Average score for 1981 was 5.57, up very slightly from 5.55 in 1980 and would have been higher without all the medleys.

There were 14 1/10 scores up from 6 in 1980 (again largely thanks to medleys). I’ll give the worst hit of the year award to Children Of Tansley School - My Mum Is One In A Million.

I gave 3 10s, 28 9s and 49 8s.

I’ve put together my Top 40:

1 Laurie Anderson - O Superman

2 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

3 Ultravox - Vienna

4 The Human League - Don’t You Want Me

5 Soft Cell - Tainted Love

6 Visage - Fade To Grey

7 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love

8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

9 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

10 ABBA - One Of Us

11 Ultravox - The Voice

12 Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai

13 The Specials - Ghost Town

14 ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

15 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

16 Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure

17 The Teardrop Explodes - Reward

18 Blondie - Rapture

19 The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer

20 The Police - Invisible Sun

21 The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd

22 Ultravox - The Thin Wall

23 Grover Washington Jr - Justin The Two Of Us

24 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

25 Kim Wilde - Cambodia

26 Hazel O’Connor - Will You

27 Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb

28 Kim Wilde - Kids In America

29 Bruce Springsteen - The River

30 Electric Light Orchestra - Twilight

31 Genesis - Abacab

32 The Jam - That’s Entertainment

33 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)

34 Duran Duran - Girls On Film

35 Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator

36 Rush - Tom Sawyer

37 Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice

38 Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver

39 Dave Stewart And Barbara Gaskin - It’s My Party

40 UB40 - One In Ten

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This is my top 40:

1. Ultravox - Vienna

2. ELO - Twilight

3. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

4. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

5. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc

6. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

7. Visage - Fade To Grey

8. Laurie Anderson - O Superman

9. Ultravox - All Stood Still

10. Abba - One Of Us

11. Ultravox - The Thin Wall

12. Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home

13. Hazel O'Connor - Will You

14. Ultravox - The Voice

15. Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb

16. Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go

17. Human League - Open Your Heart

18. Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party

19. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

20. Teardrop Explodes - Reward

21. New Order - Everything's Gone Green

22. Kim Wilde - Cambodia

23. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

24. Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White

25. Human League - Don't You Want Me

26. Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl You

27. Blondie - Rapture

28. Visage - Mind Of A Toy

29. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

30. Genesis - Abacab

31. ELO - Hold On Tight

32. Department S - Is Vic There?

33. Visage - Visage

34. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star

35. Dave Stewart and Colin Blunstone - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

36. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

37. Landscape - Norman Bates

38. The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep

39. Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet

40. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

The Human League and ABBA would top those final two groups for me too

this is my attempt at a top 40:

1. Kraftwerk - The Model

2. Visage - Fade to Grey

3. Ultravox - Vienna

4. ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

5. Soft Cell - Tainted Love

6. Kim Wilde - Cambodia

7. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

8. The Specials - Ghost Town

9. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

10. The Jam - That's Entertainment

11. Kim Wilde - Kids in America

12. Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai

13. ABBA - One Of Us

14. Kraftwerk - Computer Love

15. Laurie Anderson - O Superman

16. Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver

17. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

18. New Order - Ceremony

19. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound

20. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party

21. Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming

22. The Human League - The Sound of the Crowd

23. Godley & Creme - Under the Thumb

24. Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier

25. Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)

26. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

27. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

28. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

29. Ultravox - The Voice

30. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

31. The Human League - Open Your Heart

32. The Jam - Funeral Pyre

33. Ultravox - The Thin Wall

34. New Order - Procession

35. The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

36. The Police - Invisible Sun

37. Duran Duran - Planet Earth

38. New Order - Everything's Gone Green

39. Depeche Mode - New Life

40. The Teardrop Explodes - Reward

My top 10 :

Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe

Aneka - Little Lady

Sue Wilkinson - Time'N'Tide

Clash and Ellen Foley - Hitsville UK

Barbra Streisand - Promises

Sue Wilkinson - Women Only

Rachel Sweet and Rex Smith - Everlasting Love

Dooleys - And I Wish

Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

Kate Robbins - More Than In Love

My top 40 of 1981 would look something like this:

1 Bruce Springsteen - The River

2 Kraftwerk - The Model

3 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

4 Kim Wilde - Kids In America

5 The Jam - That's Entertainment

6 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

7 Laurie Anderson - O Superman

8 New Order - Ceremony

9 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

10 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

11 Ultravox - Vienna

12 REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

13 Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

14 Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

15 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

16 The Specials - Ghost Town

17 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

18 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy

19 Visage - Fade To Grey

20 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

21 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

22 The Human League - Don't You Want Me

23 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love

24 Soft Cell - Tainted Love

25 Blondie - Rapture

26 Bad Manners - Can Can

27 Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House

28 The Human League - Open Your Heart

29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc

30 Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men

31 Duran Duran - Planet Earth

32 Japan - Visions Of China

33 Ultravox - The Voice

34 Soft Cell - Bedsitter

35 Teardrop Explodes - Reward

36 Depeche Mode - New Life

37 Altered Images - Happy Birthday

38 XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)

39 Pretenders - Message Of Love

40 The Clash - The Magnificent Seven