RCM CHARTS: TOP ROCK 1981

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1 Up by 3

Breaking All The Rules
Peter Frampton
From the album: Breaking All The Rules
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Up by 3

Send Me an Angel
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
From the album: Imitation Life
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Up by 4

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 5

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 5

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 3

Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: Blizzard of Ozz
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 5

Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 2

Winning
Santana
From the album: Zebop!
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
9 Down by 8

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 3

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 3

Snowblind
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 10

Stranger
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 1

Golden Down
Willie Nile
From the album: Golden Down
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 3

Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 4

Nightwatchman
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Down by 1

All Over Town
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
17 Down by 1

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 1

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 1

Mercury Blues
David Lindley
From the album: El Rayo-X
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 1

Sweetheart
Franke & The Knockouts
From the album: Franke and the Knockouts
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Debut

Burnin’ For You
Blue Öyster Cult
Peak
21
Weeks
1
Number
22 Up by 4

My Kinda Lover
Billy Squier
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 1
My Baby
Cold Chisel
From the album: East
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 4

Live for Today
Toto
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
25 Down by 1

Let Me Stay With You Tonight
Point Blank
From the album: American Exce$$
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 3

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 3

Mr. Crowley
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: Blizzard of Ozz
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 16

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC
From the album: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 6

Tom Sawyer
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
30 Down by 5

Almost Saturday Night
Dave Edmunds
From the album: Twangin...
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
31 Down by 4

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 4

Talk to Ya Later
The Tubes
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 9

This Little Girl
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dedication
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
34 Up by 5

Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
Jim Steinman
From the album: Bad for Good
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 3

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 1

Skateaway
Dire Straits
From the album: Making Movies
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
37 Up by 7

For You
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
From the album: Chance
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
38 Up by 2

Tin Soldier
Humble Pie
From the album: Go for the Throat
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Down by 1

The Kid Is Hot Tonite
Loverboy
From the album: Loverboy
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 7

A Woman's Got the Power
The A's
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41

Silverado
The Marshall Tucker Band
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Debut

Hearts
Marty Balin
From the album: Balin
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 10

Fantasy Girl
38 Special
From the album: Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
44 Up by 5
I Have the Skill
Sherbs
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
45 Down by 14

Another Tricky Day
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
46 Down by 12

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
48

Nicole
Point Blank
From the album: American Exce$$
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Up by 1

Unchained
Van Halen
From the album: Fair Warning
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 5

Breaking Down Barriers
Elton John
From the album: The Fox
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
50 Debut

Changes
Santana
From the album: Zebop!
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Sea of Love
Grace Slick
From the album: Welcome to the Wrecking Ball!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
42 Dropout

I Surrender
Rainbow [Rock Band]
From the album: Difficult to Cure
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
46 Dropout

Break the Rules Tonight (Out of School)
Kim Carnes
Peak
46
Weeks
1

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Date

July 4, 1981

Songs

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

5 2 Robin Lane & The Chartbusters – “Send Me an Angel” 2 9

7 3 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 3 6

9 4 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 4 10

10 5 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 5 8

3 6 Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train” 2 12

12 7 Pat Benatar – “Treat Me Right” 2 16

6 8 Santana – “Winning” 3 14

1 9 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 1(×3) 10

13 10 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 10 11

8 11 Styx – “Snowblind” 5 16

2 12 Jefferson Starship – “Stranger” 2 10

14 13 Willie Nile – “Golden Down” 13 8

11 14 April Wine – “Sign of the Gypsy Queen” 1(×3) 16

19 15 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Nightwatchman” 15 4

15 16 April Wine – “All Over Town” 3 16

16 17 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 16 4

17 18 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 1(×3) 16

18 19 David Lindley – “Mercury Blues” 18 9

21 20 Franke & The Knockouts – “Sweetheart” 20 7

NE 21 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin’ For You” 21 1

26 22 Billy Squier – “My Kinda Lover” 22 3

22 23 Cold Chisel – “My Baby” 22 4

20 24 Toto – “Live for Today” 20 13

24 25 Point Blank – “Let Me Stay With You Tonight” 24 9

29 26 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 26 5

30 27 Ozzy Osbourne – “Mr. Crowley” 27 3

44 28 AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” 28 3

23 29 Rush – “Tom Sawyer” 3 16

25 30 Dave Edmunds – “Almost Saturday Night” 25 8

27 31 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 14 10

36 32 The Tubes – “Talk to Ya Later” 32 2

24 33 Gary U.S. Bonds – “This Little Girl” 24 10

39 34 Jim Steinman – “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through” 34 4

32 35 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 10 10

37 36 Dire Straits – “Skateaway” 23 14

44 37 Manfred Mann's Earth Band – “For You” 9 16

40 38 Humble Pie – “Tin Soldier” 38 6

38 39 Loverboy – “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” 38 4

47 40 The A's – “A Woman's Got the Power” 40 2

41 41 The Marshall Tucker Band – “Silverado” 41 2

NE 42 Marty Balin – “Hearts” 42 1

33 43 38 Special – “Fantasy Girl” 7 15

49 44 Sherbs – “I Have the Skill” 20 16

31 45 The Who – “Another Tricky Day” 18 11

34 46 Rush – “Limelight” 2 16

48 48 Point Blank – “Nicole” 48 2

50 49 Van Halen – “Unchained” 49 2

45 50 Elton John – “Breaking Down Barriers” 45 3

NE 50 Santana – “Changes” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Grace Slick – “Sea of Love” 1(×1) 15

42 -- Rainbow [Rock Band] – “I Surrender” 13 14

46 -- Kim Carnes – “Break the Rules Tonight (Out of School)” 46 1

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