| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Don't You Want Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_43246.jpg "Don't You Want Me [article]") | 1. | 12/1981 | | 402
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US dance 3
US rock 4 | written by Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright |
![Centerfold [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_20233.jpg "Centerfold [article]") | 2. | 11/1981 | | 362
| US ✫1
UK 3
US dance 12
US rock ✫1 | charted as Centerfold / Flamethrower in US dance charts
written by Seth Justman |
![I Love Rock 'N' Roll [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22130.jpg "I Love Rock 'N' Roll [article]") | 3. | 12/1981 | | 352
| US ✫1
UK 4
US dance 31
US rock ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #484]
written by Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker |
![Woman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22657.jpg "Woman [article]") | 4. | 01/1981 | | 337
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 4
US rock 26 | written by John Lennon |
![Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44315.jpg "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic [article][video]") | 5. | 09/1981 | | 324
| US 3
UK ✫1
US rock ✫1 | written by Sting |
![Bette Davis Eyes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24466.jpg "Bette Davis Eyes [article]") | 6. | 03/1981 | | 323
| US ✫1
UK 10
US AC 15
US dance 26
US rock 5 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1982]
written by Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon |
![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]") | 7. | 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]") | 8. | 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 |
| 9. | 08/1981 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC ✫1
US rock 13 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1981] [Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1981]
written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen |
| 10. | 08/1981 | | 301
| US 8
UK ✫1
US dance 4
US rock 12 | |
![Start Me Up [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44599.jpg "Start Me Up [article]") | 11. | 08/1981 | | 289
| US 2
UK 7
US dance 14
US rock ✫1 | written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards |
![Waiting for a Girl Like You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_15879.jpg "Waiting for a Girl Like You [article]") | 12. | 10/1981 | | 274
| US 2
UK 8
US AC 5
US rock ✫1 | written by Mick Jones, Lou Gramm |
![All Those Years Ago [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_17397.jpg "All Those Years Ago [article]") | 13. | 05/1981 | | 247
| US 2
UK 13
US AC ✫1
US rock 6 | written by George Harrison |
![Hold On Tight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13935.jpg "Hold On Tight [article]") | 14. | 07/1981 | | 229
| US 10
UK 4
US rock 2 | |
![Jessie's Girl [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34996.jpg "Jessie's Girl [article]") | 15. | 03/1981 | | 216
| US ✫1
UK 43
US rock 10 | written by Rick Springfield |
![Private Eyes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18635.jpg "Private Eyes [article]") | 16. | 08/1981 | | 214
| US ✫1
UK 32
US rock 33 | |
![Under Pressure [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_33799.jpg "Under Pressure [article]") | 17. | 11/1981 | | 205
| US 29
UK ✫1
US rock 7 | written by Queen, David Bowie |
![Young Turks [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35499.jpg "Young Turks [article]") | 18. | 10/1981 | | 205
| US 5
UK 11
US dance 63
US rock 23 | written by Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Kevin Savigar |
![In the Air Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_32932.jpg "In the Air Tonight [article]") | 19. | 01/1981 | | 201
| US 19
UK 2
US rock 2 | written by Phil Collins |
![Stray Cat Strut [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39651.jpg "Stray Cat Strut [article]") | 20. | 04/1981 | | 201
| US 3
UK 11
US dance 78
US rock 41 | produced by Dave Edmunds
written by Brian Setzer
[EMI America 8122] |
| 21. | 10/1981 | | 190
| US 3
UK 49
US AC 41
US rock ✫1 | written by Ross |
![Urgent [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_15878.jpg "Urgent [article]") | 22. | 07/1981 | | 190
| US 4
UK 54
US dance 32
US rock ✫1 | featuring Jr. Walker
written by Mick Jones |
![Stop Draggin' My Heart Around [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39429.jpg "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around [article]") | 23. | 07/1981 | | 185
| US 3
UK 50
US rock 2 | with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
written by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
[Modern 7336] |
| 24. | 03/1981 | | 183
| US 5
UK 19
US rock 6 | written by Gary Richrath
[Epic 19-01054] |
| 25. | 11/1981 | | 182
| US 4
UK 27
US rock 8 | written by Seth Justman, Peter Wolf |
![Rock This Town [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39650.jpg "Rock This Town [article]") | 26. | 02/1981 | | 180
| US 9
UK 9
US dance 35
US rock 4 | produced by Dave Edmunds; charted as Rock This Town/Runaway Boys in US dance charts
written by Brian Setzer
[EMI America 8132] |
![Shake It Up [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41838.jpg "Shake It Up [article]") | 27. | 11/1981 | | 177
| US 4
US dance 14
US rock 2 | charted as Shake It Up/Cruiser in US dance charts
written by Ric Ocasek |
![Kids in America [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24487.jpg "Kids in America [article]") | 28. | 02/1981 | | 174
| US 25
UK 2
US rock 29 | written by Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde |
![The Best of Times [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39697.jpg "The Best of Times [article][video]") | 29. | 01/1981 | | 173
| US 3
UK 42
US rock 16 | [A&M 2300] |
| 30. | 11/1981 | | 172
| US 4
US rock ✫1 | |
| 31. | 02/1981 | | 171
| US 4
US AC ✫1
US country 22
US rock 57 | written by Chip Taylor |
| 32. | 07/1981 | | 158
| US 4
US rock 4 | written by Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry
[Columbia 02241 A] |
| 33. | 09/1981 | | 155
| US 5
US rock 2 | [live]
written by Eugene Williams |
| 34. | 01/1981 | | 150
| US 7
UK 45
US rock 2 | written by Steve Winwood, Will Jennings |
![You Better You Bet [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45731.jpg "You Better You Bet [article]") | 35. | 03/1981 | | 146
| US 18
UK 9
US rock ✫1 | written by Pete Townshend |
| 36. | 08/1981 | | 142
| US 7
US AC 2
US rock 14 | written by Dan Fogelberg |
![Watching the Wheels [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22658.jpg "Watching the Wheels [article]") | 37. | 03/1981 | | 142
| US 10
UK 30
US AC 6
US rock 25 | written by John Lennon |
| 38. | 08/1981 | | 140
| US 6
US rock 9 | produced by George Martin |
| 39. | 05/1981 | | 139
| US 5
US rock 35 | |
![Spirits in the Material World [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44316.jpg "Spirits in the Material World [article]") | 40. | 12/1981 | | 138
| US 11
UK 12
US rock 7 | |
