Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1981 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Tamla 54321]
written by Smokey Robinson

[Geffen 49644]
written by John Lennon

[venus, sugar sugar, no reply, i'll be back, drive my car, do you want to know a secret, we can work it out, i should have known better, nowhere man, you're going to lose that girl, stars on 45]
[Radio 3810]
written by various

[RCA 12357]
written by Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen

[Motown 1519]
written by Lionel Richie

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1981 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1981
[Warner 49787]
written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen

[MCA 51182]
written by Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1982 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1982
[EMI America 8077]
written by Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon

[Atlantic 3868]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm

instrumental
[Polydor 2189]
written by Vangelis

[Dark Horse 49725]
written by George Harrison

[Planet 47929]
written by John Bettis & Michael Clark

[RCA 12349]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, George Goldner & Morris Levy

instrumental tchaikovsky piano concerto #1, flight of the bumble bee, mozart symphony #40 in g minor, rhapsody in blue, karelia suite, the marriage of figaro, romeo & juliet, trumpet voluntary, etc.
[RCA 12304]
written by various

[Casablanca 2338]
written by Marc Blatte & Larry Gottlieb

featuring Bill Withers
[Elektra 47103]
written by Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter

[Liberty 1418]
written by Bill Conti & Michael Leeson

[Columbia 11433]
written by Dana Walden

[RCA 12296]
written by Daryl Hall, Sara Allen, Janna Allen & Warren Pash

live
[EMI America 8103]
written by James Sheppard, Clarence Bassett & Charles Baskerville

[Arista 0604]
written by Graham Russell

[Capitol 4997]
written by Hank DeVito

[Motown 1512]
written by Sam Brown III & Renée Armand

[Capitol 4953]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. & Pete Astudillo

produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1415]
written by Rick Christian

[Elektra 47147]
written by Stephen Geyer & Mike Post

[Geffen 49824]
written by Marv Ross

[Motown 1527]
written by Lionel Richie

[A&M 2300]
written by Dennis DeYoung

as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
[Arista 0592]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[Columbia 02241]
written by Jonathan Cain & Steve Perry

[Capitol 4976]
written by Chip Taylor

[RCA 12264]
written by Walt Aldridge & Tom Brasfield

[Elektra 47174]
written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens

[MCA 51084]
written by Dallas Frazier

[Tamla 54323]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Capitol 5046]
written by Otha Young

[Arista 0626]
written by Norman Sallitt

[Island 49656]
written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings

[Capitol 4960]
written by Neil Diamond & Alan Lindgren

[Arista 0655]
written by Graham Russell

charted as Lady (You Bring Me Up)/Keep On Taking Me Higher in US dance charts
[Motown 1514]
written by Harold Hudson, Shirley King & William King

[Full Moon 02488]
written by Dan Fogelberg

featuring Larry Carlton
instrumental
[Elektra 47186]
written by Mike Post

[Arista 0588]
written by Gino Vannelli

[Asylum 47223]
written by Lindsey Buckingham

with Don Henley
[Modern 7341]
written by Stevie Nicks

produced by George Martin
[Capitol 5033]
written by Graham Goble

[Geffen 49695]
written by John Lennon

[Atlantic 3816]
written by George Davis & John T. Taylor

[Polydor]
written by Vangelis & Jon Anderson

[Kat Family 02524]
written by Bertie Higgins & Sonny Limbo

[Capitol 4994]
written by Neil Diamond

[Full Moon 02647]
written by Dan Fogelberg

[EMI America 8084]
written by Jesse Barish

[Arista 0675]
written by Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell

produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
[Columbia 02621]
written by Richard Parker & Bobby Whiteside

produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1444]
written by Steve Dorff & Marty Panzer

[EMI America 8113]
written by Dominic Bugatti & Florrie Palmer

[Columbia 11430]
written by Barry Gibb & Albhy Galuten

[Threshold 602]
written by Justin Hayward

[Warner 49746]
written by Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall

produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1430]
written by Alfred Braggs & Deadric Malone

[Arista 0633]
written by David Pomeranz & Buddy Kaye

[Columbia 02604]
written by Neil Diamond

[RCA 12288]
written by Tim DuBois & Jim Hunt [songwriter]

featuring Kenny Rogers
[Liberty 1404]
written by Randy Goodrum

[Arista 0645]
written by Paul Davis

[Columbia 60514]
written by J.D. Souther, James Taylor & Waddy Wachtel

[Scotti Brothers 02105]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder

[Elektra 47239]
written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens

[good vibrations, help me rhonda, i get around, shut down, surfin' safari, barbara ann, surfin' usa, fun, fun fun]
[Capitol 5030]
written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Roger Christian, Fred Fassert & Chuck Berry

featuring James Ingram
[A&M 2387]
written by Kathy Wakefield, Ben Wright & Tony Coleman

[uptight everything's alright, my cherie amour, yesterme yesteryou yesterday, master blaster, you are the sunshine of my life, isn't she lovely, sir duke, i wish, i was made to love her, superstition, fingertips]
[Radio 4019]
written by Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Ron Miller, Bryan Wells, Jaap Eggermont, Martin Duiser, Lula Mae Hardaway, Orlando Murden & Clarence Paul

[EMI America 8101]
written by Lea Maalfrid

[RCA 12342]
written by Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan

[Planet 47960]
written by Layng Martine

produced by George Martin
[Capitol 5057]
written by Graham Goble

[Alfa 7006]
written by Neil Harrison

featuring James Ingram
[A&M 2357]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Millenium 11801]
written by William Elworthy & Franke Previte

[A&M 2344]
written by Ken Bell, Terry Skinner & J.L. Wallace

[A&M 2349]
written by David Jenkins, Cory Lerios & John Pierce

[RCA 12236]
written by Randy Owen

[Columbia 11426]
written by Rosanne Cash

R: US reissue rm
[RCA 12158]
written by Jerry Reed

[Warner 49669]
written by Derek Holt

vocals by Eric Tagg
[Elektra 47124]
written by Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg & Eric Champlin

[Epic 01052]
written by George Duke

[Arista 0598]
written by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson

[Arista 0658]
written by Cynthia Weil & Tom Snow

[Warner 49769]
written by Ali Thomson & Gary Wright

[Geffen 49722]
written by Jean-Paul Dréau & Gary Osborne