YEAR-END UK TOP 150 of 1981 (Singles)
Based on point-system NME Charts (nr. 1 75 points, nr. 2 74 etc)
nr | title | artist | pnt | wk | hp |
1 | Birdie song | Tweets | 941 | 16 | 2 |
2 | Tainted love | Soft Cell | 874 | 16 | 1 |
3 | This ole house | Shakin' Stevens | 845 | 17 | 1 |
4 | Vienna | Ultravox | 830 | 14 | 2 |
5 | Body talk | Imagination | 819 | 18 | 4 |
6 | Ghost town | Specials | 785 | 14 | 1 |
7 | One day in your life | Michael Jackson | 782 | 14 | 1 |
8 | Stand and deliver | Adam & Ants | 782 | 15 | 1 |
9 | Can you feel it | Jacksons | 768 | 15 | 6 |
10 | Hands up | Ottawan | 757 | 15 | 3 |
11 | Do the huckle buck | Coast to Coast | 744 | 15 | 5 |
12 | Stars on 45 | Star Sound | 738 | 14 | 2 |
13 | Making your mind up | Bucks Fizz | 736 | 12 | 1 |
14 | Antmusic | Adam & Ants | 721 | 13 | 2 |
15 | Being with you | Smokey Robinson | 715 | 13 | 1 |
16 | It's my party | Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | 708 | 13 | 1 |
17 | You drive me crazy | Shakin' Stevens | 700 | 12 | 2 |
18 | Kids in America | Kim Wilde | 692 | 13 | 2 |
19 | Four from Toyah | Toyah | 692 | 14 | 4 |
20 | Dancing on the floor | Third World | 692 | 15 | 10 |
21 | Can can | Bad Manners | 691 | 13 | 3 |
22 | Hold on tight | Electric Light Orchestra | 689 | 12 | 4 |
23 | Love action | Human League | 685 | 13 | 3 |
24 | Going back to the roots | Odyssey | 664 | 12 | 4 |
25 | Lately | Stevie Wonder | 663 | 13 | 3 |
26 | Prince Charming | Adam & Ants | 661 | 12 | 1 |
27 | Attention to me | Nolans | 659 | 13 | 9 |
28 | Einstein a gogo | Landscape | 657 | 13 | 5 |
29 | Chi Mai Theme | Ennio Morricone | 649 | 12 | 2 |
30 | Green door | Shakin' Stevens | 648 | 12 | 1 |
31 | How 'bout us | Champaign | 647 | 13 | 5 |
32 | New life | Depeche Mode | 646 | 15 | 11 |
33 | Imagine | John Lennon | 645 | 11 | 1 |
34 | Jealous guy | Roxy Music | 641 | 11 | 1 |
35 | Woman | John Lennon | 640 | 11 | 1 |
36 | Japanese boy | Aneka | 638 | 12 | 1 |
37 | Hooked on classics | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Louis Clarke | 638 | 11 | 2 |
38 | Souvenir | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 630 | 12 | 3 |
39 | Happy birthday | Altered Images | 629 | 14 | 2 |
40 | Kings of the wild frontier | Adam & Ants | 625 | 13 | 2 |
41 | For your eyes only | Sheena Easton | 615 | 13 | 8 |
42 | Begin the beguine | Julio Iglesias | 601 | 10 | 1 |
43 | It's a love thing | Whispers | 601 | 13 | 8 |
44 | Keep on lovin' you | REO Speedwagon | 597 | 14 | 7 |
45 | Physical | Olivia Newton-John | 596 | 12 | 7 |
46 | Shaddap your face | Joe Dolce | 593 | 10 | 1 |
47 | Happy birthday | Stevie Wonder | 589 | 11 | 2 |
48 | Reward | Teardrop Explodes | 588 | 13 | 6 |
49 | Girls on film | Duran Duran | 587 | 11 | 5 |
50 | Endless love | Diana Ross & Lionel Richie | 576 | 12 | 7 |
51 | Return of the Las Palmas | Madness | 575 | 11 | 7 |
52 | Good thing going | Sugar Minott | 574 | 12 | 4 |
53 | You'll never know | Hi Gloss | 571 | 13 | 12 |
54 | I surrender | Rainbow | 569 | 10 | 3 |
55 | You might need somebody | Randy Crawford | 567 | 13 | 11 |
56 | Swords of a thousand men | Tenpole Tudor | 566 | 12 | 6 |
57 | Back to the sixties | Tightfit | 565 | 11 | 4 |
58 | I want to be free | Toyah | 564 | 11 | 8 |
59 | Pretend | Alvin Stardust | 561 | 10 | 4 |
60 | In the air tonight | Phil Collins | 560 | 10 | 2 |
61 | Under your thumb | Godley & Creme | 560 | 11 | 3 |
62 | Chant no. 1 | Spandau Ballet | 555 | 10 | 3 |
63 | Fade to grey | Visage | 555 | 12 | 8 |
64 | Take it on the run | REO Speedwagon | 555 | 14 | 19 |
65 | Memory | Elaine Page | 552 | 12 | 6 |
66 | More than in love | Kate Robbins & Beyond | 550 | 10 | 2 |
67 | Caribbean disco | Lobo | 550 | 11 | 8 |
68 | Good year for the roses | Elvis Costello | 547 | 11 | 6 |
69 | Stars on 45 vol. 2 | Star Sound | 544 | 10 | 2 |
70 | Intuition | Linx | 543 | 11 | 7 |
71 | Slow hand | Pointer Sisters | 541 | 11 | 10 |
72 | Joan of Arc | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 538 | 10 | 5 |
73 | Romeo & Juliet | Dire Straits | 534 | 11 | 8 |
74 | Every little thing she does is magic | Police | 532 | 10 | 1 |
75 | Night games | Graham Bonnet | 532 | 11 | 6 |
76 | Tonight I'm yours | Rod Stewart | 532 | 11 | 8 |
77 | Just can't get enough | Depeche Mode | 531 | 10 | 8 |
78 | No woman no cry | Bob Marley & Wailers | 530 | 11 | 8 |
79 | Beach Boy gold | Gidea Park | 529 | 13 | 11 |
80 | Let's hang on | Barry Manilow | 527 | 11 | 12 |
81 | Don't stop the music | Yarbrough & Peoples | 521 | 10 | 7 |
82 | One in ten | UB40 | 520 | 10 | 7 |
83 | Southern freeez | Freeez | 518 | 11 | 8 |
84 | Young Parisians | Adam & Ants | 518 | 11 | 9 |
85 | Wired for sound | Cliff Richard | 515 | 9 | 4 |
86 | When she was my girl | Four Tops | 510 | 10 | 3 |
87 | Grey days | Madness | 505 | 10 | 4 |
88 | Favourite shirts | Haircut One Hundred | 502 | 10 | 4 |
89 | Thunder in mountains | Toyah | 496 | 9 | 4 |
90 | Walk right now | Jacksons | 496 | 11 | 7 |
91 | Let's groove | Earth Wind & Fire | 495 | 8 | 3 |
92 | Open your heart | Human League | 494 | 9 | 6 |
93 | When you were sweet sixteen | Fureys and Davie Arthur | 493 | 11 | 14 |
94 | Hand held in black and white | Dollar | 492 | 12 | 19 |
95 | Why do fools fall in love | Diana Ross | 491 | 8 | 4 |
96 | Only crying | Keith Marshall | 490 | 10 | 12 |
97 | Chequered love | Kim Wilde | 486 | 9 | 4 |
98 | Labelled with love | Squeeze | 486 | 10 | 4 |
99 | Will you | Hazel O'Connor | 482 | 10 | 8 |
100 | Oldest swinger in town | Fred Wedlock | 475 | 10 | 6 |
101 | New Orleans | Gillan | 474 | 10 | 17 |
102 | Wordy rappinghood | Tom Tom Club | 473 | 9 | 7 |
103 | Muscle bound | Spandau Ballet | 470 | 10 | 10 |
104 | Planet earth | Duran Duran | 464 | 11 | 12 |
105 | What becomes of the broken hearted | Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone | 461 | 10 | 13 |
106 | Under pressure | Queen & David Bowie | 460 | 7 | 1 |
107 | Chariots of fire | Vangelis | 460 | 10 | 12 |
108 | D-Days | Hazel O'Connor | 455 | 9 | 10 |
109 | Jones vs Jones | Kool and the Gang | 455 | 11 | 17 |
110 | Shut up | Madness | 452 | 9 | 7 |
111 | Bad sitter | Soft Cell | 451 | 7 | 4 |
112 | All stood still | Ultravox | 450 | 10 | 8 |
113 | Ai no corrida | Quincy Jones | 449 | 10 | 14 |
114 | I am the beat | Look | 445 | 9 | 6 |
115 | Just a feeling | Bad Manners | 443 | 9 | 13 |
116 | Piece of the action | Bucks Fizz | 442 | 9 | 12 |
117 | The sound of the crowd | Human League | 440 | 10 | 12 |
118 | Rapture | Blondie | 439 | 8 | 5 |
119 | It's raining | Shakin' Stevens | 439 | 9 | 10 |
120 | Rock this town | Stray Cats | 435 | 8 | 9 |
121 | Bette Davis eyes | Kim Carnes | 431 | 9 | 10 |
122 | Stray Cat strut | Stray Cats | 428 | 10 | 11 |
123 | Star | Kiki Dee | 428 | 10 | 13 |
124 | Ay ay ay Moosey | Modern Romance | 427 | 8 | 10 |
125 | Walkin' in the sunshine | Bad Manners | 425 | 9 | 10 |
126 | Start me up | Rolling Stones | 424 | 9 | 7 |
127 | Steppin' out | Kool and the Gang | 424 | 9 | 12 |
128 | Everybody salsa | Modern Romance | 420 | 10 | 12 |
129 | Once in a lifetime | Talking Heads | 419 | 10 | 14 |
130 | In and out of love | Imagination | 415 | 9 | 16 |
131 | Ain't no stopping | Enigma | 413 | 8 | 11 |
132 | Can't get enough of you | Eddy Grant | 412 | 10 | 13 |
133 | I go to sleep | Pretenders | 410 | 7 | 7 |
134 | Invisible sun | Police | 409 | 8 | 2 |
135 | St. Valentine's day massacre | Motorhead / Girlschool | 409 | 8 | 5 |
136 | Mind of a toy | Visage | 404 | 8 | 13 |
137 | Passionate friend | Teardrop Explodes | 404 | 10 | 25 |
138 | Hold me | B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell | 403 | 8 | 11 |
139 | Abacab | Genesis | 401 | 8 | 9 |
140 | Take it to the top | Kool and the Gang | 399 | 9 | 15 |
141 | Je suis un rock star | Bill Wyman | 397 | 9 | 14 |
142 | Rainy night in Georgia | Randy Crawford | 397 | 9 | 18 |
143 | One of those nights | Bucks Fizz | 396 | 10 | 20 |
144 | Water on glass | Kim Wilde | 395 | 8 | 11 |
145 | Sgt. Rock is going to help me | XTC | 395 | 9 | 16 |
146 | You better you bet | Who | 394 | 8 | 9 |
147 | Razzamataz | Quincy Jones | 394 | 9 | 11 |
148 | Is Vic there | Department S | 394 | 10 | 22 |
149 | Daddy's home | Cliff Rochard | 392 | 6 | 2 |
150 | Do nothing / Maggie's farm | Specials | 392 | 7 | 4 |
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