Popular Songs From 1981

Absolute Beginners - 1981 – Jam

Adult Books –1981 – X

Ai No Corrida (you see girl, you thrill me, "half" kill me, that's what you do, ai no corrida, that's where I am, you sent me there, your dream is my command) - 1981 - Quincy Jones

Ain't Even Done With The Night (well our hearts beat like thunder, I don't know why they don't explode, you've got your hands in my back pockets; it's all right, hold tight, well I don't even know if I'm doing this right; and we ain't even done with the night) - 1981 - John Cougar

Ain't No Stoppin' - 1981 - Enigma

All Stood Still - 1981 - Ultravox

All Those Years Ago - 1981 - George Harrison

America (far, we've been traveling far, without a hope, not without a star; we're comin' to America) - 1981 - Neil Diamond

SONGS FROM 1981: AND - AY

And Love Goes On – 1980/1981 – Earth, Wind & Fire

And The Bands Played On - 1981 - Saxon

Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - 1980/1981 - Willie Nelson

Angel Of The Morning (just call me angel of the morning) - 1981 - Juice Newton

Ant Rap - 1981 - Adam & the Ants

Arthur's Theme (the best that you can do is fall in love; when you get caught between the moon and New York City) - 1981 - Christopher Cross

Attention To Me - 1981 - Nolans

Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey - 1981 - Modern Romance

SONGS FROM 1981: BACK - BETTER

Back To The Sixties - 1981 - Tight Fit

Baron, The – 1981 - Johnny Cash

Beach Boy Gold - 1981 - Gidea Park

Beach Boys Medley, The - 1981 - The Beach Boys

Bed Sitter - 1981 - Soft Cell

Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) - 1981 - Julio Iglesias

Being With You (I don't care about anything else but being with you) - 1981 - Smokey Robinson

Believe It Or Not (believe it or not I'm walking on air, I never thought I could feel so free) (Theme From "Greatest American Hero") - 1981 - Joey Scarbury

Best Of Times, The - 1981 – Styx

(Best That You Can Do) Arthur's Theme (when you get caught between the moon and New York City) - 1981 - Cristopher Cross

Bette Davis Eyes (she's pure as New York snow, she's got Bette Davis eyes) - 1981 - Kim Carnes

Better Things - 1981 - The Kinks

SONGS FROM 1981: BIRDIE - BUT

Birdie Song, The (Birdie Dance) - 1981 - Tweets

Blaze Of Glory – 1981 - Kenny Rogers

Body Talk - 1981 - Imagination

Boy From New York City (ooh-wah ooh-wah cool cool kitty, tell us about the boy from New York City, ooh-wah ooh-wah come on kitty, tell us about the boy from New York City; he's kind of tall, he's really fine, someday I hope to make him mine all mine, and he's neat, and oh so sweet, and just the way he looked at me swept me off my feet, ooh-wee you ought to come and see, how he walks, and how he talks) - 1981 - Manhattan Transfer

Breakup Song, The (they don't write 'em like that anymore; when you've broken up for good just an hour before, uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh) - 1981 - Greg Kihn Band

Bringin’ On The Heartbreak (I’m sorry but it’s true, you’re bringin’ on the heartache, takin’ all the best of me, oh can’t you see?) – 1981/1984 – Def Leppard

Burning For You (burn out the day, burn out the night; I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you) - 1981 - Blue Oyster Cult

But You Know I Love You – 1980/1981 – Dolly Parton (country)

Cadillac Ranch – 1980/1981 – Bruce Springsteen

Cambodia - 1981 - Kim Wilde

Can Can - 1981 - Bad Manners

Can You Feel It - 1981 - Jacksons

Capstick Comes Home/Sheffield Grinder - 1981 - Tony Capstick

Careless Memories – 1981 – Duran Duran

Caribbean Disco Show - 1981 - Lobo

Celebration (celebrate good times, come on) - 1981 - Kool & the Gang

SONGS FROM 1981: CHANT - CRYING

Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - 1981 - Spandau Ballet

Chequered Love - 1981 - Kim Wilde

Chi Mai Theme - 1981 - Ennio Morricone

Chloe – 1981 – Elton John

Circle Of Love – 1981/1982 - Steve Miller Band

Come To Me – 1981 – Aretha Franklin

Cool Love - 1981 - Pablo Cruise

Crazy Train – 1980/1981 – Ozzy Osbourne (rock)

Cruiser (you roam the night 'cuz you're the cruiser) - 1981 - The Cars

Crying - 1981 - Don McLean

SONGS FROM 1981: DADDY'S - DON'T

Daddy's Home - 1981 - Cliff Richard

Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) - 1981 - Third World

Day After Day (way up in the sky, over the city, over Tokyo) – 1980/1981 - Pretenders

D-Days - 1981 - Hazel O'Connor

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (is all I have to say to you) - 1981 - The Police

Dixie Highway – 1981 - Journey

Do Nothing - 1981 - Specials

(Do) The Hucklebuck - 1981 - Coast To Coast

Do You Wanna Spend The Night – 1981 – Village People

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - 1981 - Joan Jett

Don’t Let It Pass You By – 1981 – UB40

Don't Stand So Close To Me (young teacher, the subject of school girl fantasy; don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me) - 1981 - The Police

Don't Stop Believing (hold on to that feeling) - 1981 - Journey

Don't Stop The Music - 1981 - Yarbrough & Peoples

Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) - 1980/1981 - Willie Nelson and Ray Price

SONGS FROM 1981: EINSTEIN - EVERYBODY

Einstein A Go-Go - 1981 – Landscape

Elvira (my heart's on fire, Elvira) - 1981 - The Oak Ridge Boys

Endless Love (two hearts, two hearts that beat as one) - 1981 - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (I resolve to call her up, a thousand times a day, and ask her if she'll marry me, some old-fashioned way) - 1981 - The Police

Every Woman In The World (to me) - 1981 - Air Supply

Everybody Salsa - 1981 - Modern Romance

SONGS FROM 1981: FADE - FIVE

Fade Away – 1980/1981 – Bruce Springsteen

Fade To Grey - 1981 - Visage

Fantasy (life is just a fantasy, can you live this fantasy life?) – 1981 – Aldo Nova

Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - 1981 - Haircut 100

Find Another Fool (I should have learned this lesson long ago, that friends and lovers always come and go, and now you claim that everything’s o.k., but I’ve got just one thing to say; why don't you…find another , find another fool to love you) - 1981/1982 - Quarterflash

Fire - 1981 - U2

Fire And Ice (ooh you're giving me the fever tonight, I don't wanna give in, I'll be playing with fire, you forget I've seen you work before, take 'em straight to the top and leave 'em crying for more, I've seen you burn 'em before, fire and ice, you come on like a flame, then you turn a cold shoulder, fire and ice, I wanna give you my love but you'll just take a little piece of my heart, you'll just tear it apart) - 1981 - Pat Benatar

Fire And Smoke – 1981 – Earl Thomas Conley

Fireflies - 1981 - Fleetwood Mac

5 O’Clock In The Morning – 1981 – Village People

SONGS FROM 1981: FLASH - FUTURE

Flash (from the movie Flash Gordon)- 1980/1981 – Queen

Flying High Again – 1981 - Ozzy Osbourne (rock)

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) – 1981/1982 – AC/DC

For Your Eyes Only (only for you) - 1981 - Sheena Easton

Four From Toyah - 1981 - Toyah

Four More From Toyah - 1981 - Toyah

Funeral Pyre - 1981 - The Jam

Future Management – 1981 – Roger Taylor

SONGS FROM 1981: GAMES - GIVING

Games People Play - 1981 - Alan Parsons Project

Gemini Dream (long time, no see, short time for you and me; you're gonna wake up, you know you're gonna wake up in a Gemini Dream) - 1981 - The Moody Blues

Genius Of Love (I'm in heaven, with my boyfriend, my lucky boyfriend; there's no beginning and there is no end) - 1981 - Tom Tom Club

Ghost Town - 1981 - Specials

Girls On Film - 1981 - Duran Duran

Give It To Me Baby - 1981 - Rick James

Giving It Up For Your Love - 1981 - Delbert McClinton

SONGS FROM 1981: GLORIA - GOOD

Gloria - 1981 - U2

Glow - 1981 - Spandau Ballet

Going Back To My Roots - 1981 - Odyssey

Good Thing Going - 1981 - Sugar Minott

Good Times - 1981 - Willie Nelson

Good Year For The Roses, A - 1981 - Elvis Costello

SONGS FROM 1981: GREATEST - GUILTY

"Greatest American Hero" (Theme) (believe it or not, I'm walking on air, I never thought I could feel so free) - 1981 - Joey Scarbury

Green Door - 1981 - Shakin' Stevens

Grey Day - 1981 - Madness

Guilty (we've got nothing to be guilty of, our love will climb any mountain) - 1981 - Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb

SONGS FROM 1981: HANDS - HARDEN

Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) - 1981 - Ottawan

Happy Birthday - 1981 - Altered Images

Happy Birthday - 1981 - Stevie Wonder

Hard Times - 1981 - James Taylor

Hard To Say - 1981 - Dan Fogelberg

Harden My Heart (cryin’ on the corner, waitin’ in the rain, I swear I’ll never ever wait again, you gave me your word, but words for you are lies; I’m gonna harden my heart, I'm gonna swallow my tears, I'm gonna turn and leave you here) – 1981/1982 - Quarterflash

SONGS FROM 1981: HEAD - HEY

Head Over Heels – 1981/1982– ABBA

Heart Like A Wheel – 1981 - Steve Miller Band

Heartaches Of A Fool - 1981 - Willie Nelson

Hearts (is everything all right?) - 1981 - Marty Balin

Hearts On Fire – 1981 – Randy Meisner

Hello Again (hello again, hello) - 1981 - Neil Diamond

Her Town Too - 1981 - James Taylor and J.D. Souther

Here I Am (just when I thought I was over you) - 1981 - Air Supply

Here Is The News – 1981/1982 - Electric Light Orchestra

He's A Liar – 1981 – Bee Gees

Hey Nineteen (please take me along when you slide on down) - 1981 - Steely Dan

SONGS FROM 1981: HILL - HURRY

"Hill Street Blues" (Theme) - 1981 - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

Hold Me - 1981 - B.A. Robertson and Maggie Bell

Hold On Tight (hold on tight to your dreams, yeah, hold on tight to your dreams, when you see a ship go sailing, when you feel your heart is breaking, hold on tight to your dreams) – 1981 - Electric Light Orchestra

House Of The Rising Sun, The (cover version) - 1980/1981 – Dolly Parton (country)

How 'Bout Us (some people were made for each other, some people "will" love one another for life, how 'bout us?) - 1981 - Champaign

Hucklebuck, The (do the Hucklebuck) - 1981 - Coast to Coast

Hurry Up And Wait – 1981 – Isley Brothers

SONGS FROM 1981: I

I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - 1981 - Stevie Wonder

I Am The Beat - 1981 - Look

I Can't Stand It (you're foolin' around) - 1981 - Eric Clapton

I Don't Need You - 1981 - Kenny Rogers

I Go To Sleep - 1981 - Pretenders

I Just Need You For Tonight - 1981 - Billy "Crash" Craddock

I Love A Rainy Night (I love to hear the thunder, "see" the lightening as it lights up the sky) - 1981 - Eddie Rabbitt

I Love You (when I was a younger man, I hadn't a care, fooling around, hitting the town, growing my hair) - 1981 - Climax Blues Band

I Made It Through The Rain - 1981 - Barry Manilow

I Missed Again (Did I miss again? I think I missed again, uh huh) - 1981 - Phil Collins

I Surrender - 1981 - Rainbow

I Want To Be Free - 1981 - Toyah

I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool – 1981 - Barbara Mandrell (country)

SONGS FROM 1981: IF - IS

If You Go (I’ll Follow You) – 1980/1981 – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (country)

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - 1981 - Willie Nelson

I’m Settin’ Fancy Free – 1981 – The Oak Ridge Boys

In The Air Tonight (I was there, and I saw what you did, seen it with my own two eyes, so you can pack up that grin, I know where you've been, it's all been a pack of lies; I can feel it coming in the air tonight, hold on) - 1981 - Phil Collins

In The Dark – 1981 – Billy Squier

Inside You (Part 1) – 1981 – Isley Brothers

Intuition - 1981 - Linx

Invisible Sun - 1981 - Police

Is It You - 1981 - Lee Ritenour

SONGS FROM 1981: IT - I'VE

It Must Be Love - 1981 - Madness

It's A Love Thing - 1981 - Whispers

It’s My Turn – 1981 – Aretha Franklin

It's My Turn - 1981 - Diana Ross

It's Now Or Never (come hold me tight, kiss me my darling, be mine tonight) - 1981 - John Schneider

It's Raining - 1981 - Shakin' Stevens

I've Done Everything For You (you've done nothing for me) - 1981 - Rick Springfield

I’ve Had Enough – 1981/1982 – Earth, Wind & Fire

SONGS FROM 1981: JAPANESE - JUST

Japanese Boy - 1981 - Aneka

Jealous Guy (I didn't mean to make you cry; I'm just a jealous guy) - 1981 - Roxy Music

Jessie's Girl (she's watching him with those eyes, she's loving him with that body, I just know it, and he's holding her in his arms late late at night; I wish that I had Jessie's girl, I wish that I had Jessie's girl, where can I find a woman like that?; I look in the mirror all the time, wondering what she don't see in me, I've been funny, I've been cool with the lines, ain't that the way love's supposed to be?) - 1981 - Rick Springfield

Joan Of Arc - 1981 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)

Johnny Are You Queer (featured in the movie Valley Girl) – 1981/1982/1983 – Josie Cotton

Juke Box Hero (he’s a juke box hero, he’s got stars in his eyes) – 1981/1982 - Foreigner

Just A Feeling - 1981 - Bad Manners

Just Between You And Me - 1981 - April Wine

Just Can't Get Enough (I just can't seem to get enough of you) - 1981 - Depeche Mode

Just Can't Get Enough (I just can't seem to get enough of you) - 1981 - Depeche Mode

Just Like Me (it's just like me to say to you love me do and I'll be true; it's just like me, it's just like me, I'm not your fool, that's what "I'd" be) - 1981 - Pat Benatar

Just Once - 1981 - Quincy Jones and James Ingram

Just The Two Of Us (we can make it if we try, just the two of us, you and I) - 1981 - Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers

SONGS FROM 1981: KEEP - KISS

Keep On Loving You (you laid still in the grass, all coiled up and hissin'; you know I know all about those men, still I don't remember, 'cuz it was us baby way before then, and we're still together, and I meant every word I said, when I said that I love you, I meant that I love you forever, I'm gonna keep on loving you, 'cause it's the only thing I wanna do, I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on loving you) - 1981 - REO Speedwagon

Kid Is Hot Tonite, The – 1980/1981 – Loverboy

Kids In America (we're the kids in America; come closer, honey that's better, look boy, don't check on your watch, not another glance, I'm not leaving now, honey, not a chance) - 1981 - Kim Wilde

Kings Of The Wild Frontier - 1981 - Adam & the Ants

Kiss On My List (your kiss is on my list of the best things in life) - 1981 - Hall & Oates

SONGS FROM 1981: LABELLED - LET'S

Labelled With Love - 1981 - Squeeze

Lady (you bring me up when I am down) - 1981 - Commodores

Land Of Make Believe - 1981 - Bucks Fizz

Landslide – 1981/1982 - Olivia Newton-John

Lately - 1981 - Stevie Wonder

Lay All Your Love On Me - 1980/1981 –Abba

Leila - 1981 - ZZ Top

Let It Go – 1981 – Def Leppard

Let's Get It Up – 1981/1982 - AC/DC

Let's Groove (let’s groove tonight) – 1981 – Earth, Wind & Fire

Let's Hang On (to what we got, don't let go girl, we got a lot) - 1981 - Barry Manilow

SONGS FROM 1981: LIPSTICK - LUANNE

Lipstick – 1980/1981 - Suzi Quatro

Little In Love, A - 1981 - Cliff Richard

Living Eyes – 1981 - Bee Gees

Living Inside Myself (I am lost, living inside myself, living inside this shell, living outside your love)- 1981 - Gino Vannelli

Lonely Is The Night – 1981 – Billy Squier

Love Action (I Believe In Love) - 1981 - Human League

Love All The Hurt Away – 1981 – Aretha Franklin with George Benson

Love At First Sight – 1980/1981 – XTC

Love In The First Degree - 1981 – Alabama (country)

Loved One, The – 1981 – INXS

Luanne - 1981/1982 - Foreigner

SONGS FROM 1981: MAD - MESSAGE

Mad World (I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had; when people run in circles, it’s a very very mad world) – 1981/1982 -Tears For Fears (pop)

Maggie's Farm - 1981 - Specials

Making Your Mind Up - 1981 - Bucks Fizz

Mama Weer All Crazee Now - 1981 - The Runaways

Man On Fire – 1981 – Roger Taylor

Mean Street - 1981 - Van Halen

Medley: Intro Venus - 1981 - Shocking Blue, The Archies, The Beatles, etc.

Memory - 1981 - Elaine Paige

Message Of Love (now the reason we’re here - as man and woman, is to love each other, take care of each other, when love walks in the room - everybody stand up, oh it’s good good good, like Brigitte Bardot; your eyes of blue, like the heavens above, talk to me darling – with a message of love) – 1980/1981 – Pretenders

SONGS FROM 1981: MIND - MISS

Mind Of A Toy - 1981 - Visage

Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) - 1981 - Dollar

Miss Sun - 1981 - Boz Scaggs

SONGS FROM 1981: MOBILE - MY

Mobile Bay – 1981 – Johnny Cash

Mona Lisa - 1981 - Willie Nelson

Mony Mony (here she comes now, say Mony Mony; you make me feel...so...good) - 1981/1987 - Billy Idol

More Than In Love - 1981 - Kate Robbins and Beyond

Morning Train (my baby takes the morning train, he works from 9 to 5 and then he takes another home again) - 1981 - Sheena Easton

Motorhead Live - 1981 - Motorhead

Mountain Dew - 1981 - Willie Nelson

Musclebound - 1981 - Spandau Ballet

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) (standing around with the gang on the corner, talking about my girl, my girl - she was the world to me, she’s gone - away across the sea, my girl - is just a memory, she’s been so long away; gone gone gone, she’s been gone so long, she’s been gone gone gone so long) – 1981 – Chilliwack

My Kinda Lover – 1981 – Billy Squier

My Own Way (‘cause I’ve got my own way, I can find my own way – 1981 – Duran Duran

SONGS FROM 1981: NEW - NOBODY

New Life - 1981 - Depeche Mode

Night Games - 1981 - Graham Bonnett

Night Owls, The (he'll get the girl 'cause he looks so fine, he's gonna win her everytime) - 1981 - Little River Band

9 To 5 (what a way to make a living) - 1981 - Dolly Parton

No Gettin' Over Me (there's no gettin' over me) - 1981 - Ronnie Milsap

No Show – 1981 - Kool & the Gang

Nobody Wins – 1981 – Elton John

SONGS FROM 1981: O - OLDEST

O Superman (oh mom and dad) - 1981 - Laurie Anderson

Oh No - 1981 - Commodores

Old Songs, The - 1981 - Barry Manilow

Oldest Swinger In Town - 1981 - Fred Wedlock

SONGS FROM 1981: ON - ONLY

On And On And On – 1980/1981 – ABBA

On The Loose - 1981 - Saga

Once In A Lifetime (you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife, and you may ask yourself, how did I get here?; can you taste the wine?; same as it ever was) - 1981 - Talking Heads

One Day In Your Life - 1981 - Michael Jackson

One In Ten - 1981 - UB40

One Of Us - 1981 - Abba

One That You Love, The (here I am, the one that you love) - 1981 - Air Supply

Only Crying - 1981 - Keith Marshall

SONGS FROM 1981: OPEN - OUR

Open Arms - 1981 - Journey

Open Your Heart - 1981 - Human League

Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) - 1981 - Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup Final Squad

Our Lips Are Sealed (it doesn't matter what they say, in the jealous games people play, hey, hey , hey, our lips our sealed) - 1981 - Go-Go's

SONGS FROM 1981: PARTY - PUT

Party Time – 1981 – T.G. Sheppard

Party’s Over, The (Hopelessly In Love) – 1981 - Journey

Passion (tonight in the city, you won't find any pity; all you wanted was someone to hold on to) - 1981 - Rod Stewart

Pearl Necklace - 1981 - ZZ Top

Physical (I've been patient, I've been good, tried to keep my hands on the table; let's get physical, physical, I wanna get physical; let me hear your body talk) - 1981 - Olivia Newton-John

Piece Of The Action - 1981 - Bucks Fizz

Planet Earth (only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain; look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life, voices without a sound, can you hear me now?, this is planet earth; calling planet earth) – 1981 – Duran Duran

Pretend - 1981 - Alvin Stardust

Prince Charming - 1981 - Adam & the Ants

Private Eyes (I see you, and you see me, but you're blowing the lines when you're making a scene; oh girl, I've got to know, if you're letting me in, or letting me go; don't lie, when you're hurting inside, you can't escape my private eyes, they're watching you, they see your every move, private eyes, they're watching you, private eyes, they're watching you, watching you, watching you, watching you) - 1981 - Hall & Oates

Promises In The Dark (never again, isn't that what you said?, you'd been through this before and swore this time you'd think with your head, no one would ever have you again, and if taking was going to get done, you'd decide where and when, just when you think you've got it down, your heart securely tied and bound, they whisper promises in the dark) - 1981 - Pat Benatar

Push Comes To Shove - 1981 - Van Halen

Put The Finger On You - 1981 – AC/DC

SONGS FROM 1981: QUEEN

Queen Of Hearts (the joker is the only fool who'll do anything for you; "laying out another line", making my life a crime, 'cause that's what I'll have to do to keep me away from you; honey, you know it makes you mad, why is everybody telling everybody what you have done?) - 1981 - Juice Newton

SONGS FROM 1981: RABBIT - ROMEO

Rabbit - 1981 - Chas and Dave

Rapture (and now he only eats guitars, get up) - 1981 - Blondie

Razzamatazz - 1981 - Quincy Jones

Really Wanna Know You - 1981 - Gary Wright

Remember, I've Been Good To You – 1981/1982 – The Inmates

Respectable Street – 1980/1981 – XTC

Return Of The Los Palmas 7 - 1981 - Madness

Reverend Mr. Black, The – 1981/1982 – Johnny Cash

Reward - 1981 - Teardrop Explodes

Right Kind Of Love (give me the right kind of love, oh baby, give me the right kind of love, give me the right kind of love and I’ll be yours tonight, I’ll be yours) – 1981/1982 – Quarterflash

River, The – 1980/1981 – Bruce Springsteen

Rock 'N' Roll - 1981 - Status Quo

Romeo And Juliet (a lovestruck Romeo; laying everybody low; you and me babe, how 'bout it?) - 1981 - Dire Straits

SONGS FROM 1981: SAINT (ST.) - SKINNY

St. Valentine's Day Massacre E.P. - 1981 - Motorhead and Girlschool

Same Old Lang Syne - 1981 - Dan Fogelberg

Same Ole Me – 1981/1982 – George Jones and The Oak Ridge Boys

Sat In Your Lap - 1981 - Kate Bush

Seven Year Ache – 1981 – Rosanne Cash

Shaddup You Face - 1981 - Joe Dolce MusicTheatre

Share Your Love With Me - 1981 - Kenny Rogers

She's Got Claws - 1981 - Gary Numan

Shut Up - 1981 - Madness

Skinny – 1981 - Ohio Players

SONGS FROM 1981: SLOW - SQUARE

Slow Hand (I need a man with a slow hand; I need a lover with an easy touch) - 1981 - Pointer Sisters

Slow Motion – 1978/1981 (reissue) – Ultravox

So This Is Love? - 1981 - Van Halen

Somebody's Knockin' - 1981 - Terri Gibbs

Something 'Bout You Baby I Like - 1981 - Status Quo

Song Of The Patriot – 1981 - Johnny Cash

Southern Freeez - 1981 - Freeez

Southern Pacific - 1981 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Souvenir - 1981 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)

(Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) Ossie's Dream - 1981 - Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup Final Squad

Square Biz – 1981 – Teena Marie

SONGS FROM 1981: STAND - STROKE

Stand And Deliver - 1981 - Adam & the Ants

Star - 1981 - Kiki Dee

Stars On 45 (Vol. 2) - 1981 - Stars On 45 (Medley)

Start Me Up (you start me up, I never stop) - 1981 - The Rolling Stones

Stay Young – 1981 – INXS

Step By Step (first step, ask her out and treat her like a lady) -1981 - Eddie Rabbitt

Steppin’ Out – 1981 - Kool & the Gang

Still They Ride – 1981/1982 - Journey

Stone In Love - 1981 - Journey

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my heart around) - 1981 - Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Stroke, The - 1981 - Billy Squier

SONGS FROM 1981: SUDDENLY - SWORDS

Suddenly (I don't need the answers, 'cause I am ready to take all my chances with you) (from the movie Xanadu) – 1980/1981 – Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard

Sukiyaki - 1981 - A Taste Of Honey

Super Freak (Part 1) (she's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mother; she's a super freak, super freak, she's super freaky, yow) - 1981 - Rick James

Sweetheart (sweetheart, who loved you from the start?, who treats you like a star?) - 1981 - Franke & the Knockouts

Swords Of A Thousand Men - 1981 - Ten Pole Tudor

SONGS FROM 1981: TAKE - THUNDER

Take It On The Run (if that's the way you want it baby, then I don't want you around) - 1981 - REO Speedwagon

Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) - 1981 - Kool & the Gang

Takin’ A Ride – 1981 – Don Felder

Tears Are Not Enough (yes you've shown your feelings, yes you've shown you're tough, said things worth believing, tears are not enough) - 1981 - ABC

Tell It Like It Is (just let your conscience be your guide) - 1981 - Heart

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me - 1981 - Ronnie Milsap

Thin Wall, The - 1981 - Ultravox

This Little Girl (I know what's on your mind, know what you wanna do, but if you mess with her, I'm gonna mess with you, you better watch yourself, you better stay in line, this little girl is mine) - 1981 - Gary U.S. Bonds

This Ole House - 1981 - Shakin' Stevens

Thunder In Mountains - 1981 - Toyah

SONGS FROM 1981: TICKET - TOUCH

Ticket To The Moon – 1981/1982 - Electric Light Orchestra

Tide Is High, The (and I'm moving on, I'm gonna be your #1) - 1981 - Blondie

Time - 1981 - Alan Parsons Project

Time Is Time (love is love) - 1981 - Andy Gibb

Together - 1981 - Tierra

Too Much Time On My Hands (is it any wonder I've got too much time on my hands, ticking away with my sanity) - 1981 - Styx

Too Nice To Talk To - 1981 - The (English) Beat

Touch Me When We're Dancing - 1981 - Carpenters

SONGS FROM 1981: TREAT - TWILIGHT

Treat Me Right (you want me to leave, you want me to stay, you ask me to come back, you turn and walk away; one of these days, you're gonna reach out and find the one that you count on has left you behind, I don't wanna be a martyr, you no I'm no saint, hold on now baby before it's too late, treat me right, treat me right, open your eyes, maybe you'll see the light) - 1981 - Pat Benatar

Try A Little Tenderness – 1981 - Ohio Players

Tryin' To Live My Life Without You - 1981 - Bob Seger

Tube Snake Boogie (I've got a "gal" who lives on the hill, she won't do it but her sister will; she likes to boogie, she do the tube snake boogie, well now boogie woogie baby, boogie woogie all night long) - 1981 - ZZ Top

Turn Me Loose – 1980/1981 – Loverboy

Twilight – 1981 - Electric Light Orchestra

SONGS FROM 1981: UNCHAINED - URGENT

Unchained - 1981 - Van Halen

Unchained Melody (oh my love, my darling, I hunger for your touch; time moves by so slowly, and time can do so much, are you still mine?, I need your love) - 1981 - Heart

Under Pressure - 1981 - David Bowie and Queen

Under Your Thumb - 1981 - Godley and Creme

Urgent (you're not shy, you get around, you wanna fly, don't want your feet on the ground; sometimes I wonder, as I look in your eyes, maybe you're thinkin' of some other guy, but I know, yes I know, how to treat you right, that's why you call me in the middle of the night, and say it's urgent; wait and see how urgent our love can be, it's urgent) - 1981 - Foreigner

SONGS FROM 1981: VIENNA - VOICE

Vienna (it stays with you until - the feeling has gone only you and I, it means nothing to me, this means nothing to me, oh Vienna) – 1980/1981/1993 - Ultravox

Visitors, The – 1981/1982 – ABBA

Voice, The – 1981 – Ultravox

SONGS FROM 1981: WAITING - WE'RE

Waiting For A Girl Like You (I've been waiting for a girl like you to come into my life) - 1981 - Foreigner

Walk Right Now - 1981 - Jacksons

Walkin' In The Sunshine - 1981 - Bad Manners

Wanna Be With You – 1981/1982 – Earth, Wind & Fire

Watching The Wheels (I really love to watch them roll) - 1981 - John Lennon

Watching You (walking down the street watching ladies go, watching you) – 1981 - Slave

Water On Glass - 1981 - Kim Wilde

Wedding Bells - 1981 - Godley and Creme

We'll Bring The House Down - 1981 - Slade

We’re Desperate – 1981 - X

We're In This Love Together - 1981 - Al Jarreau

SONGS FROM 1981: WHAT - WHY

What A Fool Believes – 1981 – Aretha Franklin

What Are We Doin' In Love - 1981 - Dottie West and Kenny Rogers

What Kind Of Fool - 1981 - Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb

When She Was My Girl - 1981 - Four Tops

When You Were Sweet Sixteen - 1981 - Fureys and Davey Arthur

While You See A Chance (take it) - 1981 - Steve Winwood

White Girl – 1981 - X

Who Said? – 1980/1981 – Isley Brothers

Who's Crying Now (wonder who's crying now) - 1981 - Journey

Who’s Sad – 1981 – Smokey Robinson

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (why do they fall in love?) - 1981 - Diana Ross

SONGS FROM 1981: WILL - WUTHERING

Will You - 1981 - Hazel O'Connor

Winner Takes It All (I don't want to talk if it makes you feel bad) - 1980/1981 - Abba

Winning (what I thought was love, that must have been lust; I'm winning) - 1981 - Santana

Wired For Sound - 1981 - Cliff Richard

Without Love – 1980/1981 – Johnny Cash

Woman (I can hardly express) - 1981 - John Lennon

(A) Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - 1981 - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

Wordy Rappinghood - 1981 - Tom Tom Club

Working In The Coal Mine (going down down) - 1981 - Devo

World Without Heroes, A – 1981 – Kiss

Wuthering Heights (Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Kathy, I've come home, and I'm so cold, let me in your window) - 1981 - Pat Benatar

SONGS FROM 1981: YOU - YOUR

You Are Forever – 1981 – Smokey Robinson

You Better You Bet (when I say I love you, you say "you better", you better you better you bet, when I say I need you, you say "you better", you better you better you bet; your dog keeps licking my nose and chewing up all those letters that say "you better") - 1981 - The Who

You Drive Me Crazy - 1981 - Shakin' Stevens

You Make My Dreams (come true) - 1981 - Hall and Oates

You Might Need Somebody - 1981 - Randy Crawford

Young Hearts – 1981 - see Young Turks

Young Parisians - 1981 - Adam & the Ants

Young Turks (young hearts be free tonight, time is on your side, don't let them put you down, don't let them push you around, don't let them ever change your point of view) - 1981 - Rod Stewart

Your Imagination (you’re caring too much about what I say, you’re wondering too much about what I do, and baby your imagination, imagination’s got the best of you) – 1981/1982 - Hall and Oates

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