Top 100 songs for August 1, 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 “Jessie's Girl” by Rick Springfield. Meanwhile, “Who's Crying Now” by Journey rises from No. 56 to No. 30. 6 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Who's Crying Now — Journeyup 26 places, No. 56 → No. 30
- Hold On Tight — Electric Light Orchestraup 21 places, No. 67 → No. 46
- Stop Draggin' My Heart Around — Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakersup 19 places, No. 57 → No. 38
New to this week’s Top 10
- Queen Of Hearts — Juice NewtonNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Who's Crying Now — JourneyNo. 30
- Fire And Ice — Pat BenatarNo. 31
- Don't Give It Up — Robbie PattonNo. 34
- Love On A Two Way Street — Stacy LattisawNo. 36
- Don't Want To Wait Anymore — The TubesNo. 37
- Stop Draggin' My Heart Around — Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersNo. 38
- Really Wanna Know You — Gary WrightNo. 39
- You're My Girl — Franke & The KnockoutsNo. 40
First-week entries
- I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) — LuluNo. 71
- A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) — Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersNo. 82
- Tempted — SqueezeNo. 83
- The Sensitive Kind — SantanaNo. 85
- We Can Get Together — IcehouseNo. 86
- We're In This Love Together — Al JarreauNo. 88
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.