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Three songs by John Lennon appear on the Year-End Hot 100, charting posthumously after his murder in late 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 26, 1981, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1980 ...
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1981. The longest running number-one single of 1981 is "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John which stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks in 1981 and then for four additional weeks in 1982, with a total of 10 weeks at number-one. This also makes "Physical" the longest running number-one single ...
"Celebration"/"Take It to the Top" Kool & The Gang: January 10 January 17 January 24 "You're Too Late" Fantasy: January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 "Rapture"/"The Tide Is High" Blondie: March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 "Breaking and Entering"/"Easy Money" Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble: April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25
Rogers was one of only two artists to have more than one AC number one in 1981, and his eight weeks atop the chart was the most by any artist. The only other act with multiple number ones during the year was Neil Diamond, who had the final number one of 1981 with "Yesterday's Songs", which held the top spot for the last two weeks of the year.
[10] [11] It peaked at No. 10 in the United Kingdom, [12] to date Carnes's only Top 40 hit in that country. Additionally, it ranked No. 12 on Billboard ' s list of the top 100 songs in the first 50 years of the magazine's Hot 100. [6] "Bette Davis Eyes" was a No. 1 hit in 21 countries. [13]
"Celebration"/"Take It to the Top" Kool & The Gang: January 10 January 17 January 24 "You're Too Late" Fantasy: January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 "Rapture"/"The Tide Is High" Blondie: March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 "Breaking and Entering"/"Easy Money" Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble: April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25
"Brass in Pocket" became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching number one on the UK singles chart and number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Its music video was the seventh video aired on MTV on its launch on 1 August 1981.
The song is track twelve on the band's 1981 album Time and was the first song released as a single. The song went top ten in most countries, hitting the top spot in Spain and Switzerland, number two in Germany, number four in the UK, [ 4 ] and number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming the band's seventh and last top 10 hit, as well as ...