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This Day In 80s Music, December 30th

Each year Billboard freezes their weekly charts at the very end of the year/beginning of the new year (including in the 1980s) so there isn’t a lot of “music news” from the 80s to report at the end of the year/very beginning of the year as far as songs/albums going to #1, etc. So for the next few days as we close out the year 2021 and begin 2022, we’ll be going back to one specific year of the 80s per day and showing you the Top 40 songs for that year. Today, we visit 1981. These are the Top 40 songs of 1981 as ranked by Billboard Magazine:

1“Bette Davis Eyes“Kim Carnes
2“Endless Love“Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
3“Lady“Kenny Rogers
4“(Just Like) Starting Over“John Lennon
5“Jessie’s Girl“Rick Springfield
6“Celebration“Kool & the Gang
7“Kiss on My List“Hall & Oates
8“I Love a Rainy Night“Eddie Rabbitt
9“9 To 5“Dolly Parton
10“Keep on Loving You“REO Speedwagon
11“Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)“Joey Scarbury
12“Morning Train (Nine to Five)“Sheena Easton
13“Being with You“Smokey Robinson
14“Queen of Hearts“Juice Newton
15“Rapture“Blondie
16“A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)“Raydio
17“The Tide Is High“Blondie
18“Just the Two of Us“Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers
19“Slow Hand“The Pointer Sisters
20“I Love You“Climax Blues Band
21“Woman“John Lennon
22“Sukiyaki“A Taste of Honey
23“The Winner Takes It All“ABBA
24“Stars on 45 Medley“Stars on 45
25“Angel of the Morning“Juice Newton
26“Love on the Rocks“Neil Diamond
27“Every Woman in the World“Air Supply
28“The One That You Love“Air Supply
29“Guilty“Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
30“The Best of Times“Styx
31“Elvira“The Oak Ridge Boys
32“Take It on the Run“REO Speedwagon
33“(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me“Ronnie Milsap
34“Living Inside Myself“Gino Vannelli
35“Woman in Love“Barbra Streisand
36“The Boy from New York City“The Manhattan Transfer
37“Urgent“Foreigner
38“Passion“Rod Stewart
39“Lady (You Bring Me Up)“Commodores
40“Crying“Don McLean
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