List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one Singles of 1981 - wikipedia List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one Singles of 1981 This article uses bare URLs for citations, which may be threatened by link rot. Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. Several templates and the reFill tool are available to assist in formatting. ( reFill documentation ) ( July 2018 ) These are the Billboard Hot 100 number - one hits of 1981. The longest running number - one single of 1981 is `` Physical '' by Olivia Newton - John which stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks in 1981 and then for four additional weeks in 1982, with a total of 10 weeks at number - one. This also makes `` Physical '' the longest running number - one single of the 1980s. Key The yellow background indicates the # 1 song on Billboard 's 1981 Year - End Chart of Pop Singles. Issue Date Song Artist ( s ) Reference January 3 `` ( Just Like ) Starting Over '' John Lennon January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 `` The Tide Is High '' Blondie February 7 `` Celebration '' Kool & the Gang February 14 February 21 `` 9 to 5 '' Dolly Parton February 28 `` I Love a Rainy Night '' Eddie Rabbitt March 7 March 14 `` 9 to 5 '' Dolly Parton March 21 `` Keep On Loving You '' REO Speedwagon March 28 `` Rapture '' Blondie April 4 April 11 `` Kiss on My List '' Daryl Hall and John Oates April 18 April 25 May 2 `` Morning Train ( Nine to Five ) '' Sheena Easton May 9 May 16 `` Bette Davis Eyes '' Kim Carnes May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 `` Stars on 45 Medley '' Stars on 45 June 27 `` Bette Davis Eyes '' Kim Carnes July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 `` The One That You Love '' Air Supply August 1 `` Jessie 's Girl '' Rick Springfield August 8 August 15 `` Endless Love '' Diana Ross and Lionel Richie August 22 August 29 September 5 September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 October 17 `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Christopher Cross October 24 October 31 November 7 `` Private Eyes '' Daryl Hall and John Oates November 14 November 21 `` Physical '' Olivia Newton - John November 28 December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26 References Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-01-03/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-01-10/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-01-17/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-01-24/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-01-31/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-02-07/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-02-14/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-02-21/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-02-28/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-03-07/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-03-14/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-03-21/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-03-28/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-04-04/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-04-11/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-04-18/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-04-25/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-05-02/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-05-09/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-05-16/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-05-23/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-05-30/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-06-06/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-06-13/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-06-20/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-06-27/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-07-04/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-07-11/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-07-18/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-07-25/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-08-01/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-08-08/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-08-15/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-08-22/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-08-29/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-09-05/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-09-12/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-09-19/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-09-26/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-10-03/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-10-10/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-10-17/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-10-24/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-10-31/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-11-07/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-11-14/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-11-21/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-11-28/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-12-05/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-12-12/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-12-19/hot-100 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-12-26/hot-100 Sources Fred Bronson 's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ( ISBN 0 - 8230 - 7677 - 6 ) Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2008, 12 Edition ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 180 - 2 ) Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts : The Eighties ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 079 - 2 ) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard 's online archive services and print editions of the magazine. See also 1981 in music Cashbox Top 100 number - one singles of 1981 List of number - one hits ( United States ) List of number - one albums of 1981 ( U.S. ) Lists of Billboard number - one singles 1940 -- 1959 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 -- 1979 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 -- 1999 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2000 -- present 2017 2018 By decade 1940s 1950 -- 1958 1958 -- 1969 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s See also Top - ten singles Hot 100 Year - end List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1981&oldid=850558758 '' Categories : 1981 record charts Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number - one songs Hidden categories : Articles needing cleanup from July 2018 Articles with bare URLs for citations from July 2018 All articles with bare URLs for citations Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from July 2018 All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify Talk About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Русский Svenska Türkçe Tiếng Việt 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 16 July 2018, at 16 : 06 ( UTC ). 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Question: what song was number one in november 1981
Answer: Private Eyes