| No. | Date | Artist | Song | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 10/01/1981 | The Look | I Am The Beat | No. 06 |
| 002 | 10/01/1981 | Stevie Wonder | I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It | No. 10 |
| 003 | 10/01/1981 | Yarbrough & Peoples | Don’t Stop The Music | No. 07 |
| 004 | 10/01/1981 | Rod Stewart | My Girl | No. 32 |
| 005 | 10/01/1981 | Adam & The Ants | Young Parisians | No. 09 |
| 006 | 17/01/1981 | David Bowie | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | No. 20 |
| 007 | 17/01/1981 | The Gap Band | Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?) | No. 22 |
| 008 | 17/01/1981 | Visage | Fade To Grey | No. 08 |
| 009 | 17/01/1981 | Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb | Guilty | No. 34 |
| 010 | 17/01/1981 | Phil Collins | In The Air Tonight | No. 02 |
| 011 | 17/01/1981 | James Brown | Rapp Payback (Where Is Moses?) | No. 39 |
| 012 | 17/01/1981 | Sad Cafe | I’m In Love Again | No. 40 |
| 013 | 24/01/1981 | John Lennon | Woman | No. 01 |
| 014 | 24/01/1981 | Blondie | Rapture | No. 05 |
| 015 | 24/01/1981 | Ultravox | Vienna | No. 02 |
| 016 | 24/01/1981 | Dire Straits | Romeo And Juliet | No. 08 |
| 017 | 24/01/1981 | Diana Ross | It’s My Turn | No. 16 |
| 018 | 24/01/1981 | Heatwave | Gangsters Of The Groove | No. 19 |
| 019 | 24/01/1981 | Cliff Richard | A Little In Love | No. 15 |
| 020 | 24/01/1981 | Susan Fassbender | Twilight Cafe | No. 21 |
| 021 | 24/01/1981 | Madness | The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven | No. 07 |
| 022 | 24/01/1981 | Light Of The World | I Shot The Sheriff | No. 40 |
| 023 | 31/01/1981 | Spandau Ballet | The Freeze | No. 17 |
| 024 | 31/01/1981 | Rainbow | I Surrender | No. 03 |
| 025 | 31/01/1981 | XTC | Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) | No. 16 |
| 026 | 31/01/1981 | John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band | Give Peace A Chance | No. 02 |
| 027 | 31/01/1981 | Honey Bane | Turn Me On, Turn Me Off | No. 37 |
| 028 | 31/01/1981 | Odyssey | Hang Together | No. 36 |
| 029 | 31/01/1981 | The Boomtown Rats | The Elephant’s Graveyard (Guilty) | No. 26 |
| 030 | 07/02/1981 | Fred Wedlock | The Oldest Swinger In Town | No. 06 |
| 031 | 07/02/1981 | The Joe Dolce Music Theatre | Shaddup You Face | No. 01 |
| 032 | 07/02/1981 | Slade | We’ll Bring The House Down | No. 10 |
| 033 | 07/02/1981 | The Passions | I’m In Love With A German Film Star | No. 25 |
| 034 | 07/02/1981 | The Stray Cats | Rock This Town | No. 09 |
| 035 | 07/02/1981 | Sheila Hylton | The Bed’s Too Big Without You | No. 35 |
| 036 | 07/02/1981 | Barbara Jones | Just When I Needed You Most | No. 31 |
| 037 | 07/02/1981 | Adam & The Ants | Cartrouble | No. 33 |
| 038 | 14/02/1981 | The Pretenders | Message Of Love | No. 11 |
| 039 | 14/02/1981 | The Jam | That’s Entertainment | No. 21 |
| 040 | 14/02/1981 | Gillan | Mutually Assured Destruction | No. 32 |
| 041 | 14/02/1981 | Freeez | Southern Freeez | No. 08 |
| 042 | 14/02/1981 | Talking Heads | Once In A Lifetime | No. 14 |
| 043 | 14/02/1981 | Coast To Coast | (Do) The Hucklebuck | No. 05 |
| 044 | 14/02/1981 | Barry Manilow | I Made It Through The Rain | No. 37 |
| 045 | 21/02/1981 | Motorhead & Girlschool | St. Valentine’s Day Massacre EP – Please Don’t Touch | No. 05 |
| 046 | 21/02/1981 | Roxy Music | Jealous Guy | No. 01 |
| 047 | 21/02/1981 | Beggar & Co. | (Somebody) Help Me Out | No. 15 |
| 048 | 21/02/1981 | Kelly Marie | Hot Love | No. 22 |
| 049 | 21/02/1981 | Adam & The Ants | Kings Of The Wild Frontier (Re-Entry) | No. 02 |
| 050 | 28/02/1981 | Status Quo | Something ‘Bout You Baby I Like | No. 09 |
| 051 | 28/02/1981 | Toyah | Four From Toyah EP – It’s A Mystery | No. 04 |
| 052 | 28/02/1981 | The Teardrop Explodes | Reward | No. 06 |
| 053 | 28/02/1981 | Kool & The Gang | Jones V’s Jones / Summer Madness | No. 17 |
| 054 | 28/02/1981 | Kiki Dee | Star | No. 13 |
| 055 | 07/03/1981 | Kim Wilde | Kids In America | No. 02 |
| 056 | 07/03/1981 | Shakin’ Stevens | This Ole House | No. 01 |
| 057 | 07/03/1981 | The Jacksons | Can You Feel It? | No. 06 |
| 058 | 07/03/1981 | The Who | You Better You Bet | No. 09 |
| 059 | 07/03/1981 | Yoko Ono | Walking On Thin Ice | No. 35 |
| 060 | 14/03/1981 | Phil Collins | I Missed Again | No. 14 |
| 061 | 14/03/1981 | Duran Duran | Planet Earth | No. 12 |
| 062 | 14/03/1981 | Stevie Wonder | Lately | No. 03 |
| 063 | 14/03/1981 | Visage | Mind Of A Toy | No. 13 |
| 064 | 14/03/1981 | Sharon Redd | Can You Handle It? | No. 31 |
| 065 | 14/03/1981 | Landscape | Einstein A Go-Go | No. 05 |
| 066 | 14/03/1981 | New Order | Ceremony | No. 34 |
| 067 | 21/03/1981 | Linx | Intuition | No. 07 |
| 068 | 21/03/1981 | The Whispers | It’s A Love Thing | No. 09 |
| 069 | 21/03/1981 | Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone | What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted | No. 13 |
| 070 | 21/03/1981 | Iron Maiden | Twilight Zone / Wrathchild | No. 31 |
| 071 | 21/03/1981 | The Nolans | Attention To Me | No. 09 |
| 072 | 21/03/1981 | The Polecats | John I’m Only Dancing / Big Green Car | No. 35 |
| 073 | 28/03/1981 | Tony Capstick & The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band | Capstick Comes Home / The Sheffield Grinder | No. 03 |
| 074 | 28/03/1981 | Hazel O’Connor | D-Days | No. 10 |
| 075 | 28/03/1981 | Bucks Fizz | Making Your Mind Up | No. 01 |
| 076 | 28/03/1981 | Heatwave | Jitterbuggin’ | No. 34 |
| 077 | 28/03/1981 | Ultravox | Slow Motion | No. 33 |
| 078 | 28/03/1981 | Gillan | New Orleans | No. 17 |
| 079 | 28/03/1981 | Elton John Band & The Muscle Shoals Horns | I Saw Her Standing There | No. 40 |
| 080 | 04/04/1981 | Graham Bonnet | Night Games | No. 06 |
| 081 | 04/04/1981 | The Children Of Tansley School | My Mum Is One In A Million | No. 27 |
| 082 | 04/04/1981 | Bad Manners | Just A Feeling | No. 13 |
| 083 | 04/04/1981 | Sugar Minott | Good Thing Going (We’ve Got A Good Thing Going) | No. 04 |
| 084 | 04/04/1981 | David Bowie | Up The Hill Backwards | No. 32 |
| 085 | 11/04/1981 | Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai (Theme From ‘Life And Times Of David Lloyd George’) | No. 02 |
| 086 | 11/04/1981 | Saxon | And The Band Played On | No. 12 |
| 087 | 11/04/1981 | Spandau Ballet | Muscle Bound / Glow | No. 10 |
| 088 | 11/04/1981 | Public Image Limited | Flowers Of Romance | No. 24 |
| 089 | 11/04/1981 | John Lennon | Watching The Wheels | No. 30 |
| 090 | 11/04/1981 | Shalamar | Make That Move | No. 30 |
| 091 | 11/04/1981 | Dire Straits | Skateaway | No. 37 |
| 092 | 11/04/1981 | Light Of The World | I’m So Happy / Time | No. 35 |
| 093 | 11/04/1981 | Keith Marshall | Only Crying | No. 12 |
| 094 | 18/04/1981 | Barry Manilow | Bermuda Triangle | No. 15 |
| 095 | 18/04/1981 | Eddy Grant | Can’t Get Enough Of You | No. 13 |
| 096 | 18/04/1981 | Whitesnake | Don’t Break By Heart Again | No. 17 |
| 097 | 18/04/1981 | Girlschool | Hit And Run | No. 32 |
| 098 | 18/04/1981 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Crocodiles | No. 37 |
| 099 | 18/04/1981 | Quincy Jones | Al No Corrida | No. 14 |
| 100 | 18/04/1981 | Department S | Is Vic There? | No. 22 |
| 101 | 25/04/1981 | Starsound | Stars On 45 | No. 02 |
| 102 | 25/04/1981 | Madness | Grey Day | No. 04 |
| 103 | 25/04/1981 | The Beat | Drowning / All Out To Get You | No. 22 |
| 104 | 25/04/1981 | The Gap Band | Humpin’ | No. 36 |
| 105 | 25/04/1981 | REO Speedwagon | Keep On Loving You | No. 07 |
| 106 | 02/05/1981 | The Stray Cats | Stray Cat Strut | No. 11 |
| 107 | 02/05/1981 | The Clash | The Magnificent Seven | No. 34 |
| 108 | 02/05/1981 | Freeez | Flying High | No. 35 |
| 109 | 02/05/1981 | Tenpole Tudor | Swords Of A Thousand Men | No. 06 |
| 110 | 02/05/1981 | Level 42 | Love Games | No. 38 |
| 111 | 02/05/1981 | Shakin’ Stevens | You Drive Me Crazy | No. 02 |
| 112 | 09/05/1981 | Adam & The Ants | Stand And Deliver | No. 01 |
| 113 | 09/05/1981 | Sheena Easton | When He Shines | No. 12 |
| 114 | 09/05/1981 | Thin Lizzy | Killers Live EP – Are You Ready? (Live) | No. 19 |
| 115 | 09/05/1981 | The Teardrop Explodes | Treason (It’s Just A Story) | No. 18 |
| 116 | 09/05/1981 | Kim Wilde | Chequered Love | No. 04 |
| 117 | 09/05/1981 | The Human League | The Sound Of The Crowd | No. 12 |
| 118 | 09/05/1981 | The Undertones | It’s Going To Happen | No. 18 |
| 119 | 16/05/1981 | Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad | Ossie’s Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) | No. 05 |
| 120 | 16/05/1981 | Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes | No. 10 |
| 121 | 16/05/1981 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free | No. 08 |
| 122 | 16/05/1981 | Duran Duran | Careless Memories | No. 37 |
| 123 | 16/05/1981 | Smokey Robinson | Being With You | No. 01 |
| 124 | 23/05/1981 | Champaign | How ‘Bout Us | No. 05 |
| 125 | 23/05/1981 | Enigma | Ain’t No Stopping | No. 11 |
| 126 | 23/05/1981 | Vangelis | Chariots Of Fire | No. 12 |
| 127 | 23/05/1981 | UB40 | Don’t Let It Pass You By / Don’t Slow Down | No. 16 |
| 128 | 23/05/1981 | Paul Shane & The Yellowcoats | HI-De-Hi (Holiday Rock) | No. 36 |
| 129 | 23/05/1981 | The Polecats | Rockabilly Guy | No. 35 |
| 130 | 23/05/1981 | Kraftwerk | Pocket Calculator | No. 39 |
| 131 | 23/05/1981 | Squeeze | Is That Love? | No. 35 |
| 132 | 30/05/1981 | George Harrison | All Those Years Ago | No. 13 |
| 133 | 30/05/1981 | Hazel O’Connor | Will You? | No. 08 |
| 134 | 30/05/1981 | Michael Jackson | One Day In Your Life | No. 01 |
| 135 | 30/05/1981 | Kate Robbins & Beyond | More Than In Love | No. 02 |
| 136 | 30/05/1981 | Coast To Coast | Jump The Broomstick | No. 28 |
| 137 | 30/05/1981 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Spellbound | No. 22 |
| 138 | 30/05/1981 | Grover Washington Jr. | Just The Two Of Us | No. 34 |
| 139 | 06/06/1981 | The Jam | Funeral Pyre | No. 04 |
| 140 | 06/06/1981 | Odyssey | Going Back To My Roots | No. 04 |
| 141 | 06/06/1981 | Kool & The Gang | Take It To The Top (Climbing) | No. 15 |
| 142 | 13/06/1981 | Ultravox | All Stood Still | No. 08 |
| 143 | 13/06/1981 | Red Sovine | Teddy Bear | No. 04 |
| 144 | 13/06/1981 | Bucks Fizz | Piece Of The Action | No. 12 |
| 145 | 13/06/1981 | Phil Collins | If Leaving Me Is Easy | No. 17 |
| 146 | 13/06/1981 | Imagination | Body Talk | No. 04 |
| 147 | 13/06/1981 | Elaine Paige | Memory | No. 06 |
| 148 | 13/06/1981 | Dead Kennedys | Too Drunk To Fuck | No. 36 |
| 149 | 13/06/1981 | Whitesnake | Would I Lie To You | No. 37 |
| 150 | 13/06/1981 | Third World | Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) | No. 10 |
| 151 | 20/06/1981 | The Specials | Ghost Town | No. 01 |
| 152 | 20/06/1981 | Linx | Throw Away The Key | No. 21 |
| 153 | 20/06/1981 | Gillan | No Laughing In Heaven | No. 31 |
| 154 | 20/06/1981 | Randy Crawford | You Might Need Somebody | No. 11 |
| 155 | 20/06/1981 | The Evasions | Wikka Wrap | No. 20 |
| 156 | 20/06/1981 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | No Woman No Cry (Re-Entry) | No. 08 |
| 157 | 20/06/1981 | Showaddywaddy | Multiplication | No. 39 |
| 158 | 20/06/1981 | Landscape | Norman Bates | No. 40 |
| 159 | 27/06/1981 | Bad Manners | Can Can | No. 03 |
| 160 | 27/06/1981 | Quincy Jones | Razzamatazz | No. 11 |
| 161 | 27/06/1981 | Rainbow | Can’t Happen Here | No. 20 |
| 162 | 27/06/1981 | Tom Tom Club | Wordy Rappinghood | No. 07 |
| 163 | 27/06/1981 | The Beat | Doors Of Your Heart | No. 33 |
| 164 | 27/06/1981 | Dave Edmunds & The Stray Cats | The Race Is On | No. 34 |
| 165 | 27/06/1981 | Bruce Springsteen | The River | No. 35 |
| 166 | 27/06/1981 | Kirsty MacColl | There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis | No. 14 |
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