Billboard Hot 100 — January 17, 1981
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of January 17, 1981. "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
|---|---|
| 1 | (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon
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| 2 | Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond
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| 3 | Guilty Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
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| 4 | The Tide Is High Blondie
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| 5 | Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen
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| 6 | Every Woman In The World Air Supply
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| 7 | Passion Rod Stewart
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| 8 | Tell It Like It Is Heart
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| 9 | Lady Kenny Rogers
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| 10 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da The Police
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| 11 | It's My Turn Diana Ross
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| 12 | I Love A Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt
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| 13 | I Made It Through The Rain Barry Manilow
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| 14 | Celebration Kool & The Gang
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| 15 | Hey Nineteen Steely Dan
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| 16 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot Pat Benatar
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| 17 | More Than I Can Say Leo Sayer
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| 18 | Time Is Time Andy Gibb
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| 19 | Giving It Up For Your Love Delbert McClinton
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| 20 | Suddenly Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard
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| 21 | Miss Sun Boz Scaggs
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| 22 | 9 To 5 Dolly Parton
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| 23 | Together Tierra
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| 24 | One Step Closer The Doobie Brothers
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| 25 | The Winner Takes It All ABBA
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| 26 | Same Old Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg
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| 27 | Master Blaster (Jammin') Stevie Wonder
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| 28 | Keep On Loving You REO Speedwagon
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| 29 | Seven Bridges Road Eagles
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| 30 | Another One Bites The Dust Queen
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| 31 | Woman In Love Barbra Streisand
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| 32 | I Ain't Gonna Stand For It Stevie Wonder
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| 33 | Cold Love Donna Summer
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| 34 | Killin' Time Fred Knoblock & Susan Anton
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| 35 | Heartbreak Hotel The Jacksons
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| 36 | Woman John Lennon
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| 37 | He Can't Love You Michael Stanley Band
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| 38 | Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime The Korgis
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| 39 | My Mother's Eyes Bette Midler
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| 40 | I Need Your Lovin' Teena Marie
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| 41 | Shine On L.T.D.
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| 42 | Smoky Mountain Rain Ronnie Milsap
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| 43 | A Little In Love Cliff Richard
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| 44 | Games People Play The Alan Parsons Project
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| 45 | Love T.K.O. Teddy Pendergrass
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| 46 | Who's Making Love Blues Brothers
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| 47 | You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling Daryl Hall John Oates
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| 48 | Whip It Devo
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| 49 | I Believe In You Don Williams
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| 50 | Never Be The Same Christopher Cross
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| 51 | Fool That I Am Rita Coolidge
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| 52 | Ah! Leah! Donnie Iris
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| 53 | Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) Waylon
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| 54 | Back In Black AC/DC
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| 55 | Need Your Loving Tonight Queen
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| 56 | I'm Coming Out Diana Ross
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| 57 | Girls Can Get It Dr. Hook
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| 58 | Teacher Teacher Rockpile
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| 59 | You Earth, Wind & Fire
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| 60 | United Together Aretha Franklin
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| 61 | Full Of Fire Shalamar
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| 62 | Skateaway Dire Straits
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| 63 | Sequel Harry Chapin
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| 64 | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky Outlaws
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| 65 | Turn And Walk Away The Babys
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| 66 | The Wanderer Donna Summer
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| 67 | Gotta Have More Love Climax Blues Band
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| 68 | Treat Me Right Pat Benatar
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| 69 | Breakfast In America Supertramp
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| 70 | Dreaming Cliff Richard
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| 71 | Deep Inside My Heart Randy Meisner
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| 72 | This Time John Cougar
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| 73 | Fashion David Bowie
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| 74 | He's So Shy The Pointer Sisters
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| 75 | Set The Night On Fire Oak
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| 76 | Got To Rock On Kansas
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| 77 | Fly Away Peter Allen
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| 78 | Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills
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| 79 | Flash's Theme Aka Flash Queen
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| 80 | Don't Want No-Body J.D. Drews
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| 81 | Turning Japanese The Vapors
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| 82 | The Horizontal Bop Bob Seger
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| 83 | Toccata Sky (Arista)
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| 84 | Easy Love Dionne Warwick
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| 85 | Lovely One The Jacksons
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| 86 | Upside Down Diana Ross
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| 87 | Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On The Kings
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| 88 | Could I Be Dreaming The Pointer Sisters
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| 89 | Stop This Game Cheap Trick
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| 90 | Watching You Slave
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| 91 | What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?) The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale
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| 92 | Remote Control The Reddings
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| 93 | Without Your Love Roger Daltrey
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| 94 | Somebody's Knockin' Terri Gibbs
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| 95 | Let Me Be Your Angel Stacy Lattisaw
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| 96 | On The Road Again Willie Nelson
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| 97 | Long Time Lovin' You McGuffey Lane
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| 98 | Trickle Trickle The Manhattan Transfer
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| 99 | I'm Happy That Love Has Found You Jimmy Hall
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| 100 | Out Here On My Own Irene Cara
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