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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1981. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1981. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report". [1]
# | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 |
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1. | "Counting the Beat" | The Swingers | 1 | 3 |
2. | "Stars on 45" | Stars on 45 | 1 | 4 |
3. | "Antmusic" | Adam and the Ants | 1 | 5 |
4. | "Jealous Guy" | Roxy Music | 1 | 4 |
5. | "Devo Live (EP)" | Devo | 1 | 3 |
6. | "Bette Davis Eyes" | Kim Carnes | 1 | 5 |
7. | "Nine to Five (Morning Train)" | Sheena Easton | 1 | 2 |
8. | "Endless Love" | Diana Ross & Lionel Richie | 1 | 5 |
9. | "Who Can It Be Now?" | Men at Work | 2 | |
10. | "Kids in America" | Kim Wilde | 5 | |
11. | "This Ole House" | Shakin' Stevens | 1 | 1 |
12. | "Turn Me Loose" | Loverboy | 3 | |
13. | "Start Me Up" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 1 |
14. | "You Weren't in Love with Me" | Billy Field | 1 | 1 |
15. | "Jessie's Girl" | Rick Springfield | 1 | 1 |
16. | "Duncan" | Slim Dusty | 1 | 2 |
17. | "Girls Can Get It" | Dr Hook | 3 | |
18. | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | John Lennon | 1 | 4 |
19. | "You Drive Me Crazy" | Shakin' Stevens | 1 | 3 |
20. | "Keep on Loving You" | REO Speedwagon | 3 | |
21. | "Louise (We Get It Right)" | Jona Lewie | 2 | |
22. | "Gotta Pull Myself Together" | The Nolans | 3 | |
23. | "In the Air Tonight" | Phil Collins | 3 | |
24. | "Precious to Me" | Phil Seymour | 6 | |
25. | "Jesse" | Carly Simon | 4 |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.
"Shaddap You Face" is a novelty song written and performed by Joe Dolce about a rebellious Italian boy. Released in late 1980, it set a number of sales and longevity records.
"Who Can It Be Now?" is a song recorded by Australian band Men at Work. It was released in Australia in 1981, prior to the recording of their 1981 debut album Business as Usual, on which the track was later included.
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 1987. From June 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the top 50 portion of the report under licence since mid-1983, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts.
Anne Murray's Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by the Canadian country pop artist of the same name, released in 1980 via Capitol Records. It is a collection of nine previously issued singles released between 1970 and 1980, as well as one new track, "Could I Have This Dance", which was newly recorded for this album.
"I Believe in You" is a song written by Roger Cook and Sam Hogin, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in August 1980 as the first single and title track from the album I Believe in You.
"Theme from The Greatest American Hero" is a song composed by Mike Post with lyrics by Stephen Geyer, and sung by American singer Joey Scarbury. It serves as the theme song for the 1980s television series The Greatest American Hero. The track was later included on Scarbury's 1981 debut album America's Greatest Hero.
"Wired for Sound" is a song recorded by English singer Cliff Richard, released in 1981 as the lead single for his album of the same name. The song reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and was certified silver by the BPI for sales over 250,000. The song reached number 2 in Australia and South Africa, and was a hit in a number of European countries. The song was written by Alan Tarney and B.A. Robertson.