POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 24, 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

The Tide Is High

Blondie

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 4

4

Guilty

Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

5

Hungry Heart

Bruce Springsteen

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Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

6

Every Woman In The World

Air Supply

—

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 6

7

Passion

Rod Stewart

—

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 7

8

I Love A Rainy Night

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 12

9

It's My Turn

Diana Ross

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 11

10

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

The Police

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Peak: 10 • 21 wks • Prev: 10

11

I Made It Through The Rain

Barry Manilow

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

12

Celebration

Kool & The Gang

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 30 wks • Prev: 14

13

Tell It Like It Is

Heart

↓ 5

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

14

Hey Nineteen

Steely Dan

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 15

15

Time Is Time

Andy Gibb

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

16

Giving It Up For Your Love

Delbert McClinton

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 19

17

Miss Sun

Boz Scaggs

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 21

18

9 To 5

Dolly Parton

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 22

19

Same Old Lang Syne

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 26

20

Lady

Kenny Rogers

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 9

21

The Winner Takes It All

ABBA

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 26 wks • Prev: 25

22

Together

Tierra

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 21 wks • Prev: 23

23

Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 28

24

Suddenly

Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard

↓ 4

Peak: 20 • 19 wks • Prev: 20

25

Seven Bridges Road

Eagles

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

26

I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

Stevie Wonder

↑ 6

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 32

27

Woman

John Lennon

↑ 9

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 36

28

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Pat Benatar

↓ 12

Peak: 9 • 24 wks • Prev: 16

29

More Than I Can Say

Leo Sayer

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 17

30

Heartbreak Hotel

The Jacksons

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

31

The Best Of Times

Styx

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 19 wks

32

Killin' Time

Fred Knoblock & Susan Anton

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 18 wks • Prev: 34

33

Cold Love

Donna Summer

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Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

34

A Little In Love

Cliff Richard

↑ 9

Peak: 17 • 22 wks • Prev: 43

35

He Can't Love You

Michael Stanley Band

↑ 2

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 37

36

Smoky Mountain Rain

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 6

Peak: 24 • 21 wks • Prev: 42

37

Crying

Don McLean

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 18 wks

38

I Need Your Lovin'

Teena Marie

↑ 2

Peak: 37 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

39

My Mother's Eyes

Bette Midler

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Peak: 39 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

40

Games People Play

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 23 wks • Prev: 44

41

Shine On

L.T.D.

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Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 41

42

Who's Making Love

Blues Brothers

↑ 4

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

43

One Step Closer

The Doobie Brothers

↓ 19

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

44

Love T.K.O.

Teddy Pendergrass

↑ 1

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

45

Master Blaster (Jammin')

Stevie Wonder

↓ 18

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 27

46

Fool That I Am

Rita Coolidge

↑ 5

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

47

Another One Bites The Dust

Queen

↓ 17

Peak: 1 • 31 wks • Prev: 30

48

Ah! Leah!

Donnie Iris

↑ 4

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 52

49

Back In Black

AC/DC

↑ 5

Peak: 37 • 15 wks • Prev: 54

50

Treat Me Right

Pat Benatar

↑ 18

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 68

51

Woman In Love

Barbra Streisand

↓ 20

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 31

52

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

The Korgis

↓ 14

Peak: 18 • 19 wks • Prev: 38

53

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 6

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 47

54

(Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Outlaws

↑ 10

Peak: 31 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

55

Whip It

Devo

↓ 7

Peak: 14 • 25 wks • Prev: 48

56

I Believe In You

Don Williams

↓ 7

Peak: 24 • 20 wks • Prev: 49

57

Never Be The Same

Christopher Cross

↓ 7

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 50

58

United Together

Aretha Franklin

↑ 2

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

59

Full Of Fire

Shalamar

↑ 2

Peak: 55 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

60

Skateaway

Dire Straits

↑ 2

Peak: 58 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

62

Need Your Loving Tonight

Queen

↓ 7

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

63

I'm Coming Out

Diana Ross

↓ 7

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 56

64

Flash's Theme Aka Flash

Queen

↑ 15

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 79

65

Hearts On Fire

Randy Meisner

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 15 wks

66

Girls Can Get It

Dr. Hook

↓ 9

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 57

67

Fly Away

Peter Allen

↑ 10

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

68

Teacher Teacher

Rockpile

↓ 10

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

69

Kiss On My List

Daryl Hall & John Oates

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 23 wks

70

You

Earth, Wind & Fire

↓ 11

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

71

Sequel

Harry Chapin

↓ 8

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 63

72

Turn And Walk Away

The Babys

↓ 7

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

73

The Wanderer

Donna Summer

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 66

74

Gotta Have More Love

Climax Blues Band

↓ 7

Peak: 47 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

75

Too Tight

ConFunkShun

★ NEW

Peak: 40 • 10 wks

76

Breakfast In America

Supertramp

↓ 7

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

77

Guitar Man

Elvis Presley

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 20 wks

78

Precious To Me

Phil Seymour

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 16 wks

79

Don't Want No-Body

J.D. Drews

↑ 1

Peak: 79 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

80

Watching You

Slave

↑ 10

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 90

81

Staying With It

Firefall

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 9 wks

82

Dreaming

Cliff Richard

↓ 12

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 70

83

Deep Inside My Heart

Randy Meisner

↓ 12

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 71

84

Somebody's Knockin'

Terri Gibbs

↑ 10

Peak: 13 • 22 wks • Prev: 94

85

Living In A Fantasy

Leo Sayer

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 12 wks

86

Fashion

David Bowie

↓ 13

Peak: 70 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

87

I Don't Want To Know Your Name

Glen Campbell

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 5 wks

88

Wynken, Blynken And Nod

The Doobie Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 4 wks

89

Seasons

Charles Fox

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 4 wks

90

Lipstick

Suzi Quatro

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 9 wks

91

Remote Control

The Reddings

↑ 1

Peak: 89 • 13 wks • Prev: 92

92

Got To Rock On

Kansas

↓ 16

Peak: 76 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

93

Long Time Lovin' You

McGuffey Lane

↑ 4

Peak: 85 • 7 wks • Prev: 97

94

Never Knew Love Like This Before

Stephanie Mills

↓ 16

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 78

95

The Horizontal Bop

Bob Seger

↓ 13

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 82

96

Easy Love

Dionne Warwick

↓ 12

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 84

97

Lovely One

The Jacksons

↓ 12

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 85

98

Upside Down

Diana Ross

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 29 wks • Prev: 86

99

Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On

The Kings

↓ 12

Peak: 43 • 23 wks • Prev: 87

100

Stop This Game

Cheap Trick

↓ 11

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 89

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