| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Don't You Want Me [article] Don't You Want Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_43246.jpg) | 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] Centerfold [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_20233.jpg) | 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] I Love Rock 'N' Roll [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22130.jpg) | 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] Woman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22657.jpg) | 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] Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44315.jpg) | 5. | 09/1981 | | 324
 | US 3 UK ✫1 US rock ✫1 | written by Sting |
![Bette Davis Eyes [article] Bette Davis Eyes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24466.jpg) | 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] I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18636.jpg) | 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] Rapture [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_5583.jpg) | 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] Start Me Up [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44599.jpg) | 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] Waiting for a Girl Like You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_15879.jpg) | 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] All Those Years Ago [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_17397.jpg) | 13. | 05/1981 | | 247
 | US 2 UK 13 US AC ✫1 US rock 6 | written by George Harrison |
![Hold On Tight [article] Hold On Tight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_13935.jpg) | 14. | 07/1981 | | 229
 | US 10 UK 4 US rock 2 | |
![Jessie's Girl [article] Jessie's Girl [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34996.jpg) | 15. | 03/1981 | | 216
 | US ✫1 UK 43 US rock 10 | written by Rick Springfield |
![Private Eyes [article] Private Eyes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18635.jpg) | 16. | 08/1981 | | 214
 | US ✫1 UK 32 US rock 33 | |
![Under Pressure [article] Under Pressure [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_33799.jpg) | 17. | 11/1981 | | 205
 | US 29 UK ✫1 US rock 7 | written by Queen, David Bowie |
![Young Turks [article] Young Turks [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35499.jpg) | 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] In the Air Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_32932.jpg) | 19. | 01/1981 | | 201
 | US 19 UK 2 US rock 2 | written by Phil Collins |
![Stray Cat Strut [article] Stray Cat Strut [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39651.jpg) | 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] Urgent [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_15878.jpg) | 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] Stop Draggin' My Heart Around [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39429.jpg) | 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] Rock This Town [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39650.jpg) | 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] Shake It Up [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41838.jpg) | 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] Kids in America [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_24487.jpg) | 28. | 02/1981 | | 174
 | US 25 UK 2 US rock 29 | written by Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde |
![The Best of Times [article][video] The Best of Times [article][video]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39697.jpg) | 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] You Better You Bet [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45731.jpg) | 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] Watching the Wheels [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22658.jpg) | 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] Spirits in the Material World [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_44316.jpg) | 40. | 12/1981 | | 138
 | US 11 UK 12 US rock 7 | |