POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1981
1

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

—

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 1

2

Start Me Up

The Rolling Stones

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

3

Private Eyes

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 6

4

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

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Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 4

5

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 2

6

Tryin' To Live My Life Without You

Bob Seger

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 11

7

Hard To Say

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 8

8

The Night Owls

Little River Band

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 9

9

I've Done Everything For You

Rick Springfield

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 10

10

Step By Step

Eddie Rabbitt

↓ 5

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 5

11

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

Air Supply

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

12

When She Was My Girl

Four Tops

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 22 wks • Prev: 13

13

The Theme From Hill Street Blues

Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 17

14

Share Your Love With Me

Kenny Rogers

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Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

15

Waiting For A Girl Like You

Foreigner

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 21

16

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

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Peak: 16 • 24 wks • Prev: 16

17

We're In This Love Together

Al Jarreau

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 24 wks • Prev: 18

18

Say Goodbye To Hollywood

Billy Joel

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

19

Just Once

Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 23 wks • Prev: 20

20

Oh No

Commodores

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 23

21

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

The Police

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 24

22

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

Carl Carlton

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Peak: 22 • 21 wks • Prev: 22

23

Physical

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 26

24

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↓ 17

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

25

Who's Crying Now

Journey

↓ 13

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 12

26

The Old Songs

Barry Manilow

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 31

27

Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)

Marty Balin

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Peak: 27 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

28

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Diana Ross

↑ 10

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 38

29

Alien

Atlanta Rhythm Section

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Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

30

Young Turks

Rod Stewart

↑ 11

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

31

Sausalito Summernight

Diesel

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 18 wks • Prev: 33

32

Urgent

Foreigner

↓ 7

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 25

33

Hold On Tight

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 28

34

He's A Liar

Bee Gees

↓ 4

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 30

35

In The Dark

Billy Squier

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Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

36

Let's Groove

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 12

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 48

37

You Saved My Soul

Burton Cummings

—

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

38

Promises In The Dark

Pat Benatar

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

39

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go-Go's

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 30 wks • Prev: 40

40

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

Chilliwack

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 19 wks • Prev: 44

41

No Reply At All

Genesis

↑ 6

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 47

42

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

Kool & The Gang

↑ 14

Peak: 17 • 17 wks • Prev: 56

43

I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)

Lulu

↓ 11

Peak: 18 • 18 wks • Prev: 32

44

Queen Of Hearts

Juice Newton

↓ 10

Peak: 2 • 27 wks • Prev: 34

45

The Voice

The Moody Blues

↓ 9

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 36

46

Never Too Much

Luther Vandross

↑ 6

Peak: 33 • 15 wks • Prev: 52

47

Steal The Night

Stevie Woods

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 21 wks • Prev: 51

48

I Want You, I Need You

Chris Christian

↑ 6

Peak: 37 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

49

Harden My Heart

Quarterflash

↑ 14

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 63

50

Leather And Lace

Stevie Nicks With Don Henley

↑ 23

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 73

51

The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

Juice Newton

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 24 wks • Prev: 65

52

When She Dances

Joey Scarbury

↑ 9

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

53

It's All I Can Do

Anne Murray

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Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

54

One More Night

Streek

↑ 5

Peak: 47 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

55

Trouble

Lindsey Buckingham

↑ 19

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 74

56

Don't Stop Believin'

Journey

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 16 wks

57

The Beach Boys Medley

The Beach Boys

↓ 18

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 39

58

Poor Man's Son

Survivor

↑ 10

Peak: 33 • 14 wks • Prev: 68

59

Bet Your Heart On Me

Johnny Lee

↑ 7

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

60

Magic Power

Triumph

↑ 7

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 67

61

Working In The Coal Mine

Devo

↓ 18

Peak: 43 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

62

Burnin' For You

Blue Oyster Cult

↓ 17

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

63

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

Commodores

↓ 17

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 46

64

A Lucky Guy

Rickie Lee Jones

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Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 64

65

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Don Felder

↓ 16

Peak: 43 • 17 wks • Prev: 49

66

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

Ronnie Milsap

↓ 16

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 50

67

Twilight

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 12

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 79

68

Run To Me

Savoy Brown

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

69

More Stars

More Stars On 45

↓ 14

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

70

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 13

Peak: 2 • 24 wks • Prev: 57

71

Mistaken Identity

Kim Carnes

↑ 12

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

72

Snake Eyes

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 4

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

73

I Surrender

Arlan Day

↑ 7

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 80

74

Heart Like A Wheel

The Steve Miller Band

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 14 wks

75

I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 10

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 85

76

Turn Your Love Around

George Benson

↑ 10

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 86

77

General Hospi-tale

The Afternoon Delights

↓ 19

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 58

78

Slip Away

Pablo Cruise

—

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

79

La La Means I Love You

Tierra

↑ 10

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

80

Controversy

Prince

↑ 10

Peak: 70 • 11 wks • Prev: 90

81

Pay The Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)

The Knack

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 5 wks

82

I'm Just Too Shy

Jermaine Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 8 wks

83

Stay Awake

Ronnie Laws

↓ 23

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

84

The Jam Was Moving

Debbie Harry

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 3 wks

85

The Cowboy And The Lady

John Denver

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 7 wks

86

Take Me Now

David Gates

↓ 24

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 62

87

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

↓ 17

Peak: 1 • 32 wks • Prev: 70

88

Castles In The Air

Don McLean

★ NEW

Peak: 36 • 14 wks

89

More Than Just The Two Of Us

Sneaker

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 15 wks

90

Hooked On Classics

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 20 wks

91

Sweet Merilee

Donnie Iris

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 6 wks

92

Destroyer

The Kinks

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 4 wks

93

(Want You) Back In My Life Again

Carpenters

↓ 21

Peak: 72 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

94

Breaking Away

Balance

↓ 17

Peak: 22 • 17 wks • Prev: 77

95

Love All The Hurt Away

Aretha Franklin And George Benson

↓ 14

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

96

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

Joey Scarbury

↓ 14

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 82

97

In Your Letter

REO Speedwagon

↓ 13

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 84

98

Snap Shot

Slave

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 7 wks • Prev: 99

99

Wired For Sound

Cliff Richard

↓ 28

Peak: 71 • 4 wks • Prev: 71

100

Feels So Right

Alabama

↓ 12

Peak: 20 • 22 wks • Prev: 88

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