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JANUARY 17, 1981

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Number
1

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 2

Hungry Heart
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: The River
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

(Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon
From the album: Double Fantasy
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 2

Dreamin'
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
6

Love On the Rocks
Neil Diamond
From the album: The Jazz Singer (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 1

Never Be the Same
Christopher Cross
From the album: Christopher Cross
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 2

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 2

Passion
Rod Stewart
From the album: Foolish Behaviour
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 2

Guilty
Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
From the album: Guilty
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 2

Lady
Kenny Rogers
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 5

Never Knew Love Like This Before
Stephanie Mills
From the album: Sweet Sensation
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 4

Suddenly
Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 2

Celebration
Kool & The Gang
From the album: Celebrate!
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 2

Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
From the album: Guilty
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
16 Up by 3

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 4

I Love a Rainy Night
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 3

It's My Turn
Diana Ross
From the album: To Love Again
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 4

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Up by 4

Time Is Time
Andy Gibb
From the album: Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 3

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
22

Tell It Like It Is
Heart
From the album: Greatest Hits/Live
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 2

Every Woman in the World
Air Supply
From the album: Lost in Love
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 4

Without Your Love
Roger Daltrey
From the album: McVicar (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 11

Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Hotter than July
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 3

I Made It Through the Rain
Barry Manilow
From the album: Barry
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 1

Live Every Minute
Ali Thomson
From the album: Take a Little Rhythm
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
28 Up by 3

9 to 5
Dolly Parton
From the album: 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 3

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 2

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
31 Down by 4

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
32 Up by 1

Hey Nineteen
Steely Dan
From the album: Gaucho
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Keep On Loving You
REO Speedwagon
From the album: Hi Infidelity
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 4

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
36 Up by 4

Giving It Up for Your Love
Delbert McClinton
From the album: The Jealous Kind
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Woman
John Lennon
From the album: Double Fantasy
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 8

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
39 Debut

Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 5

He's So Shy
Pointer Sisters
From the album: Special Things
Peak
3
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
39 Dropout

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
14

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Date

January 17, 1981

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1 1 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 1(×2) 14

4 2 Bruce Springsteen – “Hungry Heart” 2 11

2 3 John Lennon – “(Just Like) Starting Over” 1(×3) 12

5 4 Supertramp – “Dreamer” 4 17

3 5 Cliff Richard – “Dreamin'” 2 18

6 6 Neil Diamond – “Love On the Rocks” 6 11

8 7 Christopher Cross – “Never Be the Same” 7 13

10 8 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 8 9

11 9 Rod Stewart – “Passion” 9 7

12 10 Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb – “Guilty” 10 7

9 11 Kenny Rogers – “Lady” 1(×2) 16

7 12 Stephanie Mills – “Never Knew Love Like This Before” 3 16

17 13 Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard – “Suddenly” 13 8

16 14 Kool & The Gang – “Celebration” 14 9

13 15 Barbra Streisand – “Woman in Love” 1(×5) 20

19 16 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 16 7

21 17 Eddie Rabbitt – “I Love a Rainy Night” 17 6

15 18 Diana Ross – “It's My Turn” 15 10

23 19 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 19 5

24 20 Andy Gibb – “Time Is Time” 20 6

18 21 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 5 15

22 22 Heart – “Tell It Like It Is” 22 7

25 23 Air Supply – “Every Woman in the World” 23 5

20 24 Roger Daltrey – “Without Your Love” 20 7

14 25 Stevie Wonder – “Master Blaster (Jammin')” 3 16

29 26 Barry Manilow – “I Made It Through the Rain” 26 6

26 27 Ali Thomson – “Live Every Minute” 12 15

31 28 Dolly Parton – “9 to 5” 28 3

32 29 Cliff Richard – “A Little in Love” 29 3

28 30 The Cars – “Touch and Go” 5 19

27 31 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 2 24

33 32 Steely Dan – “Hey Nineteen” 32 4

34 33 REO Speedwagon – “Keep On Loving You” 33 3

38 34 The Alan Parsons Project – “Games People Play” 34 2

37 35 Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 5 16

40 36 Delbert McClinton – “Giving It Up for Your Love” 36 2

NE 37 John Lennon – “Woman” 37 1

30 38 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 3 17

NE 39 Pat Benatar – “Treat Me Right” 39 1

35 40 Pointer Sisters – “He's So Shy” 3 19

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 1(×2) 22

39 -- Devo – “Whip It” 15 14

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