MUSIC –•– Yarbrough and Peoples (Mercury)-10 (19) 15 15 THE OLD SONGS –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-9 (15) 32 34 EVERLASTING LOVE –•– Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet (Columbia)-9 (32) 15 13 HELLO AGAIN –•– Neil Diamond (Capitol)-12 (6) 33 39 WE’RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER –•– Al Jarreau (Warner Brothers)-8 (33) (A&M)-9 (45) 8 5 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-13 (5) 17 12 SUKIYAKI –•– A Taste Of Honey (Capitol)-19 (3) 48 48 PROMISES –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-6 (48) 28 30 DRAW OF THE CARDS –•– Kim Carnes (EMI-America)-7 (28) 17 18 THE STROKE –•– Billy Squier (Capitol)-14 (17) 17 17 THE STROKE –•– Billy Squier (Capitol)-15 (17) The list on this page is for all #1 hit Pop singles for 1981 … 6 11 MORNING TRAIN (Nine To Five) –•– Sheena Easton (EMI-America)-9 (6) 5 5 HERE I AM (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) –•– Air Supply (Arista)-11 (5) Sugar Baby Love/Let’s Go To San Francisco/A Horse With No Name/ 3 3 START ME UP –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-10 (3) 2 2 JUST THE TWO OF US –•– Grover Washington, Jr. (with Bill Withers) (Elektra)-14 (2) 49 32 I BELIEVE IN YOU –•– Don Williams (MCA)-17 (24) 22 22 MY GIRL (Gone, Gone, Gone) –•– Chilliwack (Millennium)-13 (22) 30 38 THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE –•– Air Supply (Arista)-3 (30), 31 18 YOU BETTER YOU BET –•– The Who (Warner Brothers)-11 (18) 72 — BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY –•– The Manhattan Transfer (Atlantic)-1 (72) 34 36 LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET –•– Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion)-8 (34) This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981. 80 — EVERLASTING LOVE –•– Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet (Columbia)-1 (80) 33 37 ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH –•– Jim Steinman (with Rory Dodd) (Cleveland International)-10 (33) 88 — (Want You) BACK IN MY LIFE AGAIN –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-1 (88) 4 4 URGENT –•– Foreigner (Atlantic)-13 (4) 23 26 AIN’T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT –•– John Cougar (Riva)-11 (23) 36 40 I WOULDN’T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-7 (36) 6 8 WOMAN –•– John Lennon (Geffen)-5 (6) 26 30 WAITING ON A FRIEND –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-4 (26) 86 — THAT OLD SONG –•– Ray Parker, Jr. and Raydio (Arista)-1 (86) 15 16 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL –•– Abba (Atlantic)-13 (15) 38 42 JESSIE’S GIRL –•– Rick Springfield (RCA)-7 (38) Souther (Columbia)-8 (11) 10 14 QUEEN OF HEARTS –•– Juice Newton (Capitol)-10 (10), 11 8 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-14 (5) 2 2 BEING WITH YOU –•– Smokey Robinson (Tamla)-17 (2) 20 14 MISS SUN –•– Boz Scaggs (with Lisa Dal Bello) (Columbia)-13 (14), 21 23 A LITTLE IN LOVE –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-11 (21) 36 42 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME –•– April Wine (Capitol)-6 (36) 12 14 SAME OLD LANG SYNE –•– Dan Fogelberg (Epic / Full Moon)-9 (12) 23 27 BREAKING AWAY –•– Balance (Portrait)-11 (23) 14 17 HARDEN MY HEART –•– Quarterflash (Geffen)-8 (14) 6 7 SLOW HAND –•– The Pointer Sisters (Planet)-10 (6) 3 12 CELEBRATION –•– Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-15 (3) 10 12 WHAT KIND OF FOOL –•– Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (Columbia)-8 (10), 11 11 I AIN’T GONNA STAND FOR IT –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-15 (11) 24 30 TROUBLE –•– Lindsey Buckingham (Asylum)-4 (24) 19 29 START ME UP –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-4 (19) 12 11 THIS LITTLE GIRL –•– Gary U.S. Bonds (EMI-America)-12 (11) DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET/WE CAN WORK IT OUT/I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN 18 20 TREAT ME RIGHT –•– Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-9 (18) 76 37 SAME OLD LANG SYNE –•– Dan Fogelberg (Epic / Full Moon)-16 (9) Sheppard (Warner Brothers/Curb)-11 (37) 44 45 LOVE T.K.O. 33 14 DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME –•– The Police (A&M)-14 (10) 23 27 HOOKED ON CLASSICS (Medley) –•– Louis Clark Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA)-7 (23) 49 49 TEMPTED –•– Squeeze (A&M)-8 (49) Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) / Little Bit of Us (1981) [Single] Chart Position - #2: Chart Position - #2: 12: 12. 46 46 TOM SAWYER –•– Rush (Mercury)-8 (46) 13 12 HEARTS –•– Marty Balin (EMI-America)-15 (8) 38 41 A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (Just Like You Do) –•– Ray Parker, Jr. and Raydio (Arista)-8 (38) 8 9 THEME FROM “GREATEST AMERICAN HERO” (Believe It Or Not) –•– Joey Scarbury (Elektra)-10 (8) 33 9 THE BEST OF TIMES –•– Styx (A&M)-15 (3) 6 6 ELVIRA –•– The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)-10 (6) 18 10 WHAT KIND OF FOOL –•– Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (Columbia)-11 (10) 29 39 REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU –•– Gary Wright (Warner Brothers)-6 (29) 16 21 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL –•– The Four Tops (Casablanca)-10 (16) 15 13 JESSIE’S GIRL –•– Rick Springfield (RCA)-27 (1) 18 18 THE STROKE –•– Billy Squier (Capitol)-13 (18) 93 — EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE –•– Patti Austin (Qwest)-1 (93) 47 38 SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS (Some Days Are Stone) –•– John Denver (RCA)-17 (36) 39 43 HE CAN’T LOVE YOU –•– The Michael Stanley Band (EMI-America)-8 (39) 24 26 TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS –•– Styx (A&M)-5 (24) 36 40 (Ghost) RIDERS IN THE SKY –•– The Outlaws (Arista)-9 (36) 37 66 GEMINI DREAM –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-2 (37) 22 17 HERE I AM (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) –•– Air Supply (Arista)-14 (5) 38 21 ENDLESS LOVE –•– Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (Motown)-20 (1) 32 37 URGENT –•– Foreigner (Atlantic)-3 (32) 13 6 LIVING INSIDE MYSELF –•– Gino Vannelli (Arista)-14 (6) 7 5 EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD –•– Air Supply (Arista)-16 (5) 35 15 WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE –•– Steve Winwood (Island)-15 (7) )-15 (21) 26 31 DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME –•– The Police (A&M)-5 (26) 15 15 IS IT YOU –•– Lee Ritenour (with Eric Tagg) (Elektra)-11 (15) 33 49 FADE AWAY –•– Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)-3 (33) 84 — WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOOLIN’ –•– Donna Summer (Geffen)-1 (84) 85 — YESTERDAY ONCE MORE/NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME (Medley) –•– The Spinners (Atlantic)-1 (85) 6 11 OH NO –•– The Commodores (Motown)-10 (6) 89 — COME GO WITH ME –•– The Beach Boys (Caribou)-1 (89) 20 22 TIME –•– The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)-13 (20), 21 23 QUEEN OF HEARTS –•– Juice Newton (Capitol)-7 (21) 42 61 RAPTURE –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-2 (42) 20 21 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED –•– The Go-Go’s (I.R.S. 40 46 SAY YOU’LL BE MINE –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-5 (40), 41 17 9 TO 5 –•– Dolly Parton (RCA)-22 (1) 38 41 JUST ONCE –•– Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (A&M)-6 (38) 30 15 THIS LITTLE GIRL –•– Gary U.S. Bonds (EMI-America)-14 (11), 31 17 WINNING –•– Santana (Columbia)-16 (17) 17 18 JUST ONCE –•– Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (A&M)-14 (17) 8 18 9 TO 5 –•– Dolly Parton (RCA)-10 (8) 18 27 PRIVATE EYES –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-5 (18) 2 4 KEEP ON LOVING YOU –•– REO Speedwagon (Epic)-16 (2) 24 20 A LITTLE IN LOVE –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-17 (17) 10 11 I CAN’T STAND IT –•– Eric Clapton and His Band (RSO)-10 (10), 11 12 HER TOWN TOO –•– James Taylor and J.D. Souther (Columbia)-10 (11) 46 50 SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAIN –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-7 (46) 43 53 A LITTLE IN LOVE –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-6 (43) 5 1 MORNING TRAIN (Nine To Five) –•– Sheena Easton (EMI-America)-14 (1) 36 52 WHAT KIND OF FOOL –•– Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (Columbia)-3 (36) 16 9 LADY (You Bring Me Up) –•– The Commodores (Motown)-16 (8) 36 40 WINNING –•– Santana (Columbia)-7 (36) 85 — NOTHING EVER GOES AS PLANNED –•– Styx (A&M)-1 (85) 25 25 FOOL IN LOVE WITH YOU –•– Jim Photoglo (20th Century)-13 (25) 50 53 YOU LIKE ME DON’T YOU –•– Jermaine Jackson (Motown)-7 (50), 76 — QUEEN OF HEARTS –•– Juice Newton (Capitol)-1 (76) 44 48 BURNIN’ FOR YOU –•– Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia)-7 (44) 13 15 GEMINI DREAM –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-7 (13) 8 13 KEEP ON LOVING YOU –•– REO Speedwagon (Epic)-12 (8) 24 26 PRECIOUS TO ME –•– Phil Seymour (Boardwalk)-9 (24) 83 — THE THEME FROM “HILL STREET BLUES” –•– Mike Post (Featuring Larry Carlton) (Elektra)-1 (83) 32 14 SAME OLD LANG SYNE –•– Dan Fogelberg (Epic / Full Moon)-14 (9) 4 8 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC –•– The Police (A&M)-10 (4) 4 6 I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (No Can Do) –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-7 (4) 17 20 THE SWEETEST THING (I’ve Ever Known) –•– Juice Newton (Capitol)-9 (17) 20 21 TREAT ME RIGHT –•– Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-8 (20), 21 23 HEARTS ON FIRE –•– Randy Meisner (Epic)-7 (21) 18 20 THE OLD SONGS –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-6 (18) 8 9 HARD TO SAY –•– Dan Fogelberg (Epic / Full Moon)-9 (8) 37 49 HE’S A LIAR –•– The Bee Gees (RSO)-3 (37) 9 24 ARTHUR’S THEME (Best That You Can Do) –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-5 (9) 9 9 ARTHUR’S THEME (Best That You Can Do) –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-15 (1) 14 10 THE THEME FROM “HILL STREET BLUES” –•– Mike Post (Featuring Larry Carlton) (Elektra)-15 (10) 19 22 FIRE AND ICE –•– Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-7 (19) 67 39 NICOLE –•– Point Blank (MCA)-12 (39), 41 49 JUST ONCE –•– Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (A&M)-5 (41) 76 — MORE STARS ON 45 (Papa Was a Rolling Stone/Dance To the Music/ 50 74 HEART LIKE A WHEEL –•– The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-2 (50), 51 — YESTERDAY’S SONGS –•– Neil Diamond (Columbia)-1 (51) 46 49 ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH –•– Jim Steinman (with Rory Dodd) (Cleveland International)-6 (46) 80 — ALL OUR TOMORROWS –•– Eddie Schwartz (Atco)-1 (80) 37 43 SAUSALITO SUMMERNIGHT –•– Diesel (Regency)-6 (37) 7 7 HARD TO SAY –•– Dan Fogelberg (Epic / Full Moon)-11 (7) 30 33 HOLD ON LOOSELY –•– 38 Special (A&M)-10 (30), 31 40 SAY YOU’LL BE MINE –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-6 (31) 14 17 KISS ON MY LIST –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-8 (14) 37 28 STILL RIGHT HERE IN MY HEART –•– The Pure Prairie League (Casablanca)-12 (28) 49 42 WE’RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER –•– Al Jarreau (Warner Brothers)-19 (15) 7 7 PASSION –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-10 (7) 50 63 DON’T STOP THE MUSIC –•– Yarbrough and Peoples (Mercury)-4 (50), 63 — I CAN’T STAND IT –•– Eric Clapton and His Band (RSO)-1 (63) 25 30 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL –•– The Four Tops (Casablanca)-8 (25) This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1982. 20 9 LADY –•– Kenny Rogers (Liberty)-17 (1), 21 25 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL –•– Abba (Atlantic)-10 (21) 10 10 DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA –•– The Police (A&M)-14 (10), 11 13 I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-10 (11) 27 31 SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAIN –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-11 (27) 15 15 THE VOICE –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-10 (15) 43 50 DON’T STOP THE MUSIC –•– Yarbrough and Peoples (Mercury)-5 (43) 32 20 AMERICA –•– Neil Diamond (Capitol)-14 (8) 61 — RAPTURE –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-1 (61) 45 49 DON’T WANT TO WAIT ANYMORE –•– The Tubes (Capitol)-5 (45) 79 — I’VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU –•– Rick Springfield (RCA)-1 (79) 37 34 DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA –•– The Police (A&M)-17 (10) 44 45 WORKING IN THE COAL MINE –•– Devo (Full Moon)-7 (44) 27 29 YOU’RE MY GIRL –•– Franke and the Knockouts (Millennium)-8 (27) 34 29 NO REPLY AT ALL –•– Genesis (Atlantic)-12 (29) 89 — ALL AMERICAN GIRLS –•– Sister Sledge (Cotillion)-1 (89) 90 — WATCHING YOU –•– Slave (Cotillion)-1 (90) 88 — I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ALL OF MY LIFE –•– Paul Anka (RCA)-1 (88)