POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 17, 1981
1

(Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

—

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

2

Love On The Rocks

Neil Diamond

—

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 2

3

Guilty

Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

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Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

4

The Tide Is High

Blondie

—

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 4

5

Hungry Heart

Bruce Springsteen

—

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

6

Every Woman In The World

Air Supply

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Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 6

7

Passion

Rod Stewart

—

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 7

8

Tell It Like It Is

Heart

—

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

9

Lady

Kenny Rogers

—

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 9

10

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

The Police

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 21 wks • Prev: 11

11

It's My Turn

Diana Ross

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 13

12

I Love A Rainy Night

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 15

13

I Made It Through The Rain

Barry Manilow

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

14

Celebration

Kool & The Gang

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 30 wks • Prev: 16

15

Hey Nineteen

Steely Dan

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 17

16

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Pat Benatar

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 24 wks • Prev: 12

17

More Than I Can Say

Leo Sayer

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 10

18

Time Is Time

Andy Gibb

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

19

Giving It Up For Your Love

Delbert McClinton

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 22

20

Suddenly

Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

21

Miss Sun

Boz Scaggs

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

22

9 To 5

Dolly Parton

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 26

23

Together

Tierra

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 21 wks • Prev: 27

24

One Step Closer

The Doobie Brothers

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Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

25

The Winner Takes It All

ABBA

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 26 wks • Prev: 30

26

Same Old Lang Syne

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 31

27

Master Blaster (Jammin')

Stevie Wonder

↓ 9

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 18

28

Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 34

29

Seven Bridges Road

Eagles

↑ 6

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

30

Another One Bites The Dust

Queen

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 31 wks • Prev: 20

31

Woman In Love

Barbra Streisand

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 28

32

I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

Stevie Wonder

↑ 17

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 49

33

Cold Love

Donna Summer

↑ 4

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

34

Killin' Time

Fred Knoblock & Susan Anton

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 18 wks • Prev: 38

35

Heartbreak Hotel

The Jacksons

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

36

Woman

John Lennon

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 20 wks

37

He Can't Love You

Michael Stanley Band

↑ 2

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 39

38

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

The Korgis

↓ 15

Peak: 18 • 19 wks • Prev: 23

39

My Mother's Eyes

Bette Midler

↑ 2

Peak: 39 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

40

I Need Your Lovin'

Teena Marie

↑ 3

Peak: 37 • 14 wks • Prev: 43

41

Shine On

L.T.D.

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 45

42

Smoky Mountain Rain

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 21 wks • Prev: 46

43

A Little In Love

Cliff Richard

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 22 wks • Prev: 53

44

Games People Play

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 23 wks • Prev: 48

45

Love T.K.O.

Teddy Pendergrass

↑ 2

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

46

Who's Making Love

Blues Brothers

↑ 6

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

47

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 18

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

48

Whip It

Devo

↓ 15

Peak: 14 • 25 wks • Prev: 33

49

I Believe In You

Don Williams

↓ 17

Peak: 24 • 20 wks • Prev: 32

50

Never Be The Same

Christopher Cross

↓ 14

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 36

51

Fool That I Am

Rita Coolidge

↑ 7

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

52

Ah! Leah!

Donnie Iris

↑ 9

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 61

54

Back In Black

AC/DC

↑ 9

Peak: 37 • 15 wks • Prev: 63

55

Need Your Loving Tonight

Queen

↓ 11

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 44

56

I'm Coming Out

Diana Ross

↓ 6

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 50

57

Girls Can Get It

Dr. Hook

↓ 3

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

58

Teacher Teacher

Rockpile

↓ 7

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

59

You

Earth, Wind & Fire

↓ 2

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

60

United Together

Aretha Franklin

↑ 7

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

61

Full Of Fire

Shalamar

↑ 7

Peak: 55 • 12 wks • Prev: 68

62

Skateaway

Dire Straits

↑ 10

Peak: 58 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

63

Sequel

Harry Chapin

↓ 8

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 55

64

(Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Outlaws

↑ 9

Peak: 31 • 15 wks • Prev: 73

65

Turn And Walk Away

The Babys

↓ 9

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

66

The Wanderer

Donna Summer

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 60

67

Gotta Have More Love

Climax Blues Band

↓ 8

Peak: 47 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

68

Treat Me Right

Pat Benatar

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 18 wks

69

Breakfast In America

Supertramp

↓ 7

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

70

Dreaming

Cliff Richard

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 65

71

Deep Inside My Heart

Randy Meisner

↓ 5

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 66

72

This Time

John Cougar

↓ 8

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 64

73

Fashion

David Bowie

↓ 3

Peak: 70 • 9 wks • Prev: 70

74

He's So Shy

The Pointer Sisters

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Peak: 3 • 26 wks • Prev: 74

75

Set The Night On Fire

Oak

↓ 4

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

76

Got To Rock On

Kansas

↑ 4

Peak: 76 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

77

Fly Away

Peter Allen

↑ 11

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

78

Never Knew Love Like This Before

Stephanie Mills

↓ 2

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 76

79

Flash's Theme Aka Flash

Queen

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 10 wks

80

Don't Want No-Body

J.D. Drews

↑ 4

Peak: 79 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

81

Turning Japanese

The Vapors

↓ 6

Peak: 36 • 17 wks • Prev: 75

82

The Horizontal Bop

Bob Seger

↓ 5

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

83

Toccata

Sky (Arista)

↑ 3

Peak: 83 • 2 wks • Prev: 86

84

Easy Love

Dionne Warwick

↓ 5

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 79

85

Lovely One

The Jacksons

↓ 7

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 78

86

Upside Down

Diana Ross

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 29 wks • Prev: 85

87

Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On

The Kings

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Peak: 43 • 23 wks • Prev: 87

88

Could I Be Dreaming

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 7

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

89

Stop This Game

Cheap Trick

↑ 1

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 90

90

Watching You

Slave

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 6 wks

91

What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?)

The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale

↓ 22

Peak: 69 • 6 wks • Prev: 69

92

Remote Control

The Reddings

↑ 1

Peak: 89 • 13 wks • Prev: 93

93

Without Your Love

Roger Daltrey

↓ 10

Peak: 20 • 19 wks • Prev: 83

94

Somebody's Knockin'

Terri Gibbs

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 22 wks

95

Let Me Be Your Angel

Stacy Lattisaw

↓ 3

Peak: 21 • 24 wks • Prev: 92

96

On The Road Again

Willie Nelson

—

Peak: 20 • 20 wks • Prev: 96

97

Long Time Lovin' You

McGuffey Lane

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 7 wks

98

Trickle Trickle

The Manhattan Transfer

↓ 1

Peak: 73 • 8 wks • Prev: 97

99

I'm Happy That Love Has Found You

Jimmy Hall

—

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 99

100

Out Here On My Own

Irene Cara

—

Peak: 19 • 23 wks • Prev: 100

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