These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1981.
Issue date | Song | Artist |
---|---|---|
January 3 | "Celebration"/"Take It to the Top" | Kool & The Gang |
January 10 | ||
January 17 | ||
January 24 | "You're Too Late" | Fantasy |
January 31 | ||
February 7 | ||
February 14 | ||
February 21 | ||
February 28 | "Rapture"/"The Tide Is High" | Blondie |
March 7 | ||
March 14 | ||
March 21 | ||
March 28 | "Breaking and Entering"/"Easy Money" | Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble |
April 4 | ||
April 11 | ||
April 18 | ||
April 25 | "Your Love"/"You're My Magician" | Lime |
May 2 | "Lay All Your Love on Me"/"Super Trouper"/"On and On and On" | ABBA |
May 9 | "Paradise"/"Hold Tight"/"Heaven of My Life" | Change |
May 16 | ||
May 23 | ||
May 30 | ||
June 6 | ||
June 13 | "Try It Out"/"Hold Tight" | Gino Soccio |
June 20 | ||
June 27 | ||
July 4 | ||
July 11 | ||
July 18 | ||
July 25 | "Give It to Me Baby"/"Super Freak"/"Ghetto Life" | Rick James |
August 1 | ||
August 8 | ||
August 15 | "I'm in Love" | Evelyn King |
August 22 | ||
August 29 | ||
September 5 | "Dancin' the Night Away" | Voggue |
September 12 | ||
September 19 | ||
September 26 | "A Little Bit of Jazz" | Nick Straker Band |
October 3 | "Zulu" | The Quick |
October 10 | ||
October 17 | "Do You Love Me"/"The Genie" | Patti Austin |
October 24 | ||
October 31 | "Menergy"/"I Wanna Take You Home" | Patrick Cowley |
November 7 | ||
November 14 | "Controversy"/"Let's Work" | Prince |
November 21 | ||
November 28 | ||
December 5 | ||
December 12 | ||
December 19 | ||
December 26 | "You Can"/"Fire in My Heart" | Madleen Kane |
See also
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X
- Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984.
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