Top ten
entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
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| Singles from 1980 |
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| November 29 | "Love on the Rocks" | Neil Diamond | 2 | January 10 | 10 |
| December 13 | "Guilty" | Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb | 3 | January 10 | 7 |
| December 20 | "Every Woman in the World" | Air Supply | 5 | January 31 | 8 |
| December 27 | "The Tide Is High" | Blondie | 1 | January 31 | 10 |
| "Tell It Like It Is" | Heart | 8 | January 10 | 4 |
| Singles from 1981 |
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| January 10 | "Passion" | Rod Stewart | 5 | February 7 | 6 |
| January 17 | "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" | The Police | 10 | January 17 | 2 |
| January 24 | "I Love a Rainy Night" | Eddie Rabbitt | 1 | February 28 | 9 |
| "It's My Turn" | Diana Ross | 9 | January 24 | 3 |
| January 31 | "Celebration" | Kool & the Gang | 1 | February 7 | 7 |
| "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton | 1 | February 21 | 9 |
| "I Made It Through the Rain" | Barry Manilow | 10 | January 31 | 1 |
| February 7 | "Woman" | John Lennon | 2 | March 21 | 12 |
| "Givin' It Up for Your Love" | Delbert McClinton | 8 | February 21 | 5 |
| February 14 | "Keep On Loving You" | REO Speedwagon | 1 | March 21 | 9 |
| "Hey Nineteen" | Steely Dan | 10 | February 14 | 2 |
| February 21 | "The Best of Times" | Styx | 3 | March 21 | 10 |
| "Same Old Lang Syne" | Dan Fogelberg | 9 | February 21 | 2 |
| February 28 | "The Winner Takes It All" | ABBA | 8 | March 14 | 4 |
| March 7 | "Crying" | Don McLean | 5 | March 21 | 6 |
| "Hello Again" | Neil Diamond | 6 | March 28 | 5 |
| March 14 | "Rapture" | Blondie | 1 | March 28 | 8 |
| March 21 | "What Kind of Fool" | Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb | 10 | March 21 | 3 |
| March 28 | "Kiss on My List" | Hall & Oates | 1 | April 11 | 8 |
| "Just the Two of Us" | Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers | 2 | May 2 | 11 |
| April 4 | "While You See a Chance" | Steve Winwood | 7 | April 18 | 5 |
| April 11 | "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" | Sheena Easton | 1 | May 2 | 6 |
| "Don't Stand So Close to Me" | The Police | 10 | April 11 | 3 |
| April 18 | "Being with You" | Smokey Robinson | 2 | May 23 | 10 |
| "Angel of the Morning" | Juice Newton | 4 | May 2 | 6 |
| May 2 | "Bette Davis Eyes" | Kim Carnes | 1 | May 16 | 14 |
| "Living Inside Myself" | Gino Vannelli | 6 | May 30 | 7 |
| "I Can't Stand It" | Eric Clapton | 10 | May 2 | 2 |
| May 9 | "Sukiyaki" | A Taste of Honey | 3 | June 13 | 8 |
| "Take It on the Run" | REO Speedwagon | 5 | May 30 | 6 |
| May 16 | "Too Much Time on My Hands" | Styx | 9 | May 23 | 3 |
| May 23 | "Stars on 45 (Medley)" | Stars on 45 | 1 | June 20 | 8 |
| "Watching the Wheels" | John Lennon | 10 | May 23 | 2 |
| May 30 | "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" | Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio | 4 | June 20 | 6 |
| June 6 | "America" | Neil Diamond | 8 | June 13 | 4 |
| "Sweetheart" | Franke and the Knockouts | 10 | June 6 | 2 |
| June 13 | "All Those Years Ago" | George Harrison | 2 | July 4 | 6 |
| June 20 | "The One That You Love" | Air Supply | 1 | July 25 | 8 |
| "Jessie's Girl" | Rick Springfield | 1 | August 1 | 12 |
| "You Make My Dreams" | Hall & Oates | 5 | July 4 | 6 |
| June 27 | "Elvira" | The Oak Ridge Boys | 5 | July 25 | 8 |
| July 4 | "Believe It or Not (Theme from The Greatest American Hero)" | Joey Scarbury | 2 | August 15 | 10 |
| "I Don't Need You" | Kenny Rogers | 3 | August 15 | 8 |
| July 11 | "Slow Hand" | The Pointer Sisters | 2 | August 29 | 11 |
| July 18 | "The Boy from New York City" | The Manhattan Transfer | 7 | August 8 | 6 |
| July 25 | "Hearts" | Marty Balin | 8 | August 8 | 4 |
| August 1 | "Queen of Hearts" | Juice Newton | 2 | September 19 | 10 |
| August 8 | "Endless Love" | Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | 1 | August 15 | 13 |
| August 15 | "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" | Ronnie Milsap | 5 | September 5 | 8 |
| August 22 | "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" | Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty | 3 | September 5 | 10 |
| "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" | Commodores | 8 | September 5 | 6 |
| August 29 | "Urgent" | Foreigner | 4 | September 5 | 7 |
| "Who's Crying Now" | Journey | 4 | October 3 | 8 |
| September 12 | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" | Christopher Cross | 1 | October 17 | 12 |
| "Step by Step" | Eddie Rabbitt | 5 | October 17 | 8 |
| September 26 | "Start Me Up" | The Rolling Stones | 2 | October 31 | 11 |
| October 3 | "Hold On Tight" | Electric Light Orchestra | 10 | October 3 | 2 |
| October 10 | "Private Eyes" | Hall & Oates | 1 | November 7 | 9 |
| "For Your Eyes Only" | Sheena Easton | 4 | October 17 | 5 |
| October 17 | "The Night Owls" | Little River Band | 6 | November 7 | 6 |
| "Hard to Say" | Dan Fogelberg | 7 | October 31 | 4 |
| October 24 | "I've Done Everything for You" | Rick Springfield | 8 | November 7 | 4 |
| October 31 | "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" | Bob Seger | 5 | November 7 | 5 |
| November 7 | "Waiting for a Girl Like You" | Foreigner | 2 | November 28 | 15 |
| "Here I Am" | Air Supply | 5 | November 21 | 6 |
| November 14 | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John | 1 | November 21 | 15 |
| "Hill Street Blues Theme" | Mike Post and Larry Carlton | 10 | November 14 | 2 |
| November 21 | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | The Police | 3 | December 5 | 4 |
| November 28 | "Oh No" | Commodores | 4 | December 5 | 4 |
| "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" | Diana Ross | 7 | December 19 | 6 |
| December 5 | "Let's Groove" | Earth, Wind & Fire | 3 | December 19 | 9 |
| "Young Turks" | Rod Stewart | 5 | December 19 | 6 |
| December 12 | "Don't Stop Believin'" | Journey | 9 | December 19 | 4 |
