This is a list of the Spanish Singles number-ones of 1981. [1]
Issue Date | Song | Artist |
---|---|---|
5 January | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand |
12 January | ||
19 January | ||
26 January | "Perdóname" | Camilo Sesto |
2 February | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | John Lennon |
9 February | ||
16 February | "What's In A Kiss" | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
23 February | ||
2 March | ||
9 March | ||
16 March | "Qué Será" | Ana Belén |
23 March | "Another One Bites the Dust" | Queen |
30 March | "Johnny & Mary" | Robert Palmer |
6 April | ||
13 April | ||
20 April | ||
27 April | ||
4 May | "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" | The Korgis |
11 May | ||
18 May | ||
25 May | "Te Quiero Tanto" | Iván |
1 June | "Te Quiero" | José Luis Perales |
8 June | ||
15 June | "Stars On 45" | Stars On 45 |
22 June | ||
29 June | ||
6 July | ||
13 July | ||
20 July | ||
27 July | "Ay, Amor" | Víctor Manuel |
3 August | ||
10 August | "Enola Gay" | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
17 August | ||
24 August | "De niña a Mujer" | Julio Iglesias |
31 August | ||
7 September | "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" | Ottawan |
14 September | "El Baile de los Pajaritos" (Chicken Dance) | María Jesús y su Acordeón |
21 September | "Ma Quale Idea" | Pino D'Angiò |
28 September | ||
5 October | "Bette Davis Eyes" | Kim Carnes |
12 October | "Ma Quale Idea" | Pino D'Angiò |
19 October | ||
26 October | ||
2 November | ||
9 November | ||
16 November | ||
23 November | ||
30 November | ||
7 December | ||
14 December | ||
21 December | ||
28 December |
"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974. It was originally recorded by DeShannon in that year for her album New Arrangement, but it was made popular by American singer Kim Carnes in 1981 when it spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was #1 for five weeks but was interrupted for one week by "Stars on 45" before it returned to the top spot for another four weeks and became Billboard's biggest hit of the year. The single also reached No. 5 on Billboard's Top Tracks charts and No. 26 on the Dance charts. It was also a No. 1 hit in 21 countries and peaked at No. 10 in the United Kingdom, to date her only Top 40 hit in that country. It also reached No. 2 in Canada for twelve consecutive weeks, and was the No. 2 hit of 1981 in that country after "Stars on 45".
"Hold On Tight" is a song written and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The song is track twelve on the band's 1981 album Time and was the first song released as a single. The song went top ten in most countries, hitting the top spot in Spain and Switzerland, number two in Germany, number four in the UK, and number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as number two on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart the week of 12 September 1981. A verse sung in French, which is a reprise of the first verse, translates as "Hold on to your dream, Hold on to your dream, When you see your ship leaving, When you feel your heart breaking, Hold on to your dream".
"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.