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Free40's Top 100 van 1981

Free40's Top 100 of 1981

1

In the air tonight

Phil Collins

2

Start me up

Rolling Stones

3

While you see a chance

Steve Winwood

4

Abacar

Genesis

5

Girls on film

Duran Duran

6

Every little thing she does is magic

The Police

7

Stand and deliver

Adam & the Ants

8

Vienna

Ultravox

9

Hold on tight

E.L.O.

10

Night train

Steve Winwood

11

I don’t remember

Peter Gabriël

12

Tonight I’m yours

Rod Stewart

13

Fred Astaire

The Mo

14

Chequered love

Kim Wilde

15

Twilight

E.L.O.

16

Marliese

Fischer-Z

17

The River

Bruce Springsteen

18

Si si, je suis un rock star

Bill Wyman

19

Kids in America

Kim Wilde

20

(Just like) Starting over

John Lennon

21

Tainted love

Soft Cell

22

Without your love

Roger Daltrey

23

Enola Gay

Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark

24

Under pressure

Queen & David Bowie

25

Star

Kiki Dee

26

Chant no. 1

Spandau Ballet

27

Once in a lifetime

Talking Heads

28

Message of love

Pretenders

29

Waiting on a friend

Rolling Stones

30

Ghosttown

The Specials

31

Magnetic Fields

Jean Michel Jarre

32

Spasticus Autisticus

Ian Dury

33

Wünderbar

Tenpole Tudor

34

You better you bet

The Who

35

Sat in your lap

Kate Bush

36

Gemini dream

Moody Blues

37

I missed again

Phil Collins

38

Good year for the roses

Elvis Costello & Attr.

39

Souvenirs

O.M.D.

40

I love you

Climax Blues Band

41

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

The Police

42

I don’t want to let you go

Peter Frampton

43

Heart and soul

Exile

44

The voice

Moody Blues

45

Shut up

Madness

46

Don’t let him go

Reo Speedwagon

47

Imagine

John Lennon

48

Under your thumb

Godley & Crème

49

Lies

Camel

50

There’s a guy works down the chip shop

Kristy MacColl

51

Draw of the cards

Kim Carnes

52

History never repeats

Split Enz

53

Banana Republic

Boomtown Rats

54

It’s going to happen

The Undertones

55

The swords of a thousand men

Tenpole Tudor

56

Muscle bound

Spandau Ballet

57

Keep on loving you

Red Speedwagon

58

Morning due

Long John Baldry

59

Gonna have more love

Climax Blues Band

60

Woman

John Lennon

61

Fade to grey

Visage

62

What becomes of the broken hearted

Dave Stewart & Colin Bunstone

63

The best of times

Styx

64

Looking for clues

Robert Palmer

65

Get on home

Steve Miller Band

66

Nobody wins

Elton John

67

I can’t stand it

Eric  Clapton

68

Embarressment

Madness

69

The waiting

Tom Petty & The Hearthbreakers

70

Carry on

J.J. Cale

71

Prince Charming

Adam & The Ants

72

Happy X-Mas

John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band

73

All those years ago

George Harrison

74

Dreamer

Supertramp

75

Kiss on my list

Daryl Hall & John Oates

76

My girl

Rod Stewart

77

Watching the wheels

John Lennon

78

I go to sleep

Pretenders

79

I am a camera

The Buggles

80

Europe after the rain

John Foxx

81

Ant music

Adam & The Ants

82

Jealous guy

Roxy Music

83

Adventure

Rupert Holmes

84

For your eyes only

Sheena Easton

85

Rapture

Blondie

86

Stop dragging my heart around

Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty

87

It’s my party

Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin

88

Tell it like it is

Heart

89

Get it up

New England

90

Same old scene

Roxy Music

91

Will you

Hazel O’Conner

92

Too much time on my hands

Styx

93

Bette Davis eyes

Kim Carnes

94

Runaway boys

Stray Cats

95

Versailles

White Soxx

96

Grey day

Madness

97

Schoolgirl

Steve Forbert

98

Passion

Rod Stewart

99

Love action

Human League

100

For you

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band