POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1981
1

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

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Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 1

2

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 7

3

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

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Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 3

4

Who's Crying Now

Journey

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 6

5

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

Ronnie Milsap

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Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 5

6

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 27 wks • Prev: 2

7

Step By Step

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

8

Urgent

Foreigner

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 4

9

Start Me Up

The Rolling Stones

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 10

10

Hold On Tight

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 11

11

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 14

12

The Beach Boys Medley

The Beach Boys

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

13

Private Eyes

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 18

14

The Night Owls

Little River Band

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

15

The Voice

The Moody Blues

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 16

16

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Commodores

↓ 7

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 9

17

Share Your Love With Me

Kenny Rogers

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

18

Hard To Say

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 6

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 24

19

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)

Lulu

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

20

In Your Letter

REO Speedwagon

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Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

21

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 24 wks • Prev: 23

22

Breaking Away

Balance

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Peak: 22 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

23

I've Done Everything For You

Rick Springfield

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 26

24

We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 24 wks • Prev: 27

25

When She Was My Girl

Four Tops

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 22 wks • Prev: 30

26

Tryin' To Live My Life Without You

Bob Seger

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 31

27

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 15

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 12

28

Just Once

Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 23 wks • Prev: 33

29

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

Carl Carlton

↑ 6

Peak: 22 • 21 wks • Prev: 35

30

Say Goodbye To Hollywood

Billy Joel

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

31

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

↓ 16

Peak: 1 • 32 wks • Prev: 15

32

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

Joey Scarbury

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 25

33

General Hospi-tale

The Afternoon Delights

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 34

34

Draw Of The Cards

Kim Carnes

↓ 6

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

35

Cool Love

Pablo Cruise

↓ 6

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

36

The Theme From Hill Street Blues

Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 42

37

Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)

Air Supply

↑ 17

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 54

38

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

Greg Kihn Band

↓ 6

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 32

39

Really Wanna Know You

Gary Wright

↓ 3

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 36

40

Burnin' For You

Blue Oyster Cult

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

41

Fire And Ice

Pat Benatar

↓ 4

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

42

Alien

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 6

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 48

43

Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)

Marty Balin

↑ 17

Peak: 27 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

44

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

The Police

↑ 22

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 66

45

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go-Go's

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 30 wks • Prev: 51

46

Love All The Hurt Away

Aretha Franklin And George Benson

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Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

47

Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

John Denver

↓ 9

Peak: 36 • 20 wks • Prev: 38

48

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Don Felder

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 17 wks • Prev: 52

49

He's A Liar

Bee Gees

↑ 14

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 63

50

Working In The Coal Mine

Devo

↑ 8

Peak: 43 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

51

Feels So Right

Alabama

↓ 8

Peak: 20 • 22 wks • Prev: 43

52

Sausalito Summernight

Diesel

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 18 wks • Prev: 62

53

Straight From The Heart

The Allman Brothers Band

↓ 14

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

54

You Saved My Soul

Burton Cummings

↑ 10

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 64

55

In The Dark

Billy Squier

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

56

I'm In Love

Evelyn King

↓ 15

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

57

Backfired

Debbie Harry

↓ 10

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

58

That Old Song

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

↓ 8

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 50

59

You Could Take My Heart Away

Silver Condor

↓ 14

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

60

Chloe

Elton John

↓ 11

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 49

61

Oh No

Commodores

↑ 10

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 71

62

Silly

Deniece Williams

↓ 9

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

63

Square Biz

Teena Marie

↓ 6

Peak: 50 • 13 wks • Prev: 57

64

Steal The Night

Stevie Woods

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 21 wks • Prev: 70

65

Love On A Two Way Street

Stacy Lattisaw

↓ 10

Peak: 26 • 17 wks • Prev: 55

66

Physical

Olivia Newton-John

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 26 wks

67

Aiming At Your Heart

The Temptations

↑ 7

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

68

More Stars

More Stars On 45

↑ 8

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

69

Boy From New York City

The Manhattan Transfer

↓ 10

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 59

70

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

Chilliwack

↑ 11

Peak: 22 • 19 wks • Prev: 81

71

Promises In The Dark

Pat Benatar

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 11 wks

72

Take Me Now

David Gates

↑ 10

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 82

73

Stay Awake

Ronnie Laws

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Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

74

No Time To Lose

The Tarney/Spencer Band

↑ 1

Peak: 74 • 10 wks • Prev: 75

75

No Reply At All

Genesis

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 85

76

It's All I Can Do

Anne Murray

↑ 10

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 86

77

The House Of The Rising Sun

Dolly Parton

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Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 77

78

(Want You) Back In My Life Again

Carpenters

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Peak: 72 • 8 wks • Prev: 78

79

At This Moment

Billy & The Beaters

↑ 1

Peak: 79 • 3 wks • Prev: 80

80

Still

John Schneider

↑ 10

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

81

Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock N Roll

Freddy Cannon & The Belmonts

↑ 8

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

82

I Want You, I Need You

Chris Christian

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 14 wks

83

Let's Groove

Earth, Wind & Fire

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 24 wks

84

A Lucky Guy

Rickie Lee Jones

★ NEW

Peak: 64 • 7 wks

85

Leila

ZZ Top

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 4 wks

86

Fire In The Sky

The Dirt Band

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 4 wks

87

I Don't Need You

Kenny Rogers

↓ 26

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 61

88

Tempted

Squeeze

↓ 32

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

89

Magic Power

Triumph

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 11 wks

90

Hearts

Marty Balin

↓ 22

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 68

91

Elvira

The Oak Ridge Boys

↓ 22

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 69

92

All I Have To Do Is Dream

Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal

↓ 25

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

93

Just Be My Lady

Larry Graham

↓ 21

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 72

94

Magic Man

Herb Alpert

↓ 7

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

95

You've Got A Good Love Coming

Van Stephenson

↓ 16

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 79

96

It's Now Or Never

John Schneider

↓ 13

Peak: 14 • 19 wks • Prev: 83

97

I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today

The Crusaders With Joe Cocker

↑ 1

Peak: 97 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

98

I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us

Meat Loaf

↓ 14

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 84

99

A Heart In New York

Art Garfunkel

↓ 8

Peak: 66 • 9 wks • Prev: 91

100

Don't Give It Up

Robbie Patton

↓ 8

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 92

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