These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1981.
Issue date | Song | Artist |
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January 3 | "Celebration"/"Take It to the Top" | Kool & The Gang |
January 10 | ||
January 17 | ||
January 24 | "You're Too Late" | Fantasy |
January 31 | ||
February 7 | ||
February 14 | ||
February 21 | ||
February 28 | "Rapture"/"The Tide Is High" | Blondie |
March 7 | ||
March 14 | ||
March 21 | ||
March 28 | "Breaking and Entering"/"Easy Money" | Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble |
April 4 | ||
April 11 | ||
April 18 | ||
April 25 | "Your Love"/"You're My Magician" | Lime |
May 2 | "Lay All Your Love on Me"/"Super Trouper"/"On and On and On" | ABBA |
May 9 | "Paradise"/"Hold Tight"/"Heaven of My Life" | Change |
May 16 | ||
May 23 | ||
May 30 | ||
June 6 | ||
June 13 | "Try It Out"/"Hold Tight" | Gino Soccio |
June 20 | ||
June 27 | ||
July 4 | ||
July 11 | ||
July 18 | ||
July 25 | "Give It to Me Baby"/"Super Freak"/"Ghetto Life" | Rick James |
August 1 | ||
August 8 | ||
August 15 | "I'm in Love" | Evelyn King |
August 22 | ||
August 29 | ||
September 5 | "Dancin' the Night Away" | Voggue |
September 12 | ||
September 19 | ||
September 26 | "A Little Bit of Jazz" | Nick Straker Band |
October 3 | "Zulu" | The Quick |
October 10 | ||
October 17 | "Do You Love Me"/"The Genie" | Patti Austin |
October 24 | ||
October 31 | "Menergy"/"I Wanna Take You Home" | Patrick Cowley |
November 7 | ||
November 14 | "Controversy"/"Let's Work" | Prince |
November 21 | ||
November 28 | ||
December 5 | ||
December 12 | ||
December 19 | ||
December 26 | "You Can"/"Fire in My Heart" | Madleen Kane |
Fantasy is an urban pop vocal group based in New York City who scored several hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "You're Too Late", which hit number one in 1981.
Frank Mills is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".
"Go Home" is a song by Stevie Wonder, released as the second single from his twentieth studio album, In Square Circle (1985). The song showcased the narrator's plea to a young woman to go home, though the girl tries to get the narrator to stay with her. In the US, the song peaked at #2 on the Billboard R&B chart and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, to date, is Wonder's last song to reach the US top ten on the Hot 100. "Go Home" also topped both the Billboard dance chart and the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
"Touch Me When We're Dancing" is a song written by Terry Skinner, J. L. Wallace and Ken Bell. Skinner and Wallace headed the Muscle Shoals, Alabama session group Bama, who first recorded this song and released it as a single in 1979 reaching number 42 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was later recorded by The Carpenters in 1981 for their Made in America album. In 1984, it was recorded by country music artists Mickey Gilley and Charly McClain for their 1984 duet album It Takes Believers and in 1986 by the country music group Alabama.
"Lady" is a song written by Lionel Richie and first recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in September 1980 on the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits.
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" is the debut single by the S.O.S. Band. It was released on March 18, 1980 as the lead single from the debut album S.O.S. through Tabu Records, three months before the album's release.
"I'll Be Good to You" is a 1976 hit song by R&B duo the Brothers Johnson. George Johnson, one of the two Johnson brothers in the band, wrote the song after deciding to commit to a relationship with one woman, instead of dating several at a time. While George was recording a demo for the song, family friend Senora Sam came by and added some lyrics. Brothers Johnson producer and mentor Quincy Jones heard the song, liked it, and convinced George to sing lead on the finished track. Released from their debut album, Look Out for #1, it was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot Singles Charts, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the Billboard R&B Charts during the summer of 1976. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA.
"With You I'm Born Again" is a 1979 duet written by Carol Connors and David Shire that originated on the soundtrack of the 1979 motion picture Fast Break. It was performed by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright and became an international hit for the duo, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK singles chart.