RCM TOP ROCK 50

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Number
1 Up by 7

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 2

Fire and Ice
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3 Down by 1

Save Your Love
Jefferson Starship
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
4 Up by 1

Breaking All The Rules
Peter Frampton
From the album: Breaking All The Rules
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 4

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
6 Up by 7

This Little Girl
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dedication
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Down by 4

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 2

Send Me an Angel
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
From the album: Imitation Life
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
9

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 4

My Kinda Lover
Billy Squier
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 1

Stranger
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
12 Down by 1

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
13 Down by 6

Nightwatchman
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

Mr. Crowley
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: Blizzard of Ozz
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 9

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
15
Weeks
2
Number
16 Down by 2

Sweetheart
Franke & The Knockouts
From the album: Franke and the Knockouts
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
17

Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: Blizzard of Ozz
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
18 Up by 3

Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
19 Up by 7

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
20 Up by 3

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 4
Wrathchild
Iron Maiden
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Down by 6

Skateaway
Dire Straits
From the album: Making Movies
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
23 Debut
Edge of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
Peak
23
Weeks
1
Number
24 Down by 4

Winning
Santana
From the album: Zebop!
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
25 Down by 7

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 1

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 8

Golden Down
Willie Nile
From the album: Golden Down
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
28 Down by 6

Let Me Stay With You Tonight
Point Blank
From the album: American Exce$$
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
29 Debut

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)
Don Felder
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 2

Nicole
Point Blank
From the album: American Exce$$
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Debut
Tube Snake Boogie
ZZ Top
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Up by 2
Live Now - Pay Later
Foghat
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Snowblind
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
35 Down by 6

Talk to Ya Later
The Tubes
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
36 Re-Entry

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
37 Up by 8
Angel Eyes
Silver Condor
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 1
Fly Away
Blackfoot
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
39 Debut

Promises in the Dark
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut
Lonely Is The Night
Billy Squier
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

Joan Crawford
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Up by 6
Take It Anyway You Want It
Pat Benatar
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Debut
Edge Of Sundown
Danny Joe Brown
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 10

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
45 Up by 2
Who's Crying Now
Journey
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut
22,000 Days
The Moody Blues
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 9
Stone In Love
Journey
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut
Teardrops
George Harrison
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 14

Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout
Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)
Don Felder
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Dropout
WE CAN GET TOGETHER
Icehouse
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
38 Dropout

Live for Today
Toto
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
40 Dropout

Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
Jim Steinman
From the album: Bad for Good
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
41 Dropout

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Dropout

Sausalito Summernight
Diesel
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Dropout
Deja Vu (Da Voodoo's in You)
Les Dudek
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Dropout
My Baby
Cold Chisel
From the album: East
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
46 Dropout

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC
From the album: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
49 Dropout
Sweet Home Alabama
The Charlie Daniels Band
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Dropout
Icehouse
Icehouse
Peak
50
Weeks
1

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Date

August 8, 1981

Songs

50

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8 1 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 1(×1) 10

4 2 Pat Benatar – “Fire and Ice” 2 4

2 3 Jefferson Starship – “Save Your Love” 2 4

5 4 Peter Frampton – “Breaking All The Rules” 1(×2) 9

1 5 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 1(×2) 4

13 6 Gary U.S. Bonds – “This Little Girl” 6 15

3 7 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 1(×1) 15

10 8 Robin Lane & The Chartbusters – “Send Me an Angel” 2 14

9 9 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 2 11

6 10 Billy Squier – “My Kinda Lover” 6 8

12 11 Jefferson Starship – “Stranger” 2 15

11 12 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 4 13

7 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Nightwatchman” 6 9

15 14 Ozzy Osbourne – “Mr. Crowley” 14 8

24 15 Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Stop Draggin' My Heart Around” 15 2

14 16 Franke & The Knockouts – “Sweetheart” 10 12

17 17 Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train” 2 17

21 18 Pat Benatar – “Treat Me Right” 2 21

26 19 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 14 15

23 20 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 1(×3) 15

25 21 Iron Maiden – “Wrathchild” 21 4

16 22 Dire Straits – “Skateaway” 16 19

NE 23 Stevie Nicks – “Edge of Seventeen” 23 1

20 24 Santana – “Winning” 3 19

18 25 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 10 16

27 26 Squeeze – “Tempted” 26 4

19 27 Willie Nile – “Golden Down” 13 13

22 28 Point Blank – “Let Me Stay With You Tonight” 22 14

NE 29 Don Felder – “Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)” 29 1

30 30 Foreigner – “Urgent” 30 4

33 31 Point Blank – “Nicole” 31 7

NE 32 ZZ Top – “Tube Snake Boogie” 32 1

35 33 Foghat – “Live Now - Pay Later” 33 3

28 34 Styx – “Snowblind” 5 21

29 35 The Tubes – “Talk to Ya Later” 25 7

RE 36 Rush – “Limelight” 2 18

45 37 Silver Condor – “Angel Eyes” 37 3

37 38 Blackfoot – “Fly Away” 37 3

NE 39 Pat Benatar – “Promises in the Dark” 39 1

NE 40 Billy Squier – “Lonely Is The Night” 40 1

NE 41 Blue Öyster Cult – “Joan Crawford” 41 1

48 42 Pat Benatar – “Take It Anyway You Want It” 42 2

NE 43 Danny Joe Brown – “Edge Of Sundown” 43 1

34 44 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 1(×3) 21

47 45 Journey – “Who's Crying Now” 45 2

NE 46 Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 46 1

NE 47 The Moody Blues – “22,000 Days” 47 1

39 48 Journey – “Stone In Love” 39 2

NE 49 George Harrison – “Teardrops” 49 1

36 50 April Wine – “Sign of the Gypsy Queen” 1(×3) 21

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Don Felder – “Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)” 31 1

32 -- Icehouse – “WE CAN GET TOGETHER” 32 3

38 -- Toto – “Live for Today” 20 17

40 -- Jim Steinman – “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through” 27 8

41 -- Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 41 1

42 -- Diesel – “Sausalito Summernight” 42 1

43 -- Les Dudek – “Deja Vu (Da Voodoo's in You)” 43 2

44 -- Cold Chisel – “My Baby” 22 8

46 -- AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” 19 7

49 -- The Charlie Daniels Band – “Sweet Home Alabama” 49 1

50 -- Icehouse – “Icehouse” 50 1

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