RCM CHARTS: TOP ROCK 1981

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1 Up by 4

Sea of Love
Grace Slick
From the album: Welcome to the Wrecking Ball!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
3 Up by 1

Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 1

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 3

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 1

All Over Town
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 4

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

Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 1

Fantasy Girl
38 Special
From the album: Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 2

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky
Outlaws
From the album: Ghost Riders
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 6

Snowblind
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 3

Don't Let Him Go
REO Speedwagon
From the album: Hi Infidelity
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 1

I Can't Stand It
Eric Clapton
From the album: Another Ticket
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

Winning
Santana
From the album: Zebop!
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 2

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
16

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

I Surrender
Rainbow [Rock Band]
From the album: Difficult to Cure
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 4

Heading Out To The Highway
Judas Priest
From the album: Point of Entry
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 1

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 6

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21
I Have the Skill
Sherbs
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 5

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 11

Send Me an Angel
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
From the album: Imitation Life
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Up by 15

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Down by 2

Woman
John Lennon
From the album: Double Fantasy
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 14

Stranger
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 9

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 1

I Will Follow
U2
From the album: Boy
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 5

Skateaway
Dire Straits
From the album: Making Movies
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 3

Another Tricky Day
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 11

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 10

Tom Sawyer
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
33 Down by 8

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 4

It's All Right, It's O.K.
The Hawks
From the album: Hawks
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 3
Catch Me If You Can
Eric Clapton
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
36 Down by 6

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
37 Up by 7

Mercury Blues
David Lindley
From the album: El Rayo-X
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 10

Jessie's Girl
Rick Springfield
From the album: Working Class Dog
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
39 Down by 4

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
40 Up by 7

Live for Today
Toto
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 10

Hearts on Fire
Randy Meisner
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
42 Up by 7

Let Me Stay With You Tonight
Point Blank
From the album: American Exce$$
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Debut

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 6

This Little Girl
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dedication
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 2

Jimmie Jones
The Vapors
From the album: Magnets
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

Ripple
Grateful Dead
From the album: American Beauty
Peak
46
Weeks
4
Number
47 Down by 10

If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Sucking in the Seventies
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
48 Down by 12

Hold on Loosely
38 Special
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
49 Re-Entry

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
47
Weeks
4
Number
50 Debut

Golden Down
Willie Nile
From the album: Golden Down
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Take It on the Run
REO Speedwagon
From the album: Hi Infidelity
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
45 Dropout

Burning Bones
Krokus
From the album: Hardware
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
46 Dropout

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
40
Weeks
3

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Date

May 16, 1981

Songs

50

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5 1 Grace Slick – “Sea of Love” 1(×1) 9

1 2 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 1(×3) 9

4 3 April Wine – “Sign of the Gypsy Queen” 3 9

3 4 Blondie – “Rapture” 3 7

2 5 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 2 9

7 6 April Wine – “All Over Town” 6 9

11 7 Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train” 7 5

6 8 Pat Benatar – “Treat Me Right” 6 9

10 9 38 Special – “Fantasy Girl” 9 8

8 10 Outlaws – “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” 1(×1) 9

17 11 Styx – “Snowblind” 11 9

9 12 REO Speedwagon – “Don't Let Him Go” 1(×4) 9

12 13 Eric Clapton – “I Can't Stand It” 4 9

15 14 Santana – “Winning” 14 7

13 15 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 12 9

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

19 17 Rainbow [Rock Band] – “I Surrender” 17 8

14 18 Judas Priest – “Heading Out To The Highway” 14 5

20 19 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 19 6

26 20 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 20 3

21 21 Sherbs – “I Have the Skill” 21 9

27 22 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 22 3

34 23 Robin Lane & The Chartbusters – “Send Me an Angel” 23 2

39 24 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 24 3

23 25 John Lennon – “Woman” 23 9

40 26 Jefferson Starship – “Stranger” 26 3

18 27 Rush – “Limelight” 2 9

29 28 U2 – “I Will Follow” 28 5

24 29 Dire Straits – “Skateaway” 23 7

33 30 The Who – “Another Tricky Day” 30 4

42 31 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 31 3

22 32 Rush – “Tom Sawyer” 3 9

25 33 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 7 9

38 34 The Hawks – “It's All Right, It's O.K.” 34 4

32 35 Eric Clapton – “Catch Me If You Can” 32 9

30 36 Steve Winwood – “Arc of a Diver” 16 9

44 37 David Lindley – “Mercury Blues” 37 2

28 38 Rick Springfield – “Jessie's Girl” 10 9

35 39 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 6 9

47 40 Toto – “Live for Today” 40 6

31 41 Randy Meisner – “Hearts on Fire” 10 9

49 42 Point Blank – “Let Me Stay With You Tonight” 42 2

NE 43 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 43 1

50 44 Gary U.S. Bonds – “This Little Girl” 44 3

43 45 The Vapors – “Jimmie Jones” 43 2

48 46 Grateful Dead – “Ripple” 46 4

37 47 The Rolling Stones – “If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)” 37 4

36 48 38 Special – “Hold on Loosely” 6 9

RE 49 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 47 4

NE 50 Willie Nile – “Golden Down” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- REO Speedwagon – “Take It on the Run” 4 8

45 -- Krokus – “Burning Bones” 31 6

46 -- Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 40 3

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