Top 40 - 17th May 1981
These were officially the biggest hits of 17th May 1981
1
Stand And Deliver
Adam & The Ants
2
You Drive Me Crazy
Shakin Stevens
3
Stars On 45
Star Sound
4
Chequered Love
Kim Wilde
5
Ossie's Dream (spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley)
Tottenham Hotspur F.a. Cup Final Squad
6
Swords Of A Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
7
Keep On Loving You
Reo Speedwagon
8
Grey Day
Madness
9
Chi Mai (theme From 'life And Times Of David Lloyd George')
Ennio Morricone
10
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
11
Stray Cat Strut
The Stray Cats
12
When He Shines
Sheena Easton
13
I Want To Be Free
Toyah
14
Al No Corrida (i-no-ko-ree-da)
Quincy Jones
15
The Sound Of The Crowd
Human League
16
Making Your Mind Up
Bucks Fizz
17
Only Crying
Keith Marshall
18
Treason (it's Just A Story)
The Teardrop Explodes
19
Killers Live (ep)
Thin Lizzy
20
Attention To Me
The Nolans
21
It's Going To Happen
The Undertones
22
Muscle Bound/glow
Spandau Ballet
23
Being With You
Smokey Robinson
24
Can't Get Enough Of You
Eddy Grant
25
Drowning/all Out To Get You
The Beat
26
Is Vic There?
Department S
27
Can You Feel It
The Jacksons
28
How 'bout Us
Champaign
29
Good Thing Going (we've Got A Good Thing Going)
Sugar Minott
30
Bermuda Triangle
Barry Manilow
31
Don't Break My Heart Again
Whitesnake
32
Ain't No Stopping
Enigma (uk)
33
Night Games
Graham Bonnet
34
Chariots Of Fire
Vangelis
35
Don't Let It Pass You By/don't Slow Down
UB40
36
Hi De Hi (holiday Rock)
Paul Shane And The Yellowcoats
37
Careless Memories
Duran Duran
38
Rockabilly Guy
Polecats
39
Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
40
Is That Love
Squeeze
XR Chart Archive
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