POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1981
1

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 2

2

Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)

Joey Scarbury

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 3

3

I Don't Need You

Kenny Rogers

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

4

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 32 wks • Prev: 1

5

Elvira

The Oak Ridge Boys

—

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 5

6

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

—

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 6

7

Boy From New York City

The Manhattan Transfer

—

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

8

Hearts

Marty Balin

—

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 8

9

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

—

Peak: 2 • 27 wks • Prev: 9

10

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 11

11

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Commodores

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 14

12

The One That You Love

Air Supply

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 10

13

Who's Crying Now

Journey

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 22

14

It's Now Or Never

John Schneider

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 19 wks • Prev: 17

15

Time

The Alan Parsons Project

—

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 15

16

Touch Me When We're Dancing

Carpenters

—

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

17

The Stroke

Billy Squier

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 18

18

Urgent

Foreigner

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 20

19

In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 17 wks • Prev: 21

20

Cool Love

Pablo Cruise

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

21

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 25

22

Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 12

23

Really Wanna Know You

Gary Wright

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

24

Fire And Ice

Pat Benatar

↑ 2

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

25

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)

Greg Kihn Band

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 27

26

Feels So Right

Alabama

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 22 wks • Prev: 30

27

Step By Step

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 11

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 38

28

Don't Give It Up

Robbie Patton

↑ 4

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

29

You're My Girl

Franke & The Knockouts

↑ 7

Peak: 27 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

30

Double Dutch Bus

Frankie Smith

↑ 1

Peak: 30 • 19 wks • Prev: 31

31

Love On A Two Way Street

Stacy Lattisaw

↑ 3

Peak: 26 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

32

Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through

Jim Steinman

↑ 1

Peak: 32 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

33

Hold On Tight

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 39

34

Everlasting Love

Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet

↑ 3

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

35

Don't Want To Wait Anymore

The Tubes

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Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

36

That Old Song

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

37

The Beach Boys Medley

The Beach Boys

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 45

38

You Make My Dreams

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 25

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 13

39

The Voice

The Moody Blues

↑ 17

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 56

40

Breaking Away

Balance

↑ 6

Peak: 22 • 17 wks • Prev: 46

41

Nightwalker

Gino Vannelli

—

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

42

Fly Away

Blackfoot

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

43

Sweet Baby

Stanley Clarke/George Duke

↓ 24

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 19

44

Don't Let Him Go

REO Speedwagon

↓ 20

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

45

Nicole

Point Blank

↑ 2

Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

46

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)

Lulu

↑ 13

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 59

47

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

↑ 14

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 61

48

Stranger

Jefferson Starship

—

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

49

You Could Take My Heart Away

Silver Condor

↑ 9

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 58

50

Gemini Dream

The Moody Blues

↓ 22

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

51

All Those Years Ago

George Harrison

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 42

52

Medley

Stars On 45

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 44

53

Draw Of The Cards

Kim Carnes

↑ 19

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 72

54

Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

John Denver

↑ 15

Peak: 36 • 20 wks • Prev: 69

55

Chloe

Elton John

↑ 11

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 66

56

General Hospi-tale

The Afternoon Delights

↑ 7

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 63

57

You Don't Know Me

Mickey Gilley

↑ 3

Peak: 55 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

58

Square Biz

Teena Marie

↑ 4

Peak: 50 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

59

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Don Felder

↑ 5

Peak: 43 • 17 wks • Prev: 64

60

Modern Girl

Sheena Easton

↓ 11

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 49

61

I'm In Love

Evelyn King

↑ 10

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 71

62

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↓ 12

Peak: 4 • 27 wks • Prev: 50

63

Tempted

Squeeze

↑ 10

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 73

64

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

↑ 10

Peak: 16 • 24 wks • Prev: 74

65

The Sensitive Kind

Santana

↑ 10

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

66

In Your Letter

REO Speedwagon

↑ 16

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 82

67

Straight From The Heart

The Allman Brothers Band

↑ 12

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 79

68

You're Mine Tonight

Pure Prairie League

—

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

69

We Can Get Together

Icehouse

↑ 8

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

70

We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 24 wks • Prev: 78

71

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 24 wks

72

Seven Year Ache

Rosanne Cash

↓ 21

Peak: 22 • 20 wks • Prev: 51

73

A Heart In New York

Art Garfunkel

↑ 10

Peak: 66 • 9 wks • Prev: 83

74

This Little Girl

Gary U.S. Bonds

↓ 22

Peak: 11 • 18 wks • Prev: 52

75

Backfired

Debbie Harry

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 10 wks

76

Falling In Love Again

Michael Stanley Band

↑ 8

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 84

77

Dedicated To The One I Love

Bernadette Peters

↑ 10

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

78

Shake It Up Tonight

Cheryl Lynn

↑ 10

Peak: 70 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

79

A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↑ 1

Peak: 79 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

80

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Nielsen/Pearson

↑ 10

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

81

All I Have To Do Is Dream

Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 8 wks

82

Tom Sawyer

Rush

↓ 29

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

83

It's Just The Sun

Don McLean

↑ 2

Peak: 83 • 2 wks • Prev: 85

84

Just Once

Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 23 wks

85

When She Was My Girl

Four Tops

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 22 wks

86

Just Like Paradise

Larry John McNally

—

Peak: 86 • 2 wks • Prev: 86

87

Burnin' For You

Blue Oyster Cult

★ NEW

Peak: 40 • 14 wks

88

Silly

Deniece Williams

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 10 wks

89

Hold Tight

Change

—

Peak: 89 • 2 wks • Prev: 89

90

La-Di-Da

Sad Cafe

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 4 wks

91

Nothing Ever Goes As Planned

Styx

↓ 37

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 54

92

Give It To Me Baby

Rick James

↑ 1

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 93

93

America

Neil Diamond

↓ 38

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 55

94

Very Special

Debra Laws

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 5 wks

95

I Love You

Climax Blues Band

↓ 38

Peak: 12 • 27 wks • Prev: 57

97

Medley II

Stars On 45

↓ 30

Peak: 67 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

98

Pay You Back With Interest

Gary O'

↓ 28

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 70

99

Secrets

Mac Davis

↓ 23

Peak: 76 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

100

Sukiyaki

A Taste Of Honey

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 91

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