POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 1981
1

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

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Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 1

2

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 4

3

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

Joey Scarbury

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 2

4

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 6

5

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

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Peak: 1 • 32 wks • Prev: 5

6

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 27 wks • Prev: 8

7

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 9

8

Urgent

Foreigner

↑ 7

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 15

9

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Commodores

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 10

10

Who's Crying Now

Journey

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 11

11

I Don't Need You

Kenny Rogers

↓ 8

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

12

Boy From New York City

The Manhattan Transfer

↓ 5

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

13

Hearts

Marty Balin

↓ 1

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 12

14

Elvira

The Oak Ridge Boys

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 13

15

Cool Love

Pablo Cruise

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

16

Step By Step

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 23

17

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

Greg Kihn Band

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 20

18

Really Wanna Know You

Gary Wright

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 21

19

Fire And Ice

Pat Benatar

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

20

It's Now Or Never

John Schneider

↓ 6

Peak: 14 • 19 wks • Prev: 14

21

Hold On Tight

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 28

22

Feels So Right

Alabama

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 22 wks • Prev: 24

23

That Old Song

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↑ 2

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

24

The Beach Boys Medley

The Beach Boys

↑ 6

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

25

The Voice

The Moody Blues

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

26

Don't Give It Up

Robbie Patton

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Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 26

27

You're My Girl

Franke & The Knockouts

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Peak: 27 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

28

Love On A Two Way Street

Stacy Lattisaw

↑ 1

Peak: 26 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

29

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

↑ 6

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 35

30

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)

Lulu

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 34

31

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

↑ 20

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 51

32

Everlasting Love

Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet

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Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

33

Breaking Away

Balance

↑ 3

Peak: 22 • 17 wks • Prev: 36

34

In Your Letter

REO Speedwagon

↑ 8

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

35

Start Me Up

The Rolling Stones

↑ 26

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 61

36

Draw Of The Cards

Kim Carnes

↑ 7

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

37

In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins

↓ 18

Peak: 19 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

38

The Stroke

Billy Squier

↓ 21

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 17

39

You Could Take My Heart Away

Silver Condor

↑ 5

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

40

Nicole

Point Blank

↑ 1

Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

41

Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

John Denver

↑ 5

Peak: 36 • 20 wks • Prev: 46

42

Chloe

Elton John

↑ 6

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 48

43

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

↑ 9

Peak: 16 • 24 wks • Prev: 52

44

General Hospi-tale

The Afternoon Delights

↑ 5

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 49

45

Touch Me When We're Dancing

Carpenters

↓ 29

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

46

The One That You Love

Air Supply

↓ 13

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 33

47

Double Dutch Bus

Frankie Smith

↓ 8

Peak: 30 • 19 wks • Prev: 39

48

The Night Owls

Little River Band

↑ 20

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 68

49

I'm In Love

Evelyn King

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

50

Straight From The Heart

The Allman Brothers Band

↑ 7

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

51

We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau

↑ 9

Peak: 15 • 24 wks • Prev: 60

52

Tempted

Squeeze

↑ 1

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 53

53

Time

The Alan Parsons Project

↓ 16

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 37

54

Square Biz

Teena Marie

↑ 2

Peak: 50 • 13 wks • Prev: 56

55

Backfired

Debbie Harry

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 65

56

The Sensitive Kind

Santana

↑ 2

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

57

Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes

↓ 19

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 38

58

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Don Felder

↑ 1

Peak: 43 • 17 wks • Prev: 59

59

You Make My Dreams

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 14

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 45

60

Just Once

Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram

↑ 12

Peak: 17 • 23 wks • Prev: 72

61

All I Have To Do Is Dream

Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal

↑ 8

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

62

We Can Get Together

Icehouse

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Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 62

63

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Nielsen/Pearson

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

64

Sweet Baby

Stanley Clarke/George Duke

↓ 17

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 47

65

I've Done Everything For You

Rick Springfield

↑ 14

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 79

66

When She Was My Girl

Four Tops

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 22 wks • Prev: 76

67

Burnin' For You

Blue Oyster Cult

↑ 10

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 77

68

Private Eyes

Daryl Hall & John Oates

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 23 wks

69

Dedicated To The One I Love

Bernadette Peters

↑ 1

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

70

A Heart In New York

Art Garfunkel

↑ 3

Peak: 66 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

71

Silly

Deniece Williams

↑ 7

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 78

72

Hard To Say

Dan Fogelberg

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 19 wks

73

Shake It Up Tonight

Cheryl Lynn

↑ 2

Peak: 70 • 7 wks • Prev: 75

74

Falling In Love Again

Michael Stanley Band

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Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

75

Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through

Jim Steinman

↓ 35

Peak: 32 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

76

The Theme From Hill Street Blues

Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 83

77

She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)

Carl Carlton

↑ 9

Peak: 22 • 21 wks • Prev: 86

78

La-Di-Da

Sad Cafe

↑ 2

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 80

79

Not Fade Away

Eric Hine

↑ 10

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

80

You Don't Know Me

Mickey Gilley

↓ 25

Peak: 55 • 12 wks • Prev: 55

81

Nightwalker

Gino Vannelli

↓ 31

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

82

Gemini Dream

The Moody Blues

↓ 18

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

83

Don't Let Him Go

REO Speedwagon

↓ 20

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 63

84

Stranger

Jefferson Starship

↓ 18

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 66

85

Fly Away

Blackfoot

↓ 18

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

86

Don't Want To Wait Anymore

The Tubes

↓ 4

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 82

87

All Those Years Ago

George Harrison

↓ 6

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 81

88

Alien

Atlanta Rhythm Section

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 15 wks

89

Love All The Hurt Away

Aretha Franklin And George Benson

★ NEW

Peak: 46 • 10 wks

90

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go-Go's

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 30 wks

91

Modern Girl

Sheena Easton

↓ 7

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 84

92

Very Special

Debra Laws

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Peak: 90 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

93

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 27 wks • Prev: 85

94

I Love My Truck

Glen Campbell

↑ 2

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 96

95

Seven Year Ache

Rosanne Cash

↓ 8

Peak: 22 • 20 wks • Prev: 87

96

A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↓ 8

Peak: 79 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

97

Tom Sawyer

Rush

↓ 6

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 91

98

Give It To Me Baby

Rick James

↓ 4

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 94

99

Nothing Ever Goes As Planned

Styx

↓ 6

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 93

100

Medley

Stars On 45

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Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 100

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