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Songs released in 1981

The year 1981 saw the release of 2113 tracks with an average tempo of 120 BPM. The dominant genre of the year was rock. Top artists included TKKG Retro-Archiv, Queen.

Songs
2,113
Average BPM
120

Top songs of 1981

  1. 1 Don't Stop Believin' (2022 Remaster) Journey · album rock 119 · 12B
  2. 2 Tainted Love Soft Cell · new romantic 144 · 5A
  3. 3 Start Me Up - Remastered 2009 The Rolling Stones · album rock 122 · 7B
  4. 4 I Love Rock 'N Roll Joan Jett & the Blackhearts · glam punk 94 · 12B
  5. 5 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes · new romantic 117 · 7B
  6. 6 Don't You Want Me The Human League · new romantic 118 · 8A
  7. 7 Who Can It Be Now? Men at Work · album rock 128 · 12B
  8. 8 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police · album rock 82 · 10B
  9. 9 Let's Groove Earth, Wind & Fire · disco 125 · 10A
  10. 10 In The Air Tonight - 2015 Remastered Phil Collins · rock drums 190 · 8B
  12. 11 Down Under Men at Work · album rock 107 · 10A
  13. 12 Just Can't Get Enough Black Eyed Peas · dance rock 128 · 8B
  14. 13 Edge of Seventeen - 2016 Remaster Stevie Nicks · heartland rock 111 · 8B
  15. 14 Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield · album rock 132 · 10B
  16. 15 Never Too Much Luther Vandross · quiet storm 110 · 10B
  17. 16 Centerfold The J. Geils Band · album rock 114 · 8B
  18. 17 Super Freak Rick James · disco 132 · 8A
  19. 18 Slipping Through My Fingers ABBA · europop 137 · 7B
  20. 19 Waiting for a Girl like You Foreigner · album rock 201 · 3A
  21. 20 Tom Sawyer Rush · album rock 88 · 11B
  22. 21 Así No Te Amará Jamás Amanda Miguel · latin pop 131 · 2A
  23. 22 Golden Brown The Stranglers · glam rock 94 · 2B
  24. 23 Open Arms (2022 Remaster) Journey · album rock 101 · 10B
  25. 24 Vamos a Darnos Tiempo José José · bolero 148 · 6B
  26. 25 Kids In America Kim Wilde · new romantic 160 · 12B
  27. 26 Juke Box Hero Foreigner · album rock 177 · 11B
  28. 27 Bad Reputation Joan Jett · glam punk 204 · 2B
  29. 28 Él Me Mintió Amanda Miguel · latin pop 205 · 8A
  30. 29 The Stroke - Remastered 2010 Billy Squier · album rock 91 · 9B
  31. 30 Heart Of Glass - Special Mix Blondie · candy pop 114 · 12B
  32. 31 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd · album rock 121 · 9B
  33. 32 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Daryl Hall & John Oates · album rock 111 · 5A
  34. 33 Preso ROSALÍA · bolero 111 · 11A
  35. 34 Private Eyes Daryl Hall & John Oates · album rock 121 · 8A
  36. 35 Biliyorsun Sezen Aksu · turkish pop 126 · 3A
  37. 36 Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield · album rock 132 · 10B
  38. 37 Burnin' for You Blue Öyster Cult · album rock 134 · 8A
  39. 38 Working for the Weekend Loverboy · album rock 147 · 9B
  40. 39 La Ladrona - Remasterizado 2009 Diego Verdaguer · grupera 189 · 9B
  41. 40 Presiento Que Voy A Llorar Los Bukis · grupera 82 · 8B
  42. 41 Give Me the Night George Benson · jazz funk 110 · 3B
  43. 42 For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) AC/DC · australian rock 134 · 12B
  44. 43 A Country Boy Can Survive Hank Williams, Jr. · country 75 · 9B
  45. 44 Get Down On It Kool & The Gang · disco 112 · 8A
  46. 45 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) Air Supply · soft rock 138 · 8B
  47. 46 Goo Goo Muck The Cramps · garage rock 142 · 9A
  48. 47 Caray Juan Gabriel · cancion melodica 207 · 10B
  49. 48 Lonely Is The Night - Remastered 2010 Billy Squier · album rock 85 · 11B
  50. 49 La Farsante Juan Gabriel · cancion melodica 98 · 10B
  51. 50 Tight Fittin' Jeans Conway Twitty · arkansas country 102 · 7B
  52. 51 Give It To Me Baby Rick James · disco 120 · 1B
  53. 52 Fly-day Chinatown Yasuha 123 · 10A
  54. 53 Limelight Billy Talent · album rock 131 · 12A
  55. 54 One Of Us Joan Osborne · europop 82 · 9B
  56. 55 Laurita Garza Los Invasores De Nuevo León · banda 95 · 6B
  57. 56 Y Por Esa Calle Vive Los Barón De Apodaca · norteno 100 · 7B
  58. 57 Down Under Men at Work · album rock 107 · 10A
  59. 58 El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes Jeanette 113 · 11B
  60. 59 Weatherman Zach Hood · country 119 · 11B
  61. 60 I Will Survive - 1981 Re-recording Gloria Gaynor · disco 120 · 8A
  62. 61 Who's Crying Now (2022 Remaster) Journey · album rock 122 · 8A
  63. 62 Through The Years Kenny Rogers · classic country pop 131 · 8B
  64. 63 Girls on Film - 2010 Remaster Duran Duran · album rock 132 · 9B
  65. 64 Angel Of The Morning Juice Newton · classic country pop 76 · 4B
  66. 65 Bringin' On The Heartbreak Def Leppard · album rock 78 · 8A
  67. 66 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) - 2016 Remaster __unknown__ · heartland rock 107 · 9A
  68. 67 The One That You Love LP · soft rock 110 · 7B
  69. 68 Urgent Foreigner · album rock 115 · 9A
  70. 69 Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Edit Sheena Easton · mellow gold 122 · 4A
  71. 70 Who Can It Be Now? Men at Work · album rock 129 · 12B
  72. 71 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria Glenn Gould · baroque 130 · 9A
  73. 72 Our Lips Are Sealed - Single Version The Go-Go's · album rock 131 · 4B
  74. 73 867-5309 / Jenny Tommy Tutone 138 · 7B
  75. 74 Te Quiero Paul Kalkbrenner · cancion melodica 140 · 10B
  76. 75 Dancing with Myself Generation X · glam punk 176 · 12B
  77. 76 Ganja Smuggling Eek-A-Mouse · dub 72 · 4A
  78. 77 Skandal im Sperrbezirk Spider Murphy Gang · austropop 93 · 10B
  79. 78 Cama e Mesa - Versão Remasterizada Roberto Carlos · jovem guarda 120 · 1A
  80. 79 Spirits In The Material World The Police · album rock 142 · 8A
  81. 80 Frente a Frente Chico & Roberta 149 · 4A
  82. 81 One Way Or Another Blondie · candy pop 161 · 11A
  83. 82 Just Once Angèle · soul jazz 72 · 8B
  84. 83 For Your Eyes Only Sheena Easton · mellow gold 82 · 9B
  85. 84 My Kinda Lover - Remastered 2010 Billy Squier · album rock 95 · 8A
  86. 85 Confidence pour confidence - Version originale 1981 Jean Schultheis · chanson 112 · 4B
  87. 86 She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Single Version Carl Carlton 114 · 8A
  88. 87 Pancho and Lefty Merle Haggard · bakersfield sound 123 · 10B
  89. 88 Fly-day Chinatown Yasuha 123 · 10A
  90. 89 Goldener Reiter Joachim Witt · neue deutsche harte 137 · 8B
  91. 90 Spellbound oskar med k · alternative rock 148 · 9B
  92. 91 De Niña a Mujer Julio Iglesias · latin pop 104 · 8B
  93. 92 Fallen Lauren Wood · yacht rock 113 · 5B
  94. 93 Waiting On A Friend - Remastered 2009 The Rolling Stones · album rock 117 · 8B
  95. 94 The Waiting Harry Styles · album rock 120 · 10B
  96. 95 Elvira Alonzo · classic country pop 127 · 4B
  97. 96 Too Much Time On My Hands Styx · album rock 131 · 10A
  98. 97 Unchained - 2015 Remaster Van Halen · album rock 137 · 3B
  99. 98 Tainted Love Soft Cell · new romantic 144 · 6A
  100. 99 Hold On Tight aespa · album rock 145 · 9B
  101. 100 We Got The Beat The Go-Go's · album rock 152 · 10B