Top 10 Singles of 1981
1. (Tie) Laurie Anderson: “O Superman”/”Walk the Dog” (One, Ten, Warner Bros.)
Rolling Stones: “Start Me Up” (Rolling Stones)
3. Grandmaster Flash: “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” (Sugarhill)
4. (Tie) Kim Carnes: “Bette Davis Eyes” (EMI America)
Yoko Ono: “Walking on Thin Ice” (Geffen)
6. Tom Tom Club: “Genius of Love” (Sire)
7. (Tie) Pete Shelley: “Homosapien” (Genetic import)
Soft Cell: “Tainted Love”/”Where Did Our Love Go?” (Sire)
9. Funky Four Plus One: “That’s the Joint” (Sugarhill)
10. Prince: “Controversy” (Warner Bros.)
— From the February 2, 1982, issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ImFRdNG0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGN5nt0dNXs
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
Laurie Anderson: “O Superman”/”Walk the Dog” | 81 |
Rolling Stones: “Start Me Up” | 22 |
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 4 February 2019 06:22 (five years ago) link