Editing 1981 in music (section)

===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"[[Aie a Mwana]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"[[And the Bands Played On]]" – [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] (# 12 UK)
*"[[Another Tricky Day]]" – [[The Who]]
*"[[Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]] (# 10 UK)
*"[[Boys and Girls (Human League song)|Boys and Girls]]" – [[The Human League]] (# 48 UK)
*"[[Boys in Town]]" – [[Divinyls]] (# 8 Australia)
*"[[Bringing on the Heartbreak]]" – [[Def Leppard]] (# 61 US)
*"[[Chcem sa s tebou deliť]]" – [[Marika Gombitová]] (Winner of the Intervision Song Contest)
*"[[Computer Love (Kraftwerk song)|Computer Love]]" – [[Kraftwerk]] (# 36 UK)
*"[[Cool World (song)|Cool World]]" – [[Mondo Rock]] (# 8 Australia)
*"[[Der blaue Planet]]" - [[Karat (band)|Karat]] (# 2 East Germany)
*"[[Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" – [[Yarbrough and Peoples]]
*"[[Double Dutch Bus]]" – [[Frankie Smith]]
*"[[Eisbär]]" – [[Grauzone]]
*"[[Fight the Good Fight]]" – [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] (# 18 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock)
*"[[Funeral Pyre]]" – [[The Jam]] (# 4 UK)
*"[[Heading Out to the Highway]]" – [[Judas Priest]] (# 10 U.S. Mainstream Rock)
*"[[I Don't Wanna Dance (Split Enz song)|I Don't Wanna Dance]]" – [[Split Enz]] (# 65 Australia)
*"[[I Heard It Through The Grapevine]]" - [[Roger]] (# 79 United States, # 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles, # 25 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs)
*"If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" – [[The Rolling Stones]]*"
*"[[It's All I Can Do (Anne Murray song)|It's All I Can Do]]" - [[Anne Murray]] (# 53 United States)
*"[[(Kom så ska vi) Leva livet]]" – [[Gyllene Tider]] (# 13 Sweden)
*"[[La voix du bon Dieu (song)|La voix du bon Dieu]]" – [[Céline Dion]] (# 11 Quebec)*"[[Lonely Is the Night]]" 
*"[[Mean Street]]" – [[Van Halen]] (# 12 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks)
*"[[Oh No Not You Again]]" – [[Australian Crawl]] (# 58 Australia)
*"[[Pearl Necklace (song)|Pearl Necklace]]" – [[ZZ Top]] (# 28 US)
*"[[A Promise (song)|A Promise]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] (# 49 UK)
*"[[Red Barchetta]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Résiste]]" – [[France Gall]]
*"[[Rise Above (Black Flag song)|Rise Above]]" – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*"[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]" – [[Dire Straits]]
*"[[Runaround Sue]]" – [[Racey]]
*"[[Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing]]" – [[Christopher Cross]]
*"[[Same Old Lang Syne]]" – [[Dan Fogelberg]]
*"[[Sausalito Summernight]]" – [[Diesel (band)|Diesel]]
*"[[Say Goodbye to Hollywood]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (song)|Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)]]" – [[Carl Carlton]]
*"[[She's Got a Way]]" (live) – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Shout and Deliver]]" – [[The Reels]] (# 43 Australia)
*"[[Shut Up (Madness song)|Shut Up]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"Silly" – [[Deniece Williams]]
*"[[Since You're Gone]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"[[Slave (Rolling Stones song)|Slave]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[So This Is Love? (song)|So This Is Love?]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[The Sound of the Crowd]]" – [[The Human League]]
*"[[Stay Young (INXS song)|Stay Young]]" – [[INXS]] (# 21 Australia)
*"[[Stone in Love]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Stop This Game]]" – [[Cheap Trick]]
*"[[Straight from the Heart (The Allman Brothers Band song)|Straight from the Heart]]" – [[The Allman Brothers Band]]
*"[[Take It to the Limit (Eagles song)|Take It to the Limit (Live)]]" – [[The Eagles]]
*"[[Telstar (song)|Telstar]]" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[That Old Song]]" – [[Ray Parker Jr.]] & [[Raydio]]
*"[[That's Entertainment (The Jam song)|That's Entertainment]]" – [[The Jam]]
*"[[There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis]]" – [[Kirsty McColl]]
*"[[Through the Years (Kenny Rogers song)|Through the Years]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"[[Time (The Alan Parsons Project song)|Time]]" – [[The Alan Parsons Project]]
*"[[Together (The Intruders song)#Tierra remake|Together]]" – [[Tierra (group)|Tierra]]
*"[[Too Many Times (Mental As Anything song)|Too Many Times]]" – [[Mental As Anything]]
*"[[Treat Me Right (Pat Benatar song)|Treat Me Right]]" – [[Pat Benatar]]
*"[[Tube Snake Boogie]]" – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[Tunnel of Love (Dire Straits song)|Tunnel of Love]]" – [[Dire Straits]]
*"[[Turning Japanese]]" – [[The Vapors]] (released in 1980)
*"[[Unchained (song)|Unchained]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[The Unguarded Moment (song)|The Unguarded Moment]]" – [[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*"[[The Voice (Ultravox song)|The Voice]]" – [[Ultravox]]
*"[[Little T&A]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[The Wanderer (Donna Summer song)|The Wanderer]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Water on Glass|Water on Glass"/"Boys]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[We Don't Have to Hold Out]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang]]" – [[Heaven 17]]
*"[[Wedding Bells (Godley & Creme song)|Wedding Bells]]" – [[Godley & Creme]]
*"[[We'll Bring the House Down (song)|We'll Bring the House Down]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[We're in This Love Together]]" – [[Al Jarreau]]
*"[[What Are We Doin' In Love]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Dottie West]]
*"[[What Kind of Fool]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[Barry Gibb]]
*"When He Shines" – [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[When She Was My Girl]]" – [[The Four Tops]]
*"[[When You Were Sweet Sixteen]]" – [[The Fureys]] with [[Davey Arthur]]
*"[[Whip It (Devo song)|Whip It]]" – [[Devo]]
*"Wild Colonial Boy" – [[Dr. Hook]]
*"[[Wild Is the Wind (song)|Wild is the Wind]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"Will You?" – [[Hazel O'Connor]]
*"[[Winning (Santana song)|Winning]]" – [[Santana (band)|Santana]]
*"[[You Got Nothing I Want]]" – [[Cold Chisel]]
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