List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1981

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1981.

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Overall, a total of 87 songs hit the top 10, including 17 number-one songs and 10 songs that peaked at number-two.

Hall & Oates scored four top ten hits during the year with "Kiss on My List", "You Make My Dreams", "Private Eyes", and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1981
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1980
November 29"Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond 2January 1010
December 13"Guilty" Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb 3January 107
December 20"Every Woman in the World" Air Supply 5January 318
December 27"The Tide Is High" Blondie 1January 3110
"Tell It Like It Is" Heart 8January 104
Singles from 1981
January 10"Passion" Rod Stewart 5February 76
January 17"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" The Police 10January 172
January 24"I Love a Rainy Night" Eddie Rabbitt 1February 289
"It's My Turn" Diana Ross 9January 243
January 31"Celebration" Kool & the Gang 1February 77
"9 to 5" Dolly Parton 1February 219
"I Made It Through the Rain" Barry Manilow 10January 311
February 7"Woman" John Lennon 2March 2112
"Givin' It Up for Your Love" Delbert McClinton 8February 215
February 14"Keep On Loving You" REO Speedwagon 1March 219
"Hey Nineteen" Steely Dan 10February 142
February 21"The Best of Times" Styx 3March 2110
"Same Old Lang Syne" Dan Fogelberg 9February 212
February 28"The Winner Takes It All" ABBA 8March 144
March 7"Crying" Don McLean 5March 216
"Hello Again"Neil Diamond6March 285
March 14"Rapture"Blondie1March 288
March 21"What Kind of Fool"Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb10March 213
March 28"Kiss on My List" Hall & Oates 1April 118
"Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers 2May 211
April 4"While You See a Chance" Steve Winwood 7April 185
April 11"Morning Train (Nine to Five)" Sheena Easton 1May 26
"Don't Stand So Close to Me"The Police10April 113
April 18"Being with You" Smokey Robinson 2May 2310
"Angel of the Morning" Juice Newton 4May 26
May 2"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes 1May 1614
"Living Inside Myself" Gino Vannelli 6May 307
"I Can't Stand It" Eric Clapton 10May 22
May 9"Sukiyaki" A Taste of Honey 3June 138
"Take It on the Run"REO Speedwagon5May 306
May 16"Too Much Time on My Hands"Styx9May 233
May 23"Stars on 45 (Medley)" Stars on 45 1June 208
"Watching the Wheels"John Lennon10May 232
May 30"A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 4June 206
June 6"America"Neil Diamond8June 134
"Sweetheart" Franke and the Knockouts 10June 62
June 13"All Those Years Ago" George Harrison 2July 46
June 20"The One That You Love"Air Supply1July 258
"Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield 1August 112
"You Make My Dreams"Hall & Oates5July 46
June 27"Elvira" The Oak Ridge Boys 5July 258
July 4"Believe It or Not (Theme from The Greatest American Hero)" Joey Scarbury 2August 1510
"I Don't Need You" Kenny Rogers 3August 158
July 11"Slow Hand" The Pointer Sisters 2August 2911
July 18"The Boy from New York City" The Manhattan Transfer 7August 86
July 25"Hearts" Marty Balin 8August 84
August 1"Queen of Hearts"Juice Newton2September 1910
August 8"Endless Love"Diana Ross and Lionel Richie 1August 1513
August 15"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" Ronnie Milsap 5September 58
August 22"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty 3September 510
"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" Commodores 8September 56
August 29"Urgent" Foreigner 4September 57
"Who's Crying Now" Journey 4October 38
September 12"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Christopher Cross 1October 1712
"Step by Step"Eddie Rabbitt5October 178
September 26"Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones 2October 3111
October 3"Hold On Tight" Electric Light Orchestra 10October 32
October 10"Private Eyes"Hall & Oates1November 79
"For Your Eyes Only"Sheena Easton4October 175
October 17"The Night Owls" Little River Band 6November 76
"Hard to Say"Dan Fogelberg7October 314
October 24"I've Done Everything for You"Rick Springfield8November 74
October 31"Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" Bob Seger 5November 75
November 7"Waiting for a Girl Like You"Foreigner2November 2815
"Here I Am"Air Supply5November 216
November 14"Physical" Olivia Newton-John 1November 2115
"Hill Street Blues Theme" Mike Post and Larry Carlton 10November 142
November 21"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"The Police3December 54
November 28"Oh No"Commodores4December 54
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"Diana Ross7December 196
December 5"Let's Groove" Earth, Wind & Fire 3December 199
"Young Turks"Rod Stewart5December 196
December 12"Don't Stop Believin'"Journey9December 194

1980 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1981 which peaked in 1980
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
October 25"Lady" Kenny Rogers 1November 1513
November 15"(Just Like) Starting Over"John Lennon1December 2714
"More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer 2December 69
December 6"Hungry Heart" Bruce Springsteen 5December 278
December 13"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar 9December 204

1982 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1981 which peaked in 1982
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 12"Harden My Heart" Quarterflash 3February 1312
December 19"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"Hall & Oates1January 3012
"Leather and Lace"Stevie Nicks and Don Henley 6January 238
December 26"Trouble" Lindsey Buckingham 9January 165

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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