| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Endless Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_11832.jpg "Endless Love [article]") | 1. | 07/1981 | | 354
 | US ✫1
UK 7
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Lionel Richie
[Motown 1519] |
| 2. | 02/1981 | | 342
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 54321] |
![Physical [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_31172.jpg "Physical [article][video]") | 3. | 10/1981 | | 329
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 29
US dance 22
US R&B 28 | |
![Let's Groove [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13338.jpg "Let's Groove [article]") | 4. | 10/1981 | | 308
| US 3
UK 3
US dance 3
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Let's Groove/I've Had Enough in US dance charts
written by Wayne Vaughn, Maurice White |
![I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18636.jpg "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) [article]") | 5. | 11/1981 | | 308
| US ✫1
UK 8
US AC 12
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1
US rock 28 | written by Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen |
![Rapture [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_5583.jpg "Rapture [article]") | 6. | 01/1981 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 5
US dance ✫1
US R&B 33
US rock 35 | charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
written by Debbie Harry, Chris Stein |
| 7. | 10/1981 | | 258
| US 7
UK 4
US AC 2
US R&B 6 | written by Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy |
| 8. | 05/1981 | | 251
| US 2
UK 10
US AC 6
US R&B 7 | |
![Get Down on It [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24748.jpg "Get Down on It [article][video]") | 9. | 12/1981 | | 240
| US 10
UK 3
US dance 16
US R&B 4 | B side to Steppin' Out ; charted as Take My Heart / Steppin' Out / Get Down on It in US dance charts
written by Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang, James "J.T." Taylor |
| 10. | 02/1981 | | 221
| US 2
UK 34
US AC 2
US R&B 3 | featuring Bill Withers |
| 11. | 08/1981 | | 210
| US 11
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 12. | 02/1981 | | 205
| US 12
UK 5
US AC ✫1
US R&B 4 | |
![Sukiyaki [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_568.jpg "Sukiyaki [article]") | 13. | 03/1981 | | 195
| US 3
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 14. | 10/1981 | | 191
| US 5
UK 29
US dance 32
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 15. | 09/1981 | | 186
| US 4
UK 44
US AC 5
US R&B 5 | [Motown 1527] |
| 16. | 03/1981 | | 168
| US 4
US R&B ✫1 | as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
written by Ray Parker Jr. |
![One Day in Your Life [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28774.jpg "One Day in Your Life [article]") | 17. | 04/1981 | | 168
| US 55
UK ✫1
US R&B 42 | written by Sam Brown, Renée Armand
[Motown 1512] |
| 18. | 06/1981 | | 144
| US 8
UK 56
US dance 53
US R&B 5 | charted as Lady (You Bring Me Up)/Keep On Taking Me Higher in US dance charts
[Motown 1514] |
| 19. | 02/1981 | | 139
| US 28
UK 9
US dance 4
US R&B 2 | charted as It's a Love Thing / Up on Soul Train / I Can Make It Better in US dance charts |
![Lately [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39500.jpg "Lately [article]") | 20. | 03/1981 | | 131
| US 64
UK 3
US AC 33
US R&B 29 | written by Stevie Wonder
[Tamla 54323] |
| 21. | 10/1981 | | 110
| US 17
UK 29
US dance 16
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Take My Heart / Steppin' Out / Get Down on It in US dance charts
written by George Brown, Kool & the Gang, Claydes Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor |
| 22. | 05/1981 | | 108
| UK 4
US dance 55
US R&B 68 | |
| 23. | 04/1981 | | 108
| US 28
UK 14
US dance 3
US R&B 10 | featuring Dune
charted as Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-ree-da) / Razzamatazz / Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me in US dance charts |
![Super Freak [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34984.jpg "Super Freak [article][video]") | 24. | 07/1981 | | 100
| US 16
US dance ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #477] charted as Give It to Me Baby / Super Freak / Ghetto Life in US dance charts
written by Rick James, Alonzo Miller
[Gordy 7205] |
| 25. | 07/1981 | | 91
| US 22
UK 34
US dance 20
US R&B 2 | |
| 26. | 06/1981 | | 88
| US 40
UK 27
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 27. | 08/1981 | | 88
| US 15
UK 55
US R&B 6 | [Warner] |
| 28. | 12/1981 | | 87
| US 14
US AC 5
US R&B 10 | featuring James Ingram |
![Genius of Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_46523.jpg "Genius of Love [article]") | 29. | 10/1981 | | 85
| US 31
UK 65
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2
US rock 24 | charted as Wordy Rappinghood / Genius of Love in US dance charts |
| 30. | 06/1981 | | 85
| UK 11
US dance 3
US R&B 17 | featuring Patti Austin
charted as Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-ree-da) / Razzamatazz / Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me in US dance charts |
![Never Too Much [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_26826.jpg "Never Too Much [article]") | 31. | 10/1981 | | 77
| US 33
UK 44
US dance 4
US R&B ✫1 | written by Luther Vandross |
| 32. | 08/1981 | | 77
| US 17
US AC 7
US R&B 11 | featuring James Ingram |
| 33. | 10/1981 | | 75
| US 88
UK 12
US dance 16
US R&B 12 | charted as Take My Heart / Steppin' Out / Get Down on It in US dance charts
written by Robert "Kool" Bell, Kool & the Gang, James "J.T." Taylor |
| 34. | 07/1981 | | 73
| US 13
US R&B 78
US rock 23 | |
| 35. | 02/1981 | | 69
| US 39
UK 17
US R&B 33 | Jones v Jones / Summer Madness was released as a double a-side in the UK
written by George Brown, Kool & the Gang |
| 36. | 05/1981 | | 67
| US 19
US R&B 6 | |
| 37. | 04/1981 | | 64
| US 15
US R&B 27 | vocals by Eric Tagg |
![Give It to Me Baby [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34983.jpg "Give It to Me Baby [article][video]") | 38. | 05/1981 | | 64
| US 40
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Give It to Me Baby / Super Freak / Ghetto Life in US dance charts
[Gordy 7197] |
| 39. | 06/1981 | | 59
| US 26
US R&B 2 | |
![Double Dutch Bus [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_16425.jpg "Double Dutch Bus [article]") | 40. | 05/1981 | | 57
| US 30
US dance 51
US R&B ✫1 | |
