List of number-one dance singles of 1981 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1981.
| Issue date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | "Celebration"/ "Take It to the Top" |
Kool & The Gang |
| January 10 | ||
| January 17 | ||
| January 24 | "You're Too Late" | Fantasy |
| January 31 | ||
| February 7 | ||
| February 14 | ||
| February 21 | ||
| February 28 | "Rapture"/ "The Tide Is High" |
Blondie |
| March 7 | ||
| March 14 | ||
| March 21 | ||
| March 28 | "Breaking and Entering"/ "Easy Money" |
Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble |
| April 4 | ||
| April 11 | ||
| April 18 | ||
| April 25 | "Your Love"/ "You're My Magician" |
Lime |
| May 2 | "Lay All Your Love on Me"/ "Super Trouper"/ "On and On and On" |
ABBA |
| May 9 | "Paradise"/ "Hold Tight"/ "Heaven of My Life" |
Change |
| May 16 | ||
| May 23 | ||
| May 30 | ||
| June 6 | ||
| June 13 | "Try It Out"/ "Hold Tight" |
Gino Soccio |
| June 20 | ||
| June 27 | ||
| July 4 | ||
| July 11 | ||
| July 18 | ||
| July 25 | "Give It to Me Baby"/ "Super Freak"/ "Ghetto Life" |
Rick James |
| August 1 | ||
| August 8 | ||
| August 15 | "I'm in Love" | Evelyn King |
| August 22 | ||
| August 29 | ||
| September 5 | "Dancin' the Night Away" | Voggue |
| September 12 | ||
| September 19 | ||
| September 26 | "A Little Bit of Jazz" | Nick Straker Band |
| October 3 | "Zulu" | The Quick |
| October 10 | ||
| October 17 | "Do You Love Me"/ "The Genie" |
Patti Austin |
| October 24 | ||
| October 31 | "Menergy"/ "I Wanna Take You Home" |
Patrick Cowley |
| November 7 | ||
| November 14 | "Controversy"/ "Let's Work" |
Prince |
| November 21 | ||
| November 28 | ||
| December 5 | ||
| December 12 | ||
| December 19 | ||
| December 26 | "You Can"/ "Fire in My Heart" |
Madleen Kane |
See also
- 1981 in music
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, P.O. Box 200, Menomonee Falls WI, USA 53052: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X
- Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984.
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