Top 100 songs for February 28, 1981
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1981 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “I Love A Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbitt. Meanwhile, “Just The Two Of Us” by Grover Washington, Jr. With Bill Withers rises from No. 65 to No. 41. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Just The Two Of Us — Grover Washington, Jr. With Bill Withersup 24 places, No. 65 → No. 41
- Morning Train (Nine To Five) — Sheena Eastonup 19 places, No. 53 → No. 34
- While You See A Chance — Steve Winwoodup 18 places, No. 48 → No. 30
New to this week’s Top 10
- The Winner Takes It All — ABBANo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- While You See A Chance — Steve WinwoodNo. 30
- Morning Train (Nine To Five) — Sheena EastonNo. 34
- Guitar Man — Elvis PresleyNo. 36
- Somebody's Knockin' — Terri GibbsNo. 38
- Staying With It — FirefallNo. 39
- Too Tight — ConFunkShunNo. 40
First-week entries
- I Can't Stand It — Eric Clapton And His BandNo. 63
- The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love) — JourneyNo. 73
- Mister Sandman — Emmylou HarrisNo. 83
- Hold On Loosely — 38 SpecialNo. 85
- Hold On — BadfingerNo. 86
- Lovers After All — Melissa Manchester & Peabo BrysonNo. 88
- Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) — The Gap BandNo. 95
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.