Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1981 - wikipedia Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1981 This is a list of Billboard magazine 's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981. No Title Artist ( s ) `` Bette Davis Eyes '' Kim Carnes `` Endless Love '' Diana Ross & Lionel Richie `` Lady '' Kenny Rogers `` ( Just Like ) Starting Over '' John Lennon `` Jessie 's Girl '' Rick Springfield 6 `` Celebration '' Kool & the Gang 7 `` Kiss on My List '' Hall & Oates 8 `` I Love a Rainy Night '' Eddie Rabbitt 9 `` 9 to 5 '' Dolly Parton 10 `` Keep on Loving You '' REO Speedwagon 11 `` Theme from The Greatest American Hero ( Believe It or Not ) '' Joey Scarbury 12 `` Morning Train ( Nine to Five ) '' Sheena Easton 13 `` Being with You '' Smokey Robinson 14 `` Queen of Hearts '' Juice Newton 15 `` Rapture '' Blondie 16 `` A Woman Needs Love ( Just Like You Do ) '' Raydio 17 `` The Tide Is High '' Blondie 18 `` Just the Two of Us '' Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers 19 `` Slow Hand '' The Pointer Sisters 20 `` I Love You '' Climax Blues Band 21 `` Woman '' John Lennon 22 `` Sukiyaki '' A Taste of Honey 23 `` The Winner Takes It All '' ABBA 24 `` Stars on 45 Medley '' Stars on 45 25 `` Angel of the Morning '' Juice Newton 26 `` Love on the Rocks '' Neil Diamond 27 `` Every Woman in the World '' Air Supply 28 `` The One That You Love '' Air Supply 29 `` Guilty '' Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb 30 `` The Best of Times '' Styx 31 `` Elvira '' The Oak Ridge Boys 32 `` Take It on the Run '' REO Speedwagon 33 `` ( There 's ) No Gettin ' Over Me '' Ronnie Milsap 34 `` Living Inside Myself '' Gino Vannelli 35 `` Woman in Love '' Barbra Streisand 36 `` The Boy from New York City '' The Manhattan Transfer 37 `` Urgent '' Foreigner 38 `` Passion '' Rod Stewart 39 `` Lady ( You Bring Me Up ) '' Commodores 40 `` Crying '' Don McLean 41 `` Hearts '' Marty Balin 42 `` It 's My Turn '' Diana Ross 43 `` You Make My Dreams '' Hall & Oates 44 `` I Do n't Need You '' Kenny Rogers 45 `` How ' Bout Us '' Champaign 46 `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' Pat Benatar 47 `` The Breakup Song ( They Do n't Write ' Em ) '' The Greg Kihn Band 48 `` Time '' The Alan Parsons Project 49 `` Hungry Heart '' Bruce Springsteen 50 `` Sweetheart '' Franke and the Knockouts 51 `` Somebody 's Knockin ' '' Terri Gibbs 52 `` More Than I Can Say '' Leo Sayer 53 `` Together '' Tierra 54 `` Too Much Time on My Hands '' Styx 55 `` What Are We Doin ' in Love '' Dottie West & Kenny Rogers 56 `` Who 's Crying Now '' Journey 57 `` De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '' The Police 58 `` This Little Girl '' Gary U.S. Bonds 59 `` Stop Draggin ' My Heart Around '' Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty 60 `` Giving It Up for Your Love '' Delbert McClinton 61 `` A Little in Love '' Cliff Richard 62 `` America '' Neil Diamond 63 `` Ai n't Even Done With The Night '' John Cougar 64 `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Christopher Cross 65 `` Another One Bites the Dust '' Queen 66 `` Games People Play '' The Alan Parsons Project 67 `` I Ca n't Stand It '' Eric Clapton 68 `` While You See a Chance '' Steve Winwood 69 `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '' Stevie Wonder 70 `` Hello Again '' Neil Diamond 71 `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' The Police 72 `` Hey Nineteen '' Steely Dan 73 `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' Stevie Wonder 74 `` All Those Years Ago '' George Harrison 75 `` Step By Step '' Eddie Rabbitt 76 `` The Stroke '' Billy Squier 77 `` Feels So Right '' Alabama 78 `` Sweet Baby '' George Duke & Stanley Clarke 79 `` Same Old Lang Syne '' Dan Fogelberg 80 `` Cool Love '' Pablo Cruise 81 `` Hold On Tight '' Electric Light Orchestra 82 `` It 's Now or Never '' John Schneider 83 `` Treat Me Right '' Pat Benatar 84 `` Winning '' Santana 85 `` What Kind of Fool '' Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb 86 `` Watching the Wheels '' John Lennon 87 `` Tell It Like It Is '' Heart 88 `` Smoky Mountain Rain '' Ronnie Milsap 89 `` I Made It Through the Rain '' Barry Manilow 90 `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' Hall & Oates 91 `` Suddenly '' Olivia Newton - John & Cliff Richard 92 `` For Your Eyes Only '' Sheena Easton 93 `` The Beach Boys Medley '' The Beach Boys 94 `` Whip It '' Devo 95 `` Modern Girl '' Sheena Easton 96 `` Really Wanna Know You '' Gary Wright 97 `` Seven Year Ache '' Rosanne Cash 98 `` I 'm Coming Out '' Diana Ross 99 `` Miss Sun '' Boz Scaggs 100 `` Time Is Time '' Andy Gibb See also 1981 in music List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1981 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` Number One Awards - Billboard 's 1981 Year - End Charts : Pop Singles ''. Billboard. 93 ( 51 ) : YE - 9. December 26, 1981. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1981 ''. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 29. Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles 1950 -- 1969 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 -- 1989 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1990 -- 2009 2010 -- present 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1981&oldid=791838866 '' Categories : 1981 record charts Billboard charts Talk About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 22 July 2017, at 20 : 13. About Wikipedia

Question: what was the most popular song in 1981
Answer: Bette Davis Eyes