List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1981 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1981.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1980 |
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November 15 |
"Love on the Rocks" |
Neil Diamond |
3 |
January 17 |
12 |
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November 22 |
"Every Woman in the World" |
Air Supply |
2 |
January 17 |
11 |
|
November 29 |
"Guilty" |
Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb |
5 |
January 17 |
9 |
|
December 20 |
"I Love a Rainy Night" |
Eddie Rabbitt |
1 |
January 17 |
9 |
|
December 27 |
"I Made It Through the Rainbow" |
Barry Manilow |
4 |
January 24 |
7 |
|
"The Winner Takes It All" |
ABBA |
1 |
February 7 |
11 |
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Singles from 1981 |
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January 17 |
"Killin' Time" |
Fred Knoblock & Susan Anton |
5 |
February 14 |
7 |
|
January 24 |
"The Tide Is High" |
Blondie |
3 |
February 7 |
4 |
|
"9 to 5" |
Dolly Parton |
1 |
February 28 |
8 |
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January 31 |
"My Mother's Eyes" |
Bette Midler |
8 |
February 7 |
3 |
|
"Same Old Lang Syne" |
Dan Fogelberg |
8 |
February 21 |
6 |
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February 7 |
"Smoky Mountain Rain" |
Ronnie Milsap |
1 |
February 21 |
6 |
|
"Crying" |
Don McLean |
2 |
March 14 |
11 |
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February 14 |
"Woman" |
John Lennon |
4 |
March 14 |
7 |
|
February 21 |
"Hello Again" |
Neil Diamond |
3 |
March 14 |
7 |
|
"A Little in Love" |
Cliff Richard |
6 |
March 7 |
4 |
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"What Kind of Fool" |
Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb |
1 |
March 14 |
10 |
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March 7 |
"Somebody's Knockin'" |
Terri Gibbs |
3 |
April 11 |
9 |
|
March 14 |
"Just The Two of Us" |
Grover Washington Jr. |
2 |
May 16 |
12 |
|
"Dare to Dream Again" |
Phil Everly |
9 |
March 21 |
4 |
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March 21 |
"Morning Train (Nine to Five)" |
Sheena Easton |
1 |
May 2 |
9 |
|
"Angel of the Morning" |
Juice Newton |
1 |
April 11 |
9 |
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"Mr. Sandman" |
Emmylou Harris |
8 |
March 28 |
6 |
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April 4 |
"Her Town Too" |
James Taylor & J.D. Souther |
5 |
April 11 |
5 |
|
April 11 |
"Being with You" |
Smokey Robinson |
4 |
May 16 |
9 |
|
"Lonely Together" |
Barry Manilow |
7 |
May 2 |
5 |
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April 25 |
"Sukiyaki" |
A Taste of Honey |
1 |
May 16 |
11 |
|
May 2 |
"I Loved 'Em Every One" |
T.G. Sheppard |
3 |
May 16 |
7 |
|
"Watching the Wheels" |
John Lennon |
6 |
May 16 |
4 |
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May 9 |
"How 'Bout Us" |
Champaign |
1 |
May 30 |
9 |
|
"Living Inside Myself" |
Gino Vannelli |
5 |
June 6 |
8 |
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May 16 |
"What Are We Doin' in Love" |
Dottie West & Kenny Rogers |
7 |
June 6 |
6 |
|
May 23 |
"Since I Don't Have You" |
Don McLean |
6 |
June 6 |
5 |
|
"America" |
Neil Diamond |
1 |
June 13 |
8 |
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May 30 |
"Blessed Are the Believers" |
Anne Murray |
10 |
May 30 |
2 |
|
June 6 |
"All Those Years Ago" |
George Harrison |
1 |
July 4 |
8 |
|
June 13 |
"The One That You Love" |
Air Supply |
2 |
July 11 |
12 |
|
"Still Right Here in My Heart" |
Pure Prairie League |
4 |
June 27 |
4 |
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June 20 |
"The Boy from New York City" |
The Manhattan Transfer |
4 |
August 1 |
8 |
|
June 27 |
"I Don't Need You" |
Kenny Rogers |
1 |
July 11 |
11 |
|
"Seven Year Ache" |
Rosanne Cash |
6 |
July 11 |
4 |
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July 4 |
"Theme from Greatest American Hero" |
Joey Scarbury |
3 |
July 25 |
6 |
|
July 11 |
"Touch Me When We're Dancing" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
August 22 |
10 |
|
"Promises" |
Barbara Streisand |
8 |
July 18 |
3 |
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"Queen of Hearts" |
Juice Newton |
2 |
August 22 |
12 |
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July 18 |
"Elvira" |
The Oak Ridge Boys |
8 |
August 1 |
4 |
|
July 25 |
"It's Now or Never" |
John Schneider |
5 |
August 22 |
7 |
|
August 1 |
"Hearts" |
Marty Balin |
9 |
August 1 |
3 |
|
"Slow Hand" |
The Pointer Sisters |
6 |
September 5 |
8 |
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August 15 |
"Endless Love" |
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
1 |
September 5 |
9 |
|
"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" |
Ronnie Milsap |
2 |
September 12 |
10 |
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"Time" |
The Alan Parsons Project |
10 |
August 15 |
2 |
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August 22 |
"Step by Step" |
Eddie Rabbitt |
3 |
September 5 |
10 |
|
August 29 |
"That Old Song" |
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio |
7 |
September 12 |
6 |
|
September 5 |
"Feels So Right" |
Alabama |
9 |
September 12 |
3 |
|
September 12 |
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" |
Christopher Cross |
1 |
September 26 |
9 |
|
"A Heart in New York" |
Art Garfunkel |
10 |
September 12 |
2 |
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September 19 |
"I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" |
Lulu |
2 |
October 10 |
7 |
|
September 26 |
"For Your Eyes Only" |
Sheena Easton |
6 |
October 10 |
5 |
|
"Hard to Say" |
Dan Fogelberg |
2 |
November 7 |
10 |
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"Share Your Love with Me" |
Kenny Rogers |
1 |
October 24 |
8 |
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October 3 |
"We're in This Love Together" |
Al Jarreau |
6 |
October 31 |
6 |
|
October 10 |
"Here I Am" |
Air Supply |
1 |
November 7 |
9 |
|
October 17 |
"Theme from Hill Street Blues" |
Mike Post & Larry Carlton |
4 |
November 14 |
7 |
|
October 24 |
"Just Once" |
Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram |
7 |
November 14 |
5 |
|
October 31 |
"The Old Songs" |
Barry Manilow |
1 |
November 28 |
8 |
|
"Oh No" |
Commodores |
5 |
November 21 |
7 |
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November 7 |
"When She Was My Girl" |
Four Tops |
9 |
November 7 |
2 |
|
November 14 |
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" |
Foreigner |
5 |
December 12 |
6 |
|
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" |
Diana Ross |
2 |
December 5 |
9 |
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November 21 |
"Yesterday's Songs" |
Neil Diamond |
1 |
December 19 |
11 |
|
"I Want You, I Need You" |
Chris Christian |
8 |
December 5 |
4 |
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November 28 |
"Castle in the Air" |
Don McLean |
7 |
December 26 |
7 |
|
December 5 |
"Comin' In and Out of Your Life" |
Barbara Streisand |
2 |
December 26 |
12 |
|
"Turn Your Love Around" |
George Benson |
9 |
December 19 |
9 |
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December 19 |
"Hooked on Classics" |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
8 |
December 26 |
6 |
|
December 26 |
"Leather and Lace" |
Stevie Nicks & Don Henley |
10 |
December 26 |
2 |
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1980 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 1 |
"More Than I Can Say" |
Leo Sayer |
1 |
December 27 |
12 |
|
"Never Be the Same" |
Christopher Cross |
1 |
December 13 |
11 |
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November 8 |
"Suddenly" |
Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard |
4 |
December 27 |
12 |
|
December 13 |
"It's My Turn" |
Diana Ross |
9 |
December 20 |
6 |
1982 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 12 |
"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" |
Juice Newton |
1 |
January 30 |
11 |
|
December 19 |
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" |
Ronnie Milsap |
3 |
January 30 |
9 |
|
December 26 |
"Cool Night" |
Paul Davis |
2 |
February 7 |
10 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1981 (U.S.)