Popular Songs for 1981

Go back in time and discover what songs were popular in 1981. Our music charts are updated daily and you can find other useful information below, such as the music key and BPM of the song.
Last updated on April 24, 2024

	Track	Artist	Key	Camelot	BPM
1	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	C Minor	5A	144
2	Start Me Up - Remastered 2009	The Rolling Stones	C Major	8B	117
3	I Love Rock 'N Roll	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	E Major	12B	94
4	Don't Stop Believin' (2022 Remaster)	Journey	D Major	10B	101
5	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	The Police	D Major	10B	82
6	Down Under	Men At Work	B Minor	10A	107
7	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975	Bruce Springsteen	C Major	8B	140
8	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	A Minor	8A	118
9	Let's Groove	Earth, Wind & Fire	B Minor	10A	125
10	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes	F Major	7B	117
11	In The Air Tonight - 2015 Remastered	Phil Collins	C Major	8B	190
12	Who Can It Be Now?	Men At Work	E Major	12B	128
13	Just Can't Get Enough	Depeche Mode	C Major	8B	128
14	Never Too Much	Luther Vandross	D Major	10B	110
15	Edge of Seventeen - 2016 Remaster	Stevie Nicks	C Major	8B	111
16	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield	D Major	10B	132
17	Super Freak	Rick James	B Minor	10A	128
18	Waiting for a Girl like You	Foreigner	B♭ Minor	3A	201
19	Juke Box Hero	Foreigner	A Major	11B	177
20	Tom Sawyer	Rush	A Major	11B	88
21	Centerfold	The J. Geils Band	C Major	8B	114
22	Heart Of Glass - Special Mix	Blondie	E Major	12B	114
23	Don't Stop Believin'	Journey	B Major	1B	130
24	I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)	Daryl Hall & John Oates	C Minor	5A	111
25	Golden Brown	The Stranglers	F♯ Major	2B	94
26	Kids In America	Kim Wilde	E Major	12B	160
27	Así No Te Amará Jamás	Amanda Miguel	B♭ Minor	3A	131
28	Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria	Johann Sebastian Bach, Glenn Gould	E Minor	9A	130
29	Vamos a Darnos Tiempo	José José	B♭ Major	6B	148
30	Get Down On It	Kool & The Gang	A Minor	8A	112
31	Slipping Through My Fingers	ABBA	F Major	7B	137
32	Él Me Mintió	Amanda Miguel	A Minor	8A	102
33	Private Eyes	Daryl Hall & John Oates	A Minor	8A	121
34	The Stroke - Remastered 2010	Billy Squier	G Major	9B	91
35	Caray	Juan Gabriel	D Major	10B	207
36	Bad Reputation	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	F♯ Major	2B	204
37	Give Me the Night	George Benson	D♭ Major	3B	110
38	Burnin' for You	Blue Öyster Cult	A Minor	8A	134
39	Goo Goo Muck	The Cramps	E Minor	9A	142
40	Working for the Weekend	Loverboy	G Major	9B	147
41	Give It To Me Baby	Rick James	B Major	1B	120
42	Limelight	Rush	D♭ Minor	12A	131
43	Through The Years - Single Version	Kenny Rogers	C Major	8B	131
44	El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes	Jeanette	A Major	11B	113
45	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield	B Major	1B	132
46	Lonely Is The Night - Remastered 2010	Billy Squier	A Major	11B	85
47	Just Can't Get Enough - 2006 Remaster	Depeche Mode	C Major	8B	128
48	Biliyorsun	Sezen Aksu	B♭ Minor	3A	126
49	Spellbound	Siouxsie and the Banshees	G Major	9B	148
50	Girls on Film - 2010 Remaster	Duran Duran	G Major	9B	132
51	Fly-day Chinatown	泰葉	B Minor	10A	123
52	La Ladrona	Diego Verdaguer	G Major	9B	189
53	I Will Survive - 1981 Re-recording	Gloria Gaynor	A Minor	8A	120
54	A Country Boy Can Survive	Hank Williams, Jr.	G Major	9B	75
55	Déjame	Los Secretos	G Major	9B	100
56	My Kinda Lover - Remastered	Billy Squier	A Minor	8A	95
57	Our Lips Are Sealed - Single Version	The Go-Go's	A♭ Major	4B	131
58	One Way Or Another	Blondie	F♯ Minor	11A	161
59	Live Wire	Mötley Crüe	G Minor	6A	112
60	Laurita Garza	Los Invasores De Nuevo León	B♭ Major	6B	95
61	867-5309 / Jenny	Tommy Tutone	F Major	7B	138
62	Baby, Come To Me	Patti Austin	G Minor	6A	90
63	Down Under	Men At Work	B Minor	10A	107
64	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield	D Major	10B	132
65	No Vale la Pena (En Vivo) - En el Palacio de Bellas Artes	Juan Gabriel	G Major	9B	124
66	La Farsante	Juan Gabriel	D Major	10B	98
67	For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)	AC/DC	E Major	12B	134
68	Fallen	Lauren Wood	E♭ Major	5B	113
69	Bringin' On The Heartbreak	Def Leppard	A Minor	8A	78
70	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield	D Major	10B	132
71	Tempted	Squeeze	F♯ Minor	11A	95
72	Stone in Love (2022 Remaster)	Journey	D Major	10B	101
73	It Must Be Love	Madness	G Major	9B	146
74	Pancho and Lefty	Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson	D Major	10B	123
75	Okay I'm Turnt	YoungLordDaggerDick	C Minor	5A	117
76	Big City	Merle Haggard	E Major	12B	136
77	Take Me To The Top	Mötley Crüe	E♭ Major	5B	170
78	Turn Your Love Around	George Benson	A Minor	8A	206
79	We Got The Beat	The Go-Go's	D Major	10B	152
80	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	G Minor	6A	144
81	Cama e Mesa - Versão Remasterizada	Roberto Carlos	A♭ Minor	1A	120
82	Take Me To The Top	Mötley Crüe	E♭ Major	5B	149
83	The One That You Love	Air Supply	F Major	7B	110
84	Gary's Theme - Remastered	Bill Evans	G Major	9B	122
85	Frente a Frente	Jeanette	F Minor	4A	149
86	She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Single Version	Carl Carlton	A Minor	8A	114
87	I Surrender	Rainbow	G Minor	6A	133
88	Skandal im Sperrbezirk	Spider Murphy Gang	D Major	10B	93
89	Angel Of The Morning	Juice Newton	A♭ Major	4B	76
90	Call Me	Blondie	D Major	10B	142
91	Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good - Single Version	Don Williams	D Major	10B	174
92	Hagamos Un Trato	Amanda Miguel	F Major	7B	107
93	Fly-day Chinatown	泰葉	F Minor	4A	124
94	Freeze-Frame	The J. Geils Band	C Major	8B	186
95	Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) - 2016 Remaster	Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	E Minor	9A	107
96	Just Once	Quincy Jones	C Major	8B	72
97	Mi Buen Corazón	Amanda Miguel	C Major	8B	111
98	Who's Crying Now	Journey	A Minor	8A	122
99	I Ran (So Far Away)	A Flock Of Seagulls	D Major	10B	146
100	Too Much Time On My Hands	Styx	B Minor	10A	131

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