POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1981
1

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

—

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 1

2

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

—

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 2

3

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 4

4

Urgent

Foreigner

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 8

5

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 7

6

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

—

Peak: 2 • 27 wks • Prev: 6

7

Who's Crying Now

Journey

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 10

8

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Commodores

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 9

9

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 32 wks • Prev: 5

10

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

Joey Scarbury

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 3

11

I Don't Need You

Kenny Rogers

—

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 11

12

Step By Step

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 16

13

Cool Love

Pablo Cruise

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

14

Boy From New York City

The Manhattan Transfer

↓ 2

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 12

15

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

Greg Kihn Band

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 17

16

Really Wanna Know You

Gary Wright

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

17

Fire And Ice

Pat Benatar

↑ 2

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

18

Hold On Tight

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

19

The Beach Boys Medley

The Beach Boys

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 24

20

Feels So Right

Alabama

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 22 wks • Prev: 22

21

That Old Song

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↑ 2

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

22

The Voice

The Moody Blues

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

23

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

↑ 6

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 29

24

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 31

25

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)

Lulu

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

26

Love On A Two Way Street

Stacy Lattisaw

↑ 2

Peak: 26 • 17 wks • Prev: 28

27

Hearts

Marty Balin

↓ 14

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 13

28

In Your Letter

REO Speedwagon

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 34

29

Start Me Up

The Rolling Stones

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 35

30

Breaking Away

Balance

↑ 3

Peak: 22 • 17 wks • Prev: 33

31

Elvira

The Oak Ridge Boys

↓ 17

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 14

32

Draw Of The Cards

Kim Carnes

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

33

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

↑ 10

Peak: 16 • 24 wks • Prev: 43

34

It's Now Or Never

John Schneider

↓ 14

Peak: 14 • 19 wks • Prev: 20

35

Don't Give It Up

Robbie Patton

↓ 9

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 26

36

Chloe

Elton John

↑ 6

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

37

You Could Take My Heart Away

Silver Condor

↑ 2

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

38

Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

John Denver

↑ 3

Peak: 36 • 20 wks • Prev: 41

39

Nicole

Point Blank

↑ 1

Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

40

The Night Owls

Little River Band

↑ 8

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 48

41

You're My Girl

Franke & The Knockouts

↓ 14

Peak: 27 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

42

General Hospi-tale

The Afternoon Delights

↑ 2

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

43

I've Done Everything For You

Rick Springfield

↑ 22

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 65

44

We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau

↑ 7

Peak: 15 • 24 wks • Prev: 51

45

I'm In Love

Evelyn King

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

46

Straight From The Heart

The Allman Brothers Band

↑ 4

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

47

Share Your Love With Me

Kenny Rogers

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 15 wks

48

Backfired

Debbie Harry

↑ 7

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

49

Just Once

Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 23 wks • Prev: 60

50

When She Was My Girl

Four Tops

↑ 16

Peak: 11 • 22 wks • Prev: 66

51

Tempted

Squeeze

↑ 1

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

52

Square Biz

Teena Marie

↑ 2

Peak: 50 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

53

Everlasting Love

Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet

↓ 21

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

54

Private Eyes

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 68

55

All I Have To Do Is Dream

Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal

↑ 6

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

56

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Nielsen/Pearson

↑ 7

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 63

57

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Don Felder

↑ 1

Peak: 43 • 17 wks • Prev: 58

58

Hard To Say

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 72

59

In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins

↓ 22

Peak: 19 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

60

Burnin' For You

Blue Oyster Cult

↑ 7

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 67

61

Silly

Deniece Williams

↑ 10

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 71

62

The Stroke

Billy Squier

↓ 24

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 38

63

The Theme From Hill Street Blues

Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

↑ 13

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 76

64

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

Carl Carlton

↑ 13

Peak: 22 • 21 wks • Prev: 77

65

Touch Me When We're Dancing

Carpenters

↓ 20

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

66

Falling In Love Again

Michael Stanley Band

↑ 8

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

67

Dedicated To The One I Love

Bernadette Peters

↑ 2

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

68

A Heart In New York

Art Garfunkel

↑ 2

Peak: 66 • 9 wks • Prev: 70

69

Love All The Hurt Away

Aretha Franklin And George Benson

↑ 20

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 89

70

Shake It Up Tonight

Cheryl Lynn

↑ 3

Peak: 70 • 7 wks • Prev: 73

71

The One That You Love

Air Supply

↓ 25

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 46

72

Double Dutch Bus

Frankie Smith

↓ 25

Peak: 30 • 19 wks • Prev: 47

73

Time

The Alan Parsons Project

↓ 20

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 53

74

The Sensitive Kind

Santana

↓ 18

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

75

Alien

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 13

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 88

76

Not Fade Away

Eric Hine

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 79

77

You Don't Know Me

Mickey Gilley

↑ 3

Peak: 55 • 12 wks • Prev: 80

78

Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes

↓ 21

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 57

79

Just Be My Lady

Larry Graham

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 5 wks

80

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go-Go's

↑ 10

Peak: 20 • 30 wks • Prev: 90

81

You Make My Dreams

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 22

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 59

82

We Can Get Together

Icehouse

↓ 20

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 62

83

Sweet Baby

Stanley Clarke/George Duke

↓ 19

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 64

84

Magic Man

Herb Alpert

★ NEW

Peak: 79 • 5 wks

85

Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through

Jim Steinman

↓ 10

Peak: 32 • 16 wks • Prev: 75

86

La-Di-Da

Sad Cafe

↓ 8

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 78

87

Working In The Coal Mine

Devo

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 12 wks

88

Nightwalker

Gino Vannelli

↓ 7

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

89

Gemini Dream

The Moody Blues

↓ 7

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 82

90

Very Special

Debra Laws

↑ 2

Peak: 90 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

91

Don't Let Him Go

REO Speedwagon

↓ 8

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 83

92

Stranger

Jefferson Starship

↓ 8

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

93

Fly Away

Blackfoot

↓ 8

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 85

94

Don't Want To Wait Anymore

The Tubes

↓ 8

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 86

95

All Those Years Ago

George Harrison

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 87

96

Modern Girl

Sheena Easton

↓ 5

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 91

97

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 27 wks • Prev: 93

98

I Love My Truck

Glen Campbell

↓ 4

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 94

99

Seven Year Ache

Rosanne Cash

↓ 4

Peak: 22 • 20 wks • Prev: 95

100

A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↓ 4

Peak: 79 • 6 wks • Prev: 96

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