Posted February 7, 200817 yr UK Top 40 Singles weekending 7th February 1981 1 (2) Woman – John Lennon 2 (3) In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins 3 (6) Vienna - Ultravox 4 (1) Imagine – John Lennon 5 (5) Rapture – Blondie 6 (4) Ant Music – Adam & The Ants 7 (7) Don’t Stop The Music – Yarborough & Peoples 8 (12) Fade To Grey - Visage 9 (9) Young Parisians – Adam & The Ants 10 (8) I Am The Beat – The Look 11 (16) Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits 12 (28) I Surrender – Rainbow 13 (10) I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It – Stevie Wonder 14 (18) The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven – Madness 15 (17) A Little In Love – Cliff Richard 16 (25) It’s My Turn – Diana Ross 17 (24) The Freeze – Spandau Ballet 18 (11) Do Nothing/Maggie’s Farm – The Specials 19 (New) The Oldest Swinger In Town – Fred Wedlock 20 (19) Gangsters Of The Groove – Heatwave 21 (29) Twilight Café – Susan Fassbender 22 (26) Burn Rubber On Me – Gap Band 23 (13) Too Nice To Talk To – The Beat 24 (14) Flash - Queen 25 (21) Lorraine – Bad Manners 26 (40) The Elephant’s Graveyard (Guilty) – Boomtown Rats 27 (15) Runaround Sue - Racey 28 (34) Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me - XTC 29 (20) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie 30 (New) Shaddap You Face – Joe Dolce 31 (New) We’ll Bring The House Down - Slade 32 (27) Who’s Gonna Rock You – The Nolans 33 (35) Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band 34 (New) I’m Love With A German Filmstar – Passions 35 (New) Rock This Town – Stray Cats 36 (39) Hang Together - Odyssey 37 (37) Turn Me On Turn Me Off – Honey Bane 38 (New) The Bed’s Too Big Without You – Sheila Hylton 39 (New) Just When I Needed You Most – Barbara Jones 40 (New) Car Trouble – Adam & The Ants
February 7, 200817 yr US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 7th February, 1981 TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position) 1 3 CELEBRATION Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-16 (1 week at #1) (1) 2 1 THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie (Chrysalis)-13 (1) 3 4 I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)-14 (3) 4 8 9 TO 5 Dolly Parton (RCA)-11 (4) 5 6 PASSION Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-12 (5) 6 2 (Just Like) STARTING OVER John Lennon (Geffen)-15 (1) 7 5 EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD Air Supply (Arista)-16 (5) 8 17 WOMAN John Lennon (Geffen)-4 (8) 9 9 IT'S MY TURN Diana Ross (Motown)-16 (9) 10 11 GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE Delbert McClinton (Capitol)-10 (10) ------ 11 12 HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan (MCA)-11 (11) 12 14 SAME OLD LANG SYNE Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon)-9 (12) 13 19 KEEP ON LOVING YOU REO Speedwagon (Epic)-11 (13) 14 16 MISS SUN Boz Scaggs (with Lisa Dal Bello) (Columbia)-11 (14) 15 7 LOVE ON THE ROCKS Neil Diamond (Capitol)-15 (2) 16 18 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba (Atlantic)-12 (16) 17 22 THE BEST OF TIMES Styx (A&M)-3 (17) 18 21 I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-9 (18) 19 20 TOGETHER Tierra (Boardwalk)-14 (19) 20 27 CRYING Don McLean (Millenium)-3 (20) ------ 21 23 SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD The Eagles (Asylum)-8 (21) 22 13 GUILTY Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (Columbia)-15 (3) 23 25 HEARTBREAK HOTEL The Jacksons (Epic)-10 (23) 24 28 A LITTLE IN LOVE Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-9 (24) 25 32 HELLO AGAIN Neil Diamond (Capitol)-2 (25) 26 10 I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN Barry Manilow (Arista)-12 (10) 27 31 SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAIN Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-11 (27) 28 29 KILLIN' TIME Fred Knoblock and Susan Anton (Scotti Brothers)-12 (28) 29 34 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)-10 (29) 30 36 TREAT ME RIGHT Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-4 (30) ------ 31 15 TIME IS TIME Andy Gibb (RSO)-12 (15) 32 24 HUNGRY HEART Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)-14 (5) 33 33 HE CAN'T LOVE YOU The Michael Stanley Band (EMI-America)-12 (33) 34 26 DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA The Police (A&M)-16 (10) 35 30 TELL IT LIKE IT IS Heart (Epic)-12 (8) 36 35 LADY Kenny Rogers (Liberty)-19 (1) 37 50 HEARTS ON FIRE Randy Meisner (Epic)-3 (37) 38 44 AH LEAH Donnie Iris (MCA)-9 (38) 39 39 WHO'S MAKING LOVE The Blues Brothers (Atlantic)-8 (39) 40 45 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC (Atlantic)-6 (40) ------ 41 41 HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-19 (9) 42 61 RAPTURE Blondie (Chrysalis)-2 (42) 43 55 KISS ON MY LIST Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-3 (43) 44 48 (Ghost) RIDERS IN THE SKY The Outlaws (Arista)-7 (44) 45 40 SHINE ON L.T.D. (A&M)-13 (40) 46 52 FLASH'S THEME AKA FLASH Queen (Elektra)-4 (46) 47 38 SUDDENLY Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard (MCA)-16 (20) 48 37 I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Teena Marie (Gordy)-12 (37) 49 42 MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)-20 (2) 50 60 TOO TIGHT Con Funk Shun (Mercury)-3 (50) ------ 51 43 COLD LOVE Donna Summer (Geffen)-11 (33) 52 72 WHAT KIND OF FOOL Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (Columbia)-2 (52) 53 46 FOOL THAT I AM Rita Coolidge (A&M)-9 (46) 54 65 GUITAR MAN Elvis Presley (RCA)-9 (43) 55 57 FULL OF FIRE Shalamar (Solar)-8 (55) 56 63 FLY AWAY Peter Allen (A&M)-5 (56) 57 67 PRECIOUS TO ME Phil Seymour (Boardwalk)-3 (57) 58 74 LIVING IN A FANTASY Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)-3 (58) 59 47 LOVE T.K.O. Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia International)-11 (44) 60 70 STAYING WITH IT Firefall (with Lisa Nemzo) (Atlantic)-3 (60) ------ 61 49 MASTER BLASTER (Jammin') Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-21 (5) 62 53 ONE STEP CLOSER The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-12 (24) 63 73 SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN' Terri Gibbs (MCA)-4 (63) 64 51 MY MOTHER'S EYES Bette Midler (Atlantic)-12 (39) 65 -- FADE AWAY Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)-1 (65) 66 76 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOUR NAME Glen Campbell (Capitol)-3 (66) 67 54 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen (Elektra)-26 (1) 68 56 UNITED TOGETHER Aretha Franklin (Arista)-7 (56) 69 80 LIPSTICK Suzi Quatro (Dreamland)-3 (69) 70 58 SKATEAWAY Dire Straits (Warner Brothers)-8 (58) ------ 71 81 AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT John Cougar (Riva)-2 (71) 72 59 WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-23 (1) 73 83 DREAMER The Association (Elektra)-2 (73) 74 85 FANTASTIC VOYAGE Lakeside (Solar)-2 (74) 75 77 SEASONS Charles Fox (Handshake)-3 (75) 76 78 WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD The Doobie Brothers (Sesame Street)-3 (76) 77 87 TURN ME LOOSE Loverboy (Columbia)-2 (77) 78 -- DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police (A&M)-1 (78) 79 79 WATCHING YOU Slave (Cotillion)-4 (79) 80 -- WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE Steve Winwood (Island)-1 (80) ------ 81 62 EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME The Korgis (Asylum)-18 (18) 82 -- FIREFLIES Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-1 (82) 83 64 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-20 (12) 84 66 WHIP IT Devo (Warner Brothers)-24 (14) 85 -- JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME April Wine (Capitol)-1 (85) 86 -- DON'T STOP THE MUSIC Yarbrough and Peoples (Mercury)-1 (86) 87 -- AND LOVES GOES ON Earth, Wind and Fire (ARC)-1 (87) 88 91 LONG TIME LOVING YOU McGuffey Lane (Atco)-4 (88) 89 -- CAFE AMORE Spyro Gyra (MCA)-1 (89) 90 92 DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Touch (Atco)-2 (90) ------ 91 68 I BELIEVE IN YOU Don Williams (MCA)-20 (24) 92 69 NEVER BE THE SAME Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-18 (15) 93 71 THEME FROM "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" (Good Ol' Boys) Waylon (RCA)-22 (21) 94 75 NEED YOUR LOVING TONIGHT Queen (Elektra)-11 (44) 95 82 I'M COMING OUT Diana Ross (Motown)-19 (5) 96 86 TEACHER TEACHER Rockpile (Columbia)-12 (51) 97 88 YOU Earth, Wind and Fire (ARC)-12 (48) 98 -- 8TH WONDER The Sugar Hill Gang (Sugar Hill)-1 (98) 99 97 DREAMING Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-22 (10) 100 100 REMOTE CONTROL The Reddings (Believe In a Dream)-13 (89) ------ BUBBLING UNDER THE HOT 100 101 101 BON BON VIE (Gimme the Good Life) T.S. Monk (Mirage) 102 -- COW PATTI Jim Stafford (Warner Brothers) 103 -- ONCE IN A LIFETIME The Talking Heads (Sire) 104 -- LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES Night (Planet) 105 102 LOOK UP Patrice Rushen (Elektra) 106 107 SUKIYAKI A Taste Of Honey (Capitol) 107 108 OUTSIDE Ambrosia (Full Moon) 108 -- THEME FROM "RAGING BULL" (Cavalleria Rusticana) Joel Diamond (Motown) 109 109 HERE IS MY LOVE Tommy Dee (A&M) 110 -- HOW 'BOUT US Champaign (Columbia) ------ Compiled from national sales and CHR (Top 40) radio station airplay by Billboard Copyright 1981 Billboard Publications
February 8, 200817 yr A lot of good tracks in this chart, and the usual few dodgy ones :lol: 1 (2) Woman – John Lennon.....sheer class 2 (3) In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins................Collins at his best 3 (6) Vienna - Ultravox .............kept of the top by bloody Joe Dolce :angry: 4 (1) Imagine – John Lennon.........one of the classics of all time 5 (5) Rapture – Blondie................early rap song,a view of the future of US music 6 (4) Ant Music – Adam & The Ants 8 (12) Fade To Grey - Visage :cheer: :cheer: .....superb track 9 (9) Young Parisians – Adam & The Ants 10 (8) I Am The Beat – The Look 11 (16) Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits 12 (28) I Surrender – Rainbow 14 (18) The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven – Madness :cheer: 17 (24) The Freeze – Spandau Ballet :cheer: ...one of their best 18 (11) Do Nothing/Maggie’s Farm – The Specials 19 (New) The Oldest Swinger In Town – Fred Wedlock :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 21 (29) Twilight Café – Susan Fassbender...............i liked this 23 (13) Too Nice To Talk To – The Beat....................this was a good song 24 (14) Flash - Queen 25 (21) Lorraine – Bad Manners 28 (34) Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me - XTC :thumbup: (is this "This is Pops" favourite song) ;) 29 (20) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie :dance: 30 (New) Shaddap You Face – Joe Dolce :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: 31 (New) We’ll Bring The House Down - Slade 32 (27) Who’s Gonna Rock You – The Nolans :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: 33 (35) Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band :D 34 (New) I’m Love With A German Filmstar – Passions :cheer: :cheer: sheer class 40 (New) Car Trouble – Adam & The Ants
February 8, 200817 yr strange, i was just thinking of feb 81! :lol:.... a good chart imho. UK Top 40 Singles weekending 7th February 1981 1 (2) Woman – John Lennon.................... gawd how bad was this? lennon gone old :( 2 (3) In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins........................not bad 3 (6) Vienna - Ultravox................................. classic track of the time 4 (1) Imagine – John Lennon....................... this was better! overplayed? maybe, but classic. 5 (5) Rapture – Blondie ........................... blondie selling out, poor. 6 (4) Ant Music – Adam & The Ants 7 (7) Don’t Stop The Music – Yarborough & Peoples......... excellant track! 8 (12) Fade To Grey - Visage................. :thumbup: superb! 9 (9) Young Parisians – Adam & The Ants 10 (8) I Am The Beat – The Look................... who was 'mr kruger'?... :lol: 11 (16) Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits............ rather boring, no... VERY boring mor, aor . 12 (28) I Surrender – Rainbow........................... rock/pop... ok. 13 (10) I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It – Stevie Wonder 14 (18) The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven – Madness ......... not their best 15 (17) A Little In Love – Cliff Richard....:puke2: 16 (25) It’s My Turn – Diana Ross........:puke2: 17 (24) The Freeze – Spandau Ballet.............. excellant! sb's best era 18 (11) Do Nothing/Maggie’s Farm – The Specials................ :) 19 (New) The Oldest Swinger In Town – Fred Wedlock..... unfunny now. 20 (19) Gangsters Of The Groove – Heatwave 21 (29) Twilight Café – Susan Fassbender........ a greatr little track! :) 22 (26) Burn Rubber On Me – Gap Band 23 (13) Too Nice To Talk To – The Beat......... the beats best... 24 (14) Flash - Queen 25 (21) Lorraine – Bad Manners............ <_< 26 (40) The Elephant’s Graveyard (Guilty) – Boomtown Rats 27 (15) Runaround Sue - Racey 28 (34) Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me - XTC.............................:) excellant pop :) 29 (20) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie 30 (New) Shaddap You Face – Joe Dolce............ guilty pleasure...lol... 31 (New) We’ll Bring The House Down - Slade 32 (27) Who’s Gonna Rock You – The Nolans 33 (35) Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band 34 (New) I’m Love With A German Filmstar – Passions ........... 35 (New) Rock This Town – Stray Cats 36 (39) Hang Together - Odyssey 37 (37) Turn Me On Turn Me Off – Honey Bane 38 (New) The Bed’s Too Big Without You – Sheila Hylton..... a police cover?... oh dear. 39 (New) Just When I Needed You Most – Barbara Jones 40 (New) Car Trouble – Adam & The Ants
February 8, 200817 yr I always thought it weird that my favourite Bowie single, 'Scary Monsters' was such a minor hit. Look at that top 10, though - how many classics can you possibly get in one weeks' top 10? Awesome stuff....
February 8, 200817 yr I know & like: http://www.1-18scalecars.com/Audi/Audi_Quattro_1988_front_quarter.jpg 1 (2) Woman – John Lennon 2 (3) In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins 3 (6) Vienna - Ultravox 4 (1) Imagine – John Lennon 5 (5) Rapture – Blondie 6 (4) Ant Music – Adam & The Ants 7 (7) Don’t Stop The Music – Yarborough & Peoples 8 (12) Fade To Grey - Visage 9 (9) Young Parisians – Adam & The Ants 10 (8) I Am The Beat – The Look 11 (16) Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits 12 (28) I Surrender – Rainbow 13 (10) I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It – Stevie Wonder 14 (18) The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven – Madness 15 (17) A Little In Love – Cliff Richard 17 (24) The Freeze – Spandau Ballet 18 (11) Do Nothing/Maggie’s Farm – The Specials 23 (13) Too Nice To Talk To – The Beat 24 (14) Flash - Queen 28 (34) Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me - XTC 29 (20) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie 31 (New) We’ll Bring The House Down - Slade 34 (New) I’m Love With A German Filmstar – Passions 35 (New) Rock This Town – Stray Cats 38 (New) The Bed’s Too Big Without You – Sheila Hylton 40 (New) Car Trouble – Adam & The Ants What a brilliant chart!
February 8, 200817 yr Just realised the billboard chart that was previously posted was 1980. 1981 chart is now up.
February 8, 200817 yr I know and like 1 (2) Woman – John Lennon 2 (3) In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins 3 (6) Vienna - Ultravox 4 (1) Imagine – John Lennon 5 (5) Rapture – Blondie 6 (4) Ant Music – Adam & The Ants 7 (7) Don’t Stop The Music – Yarborough & Peoples 8 (12) Fade To Grey - Visage 9 (9) Young Parisians – Adam & The Ants 11 (16) Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits 24 (14) Flash - Queen 29 (20) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie 33 (35) Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band 38 (New) The Bed’s Too Big Without You – Sheila Hylton 39 (New) Just When I Needed You Most – Barbara Jones
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