POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1981
1

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

—

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 1

2

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

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Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 2

3

Start Me Up

The Rolling Stones

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Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

4

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

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Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 4

5

Step By Step

Eddie Rabbitt

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Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 5

6

Private Eyes

Daryl Hall & John Oates

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Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 6

7

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

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Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

8

Hard To Say

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 9

9

The Night Owls

Little River Band

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 10

10

I've Done Everything For You

Rick Springfield

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 12

11

Tryin' To Live My Life Without You

Bob Seger

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 14

12

Who's Crying Now

Journey

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 8

13

When She Was My Girl

Four Tops

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 22 wks • Prev: 16

14

Share Your Love With Me

Kenny Rogers

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

15

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

Air Supply

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 23

16

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 24 wks • Prev: 17

17

The Theme From Hill Street Blues

Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 22

18

We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 24 wks • Prev: 19

19

Say Goodbye To Hollywood

Billy Joel

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

20

Just Once

Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 23 wks • Prev: 21

21

Waiting For A Girl Like You

Foreigner

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 25

22

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

Carl Carlton

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 21 wks • Prev: 24

23

Oh No

Commodores

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 27

24

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

The Police

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 28

25

Urgent

Foreigner

↓ 14

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 11

26

Physical

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 31

27

Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)

Marty Balin

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

28

Hold On Tight

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 15

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 13

29

Alien

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 4

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 33

30

He's A Liar

Bee Gees

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 32

31

The Old Songs

Barry Manilow

↑ 7

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 38

32

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)

Lulu

↓ 14

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

33

Sausalito Summernight

Diesel

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

34

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 27 wks • Prev: 26

35

In The Dark

Billy Squier

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

36

The Voice

The Moody Blues

↓ 6

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 30

37

You Saved My Soul

Burton Cummings

↑ 5

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

38

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Diana Ross

↑ 18

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 56

39

The Beach Boys Medley

The Beach Boys

↓ 5

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 34

40

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go-Go's

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 30 wks • Prev: 41

41

Young Turks

Rod Stewart

↑ 20

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 61

42

Promises In The Dark

Pat Benatar

↑ 6

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

43

Working In The Coal Mine

Devo

↑ 1

Peak: 43 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

44

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

Chilliwack

↑ 6

Peak: 22 • 19 wks • Prev: 50

45

Burnin' For You

Blue Oyster Cult

↓ 5

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

46

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Commodores

↓ 10

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 36

47

No Reply At All

Genesis

↑ 7

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 54

48

Let's Groove

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 58

49

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Don Felder

↓ 6

Peak: 43 • 17 wks • Prev: 43

50

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

Ronnie Milsap

↓ 15

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 35

51

Steal The Night

Stevie Woods

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 21 wks • Prev: 57

52

Never Too Much

Luther Vandross

↑ 13

Peak: 33 • 15 wks • Prev: 65

53

It's All I Can Do

Anne Murray

↑ 6

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

54

I Want You, I Need You

Chris Christian

↑ 8

Peak: 37 • 14 wks • Prev: 62

55

More Stars

More Stars On 45

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Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

56

Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)

Kool & The Gang

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 17 wks • Prev: 67

57

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 45

58

General Hospi-tale

The Afternoon Delights

↓ 12

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 46

59

One More Night

Streek

↑ 9

Peak: 47 • 7 wks • Prev: 68

60

Stay Awake

Ronnie Laws

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Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

61

When She Dances

Joey Scarbury

↑ 9

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 70

62

Take Me Now

David Gates

↑ 1

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

63

Harden My Heart

Quarterflash

↑ 17

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 80

64

A Lucky Guy

Rickie Lee Jones

↑ 7

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

65

The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

Juice Newton

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 24 wks • Prev: 79

66

Bet Your Heart On Me

Johnny Lee

↑ 8

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 74

67

Magic Power

Triumph

↑ 8

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 75

68

Poor Man's Son

Survivor

↑ 10

Peak: 33 • 14 wks • Prev: 78

69

Still

John Schneider

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Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

70

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 32 wks • Prev: 64

71

Wired For Sound

Cliff Richard

↑ 2

Peak: 71 • 4 wks • Prev: 73

72

(Want You) Back In My Life Again

Carpenters

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Peak: 72 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

73

Leather And Lace

Stevie Nicks With Don Henley

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 19 wks

74

Trouble

Lindsey Buckingham

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 19 wks

75

Run To Me

Savoy Brown

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

76

Snake Eyes

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 10

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

77

Breaking Away

Balance

↓ 28

Peak: 22 • 17 wks • Prev: 49

78

Slip Away

Pablo Cruise

↑ 10

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

79

Twilight

Electric Light Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 11 wks

80

I Surrender

Arlan Day

↑ 10

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

81

Love All The Hurt Away

Aretha Franklin And George Benson

↓ 28

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

82

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

Joey Scarbury

↓ 31

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 51

83

Mistaken Identity

Kim Carnes

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 6 wks

84

In Your Letter

REO Speedwagon

↓ 37

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

85

I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World

Ronnie Milsap

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 17 wks

86

Turn Your Love Around

George Benson

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 22 wks

87

Draw Of The Cards

Kim Carnes

↓ 35

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 52

88

Feels So Right

Alabama

↓ 5

Peak: 20 • 22 wks • Prev: 83

89

La La Means I Love You

Tierra

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 6 wks

90

Controversy

Prince

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 11 wks

91

Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)

John Denver

↓ 25

Peak: 36 • 20 wks • Prev: 66

92

Fire And Ice

Pat Benatar

↓ 8

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 84

93

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

Greg Kihn Band

↓ 6

Peak: 15 • 23 wks • Prev: 87

94

Cool Love

Pablo Cruise

↓ 9

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 85

95

I'm In Love

Evelyn King

↓ 14

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 81

96

Really Wanna Know You

Gary Wright

↓ 5

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 91

97

Leila

ZZ Top

↓ 20

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 77

98

Fire In The Sky

The Dirt Band

↓ 22

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 76

99

Snap Shot

Slave

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 7 wks

100

Back To The 60's

Tight Fit

↓ 11

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 89

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