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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 ...
On the Hot 100, Parton's song reached the top in the issue dated February 21, [16] was replaced by Rabbitt's song the following week, [17] but then returned to the top spot in the issue dated March 14. [18] The two songs were among just four country songs which topped the Hot 100 during the 1980s, and the only two to do so consecutively. [19]
Rabbitt's song was one of two tracks which reached the number one spot on the AC, country and pop charts during the early part of 1981, along with Dolly Parton's "9 to 5". Soon after Parton's song exited the number one position on the AC listing, the Scottish singer Sheena Easton topped the chart with "Morning Train (9 to 5)". In her native ...
Artist(s) Reference January 2 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles January 9 "Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott: January 16 "At This Moment" Billy Vera & The Beaters: January 23 "Open Your Heart" Madonna January 30 February 6 "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi: February 13 February 20 February 27 "Jacob's Ladder" Huey Lewis and the News March 6 March 13
The track lineup includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1981, "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes. Also included is the No. 1 song of 1982, "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John; the song began a 10-week run at No. 1 in November, after Billboard magazine's 1982 chart year had started. The ...
Joe Dolce topped New Zealand's music chart with "Shaddap You Face" for eight weeks in 1980 and 1981. Bob Marley and his band, The Wailers, remained seven weeks at the top position with "One Love/People Get Ready". "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaked atop the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks. Key † – Song of New Zealand origin [nb 2]
The year began with "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon at the top spot and ended with Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" at the summit. Eleven of the sixteen artists earned their first Canadian chart-topper this year; those who did so prior to 1981 were John Lennon, Blondie, Styx, The Moody Blues, and Olivia Newton-John. Lennon became the ...
"Yesterday's Songs" is a 1981 single by Neil Diamond from his album On the Way to the Sky. The song was a major adult contemporary radio hit, spending six weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart and four weeks atop the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. [1] On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #11. [2] On the Canadian pop charts, the song ...