Top 100 songs for August 29, 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 “Endless Love” by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie. Meanwhile, “Start Me Up” by The Rolling Stones rises from No. 61 to No. 35. 5 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Start Me Up — The Rolling Stonesup 26 places, No. 61 → No. 35
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) — Christopher Crossup 20 places, No. 51 → No. 31
- The Night Owls — Little River Bandup 20 places, No. 68 → No. 48
New to this week’s Top 10
- Urgent — ForeignerNo. 8
- Who's Crying Now — JourneyNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) — Christopher CrossNo. 31
- In Your Letter — REO SpeedwagonNo. 34
- Start Me Up — The Rolling StonesNo. 35
- Draw Of The Cards — Kim CarnesNo. 36
- You Could Take My Heart Away — Silver CondorNo. 39
- Nicole — Point BlankNo. 40
First-week entries
- Private Eyes — Daryl Hall John OatesNo. 68
- Hard To Say — Dan FogelbergNo. 72
- Alien — Atlanta Rhythm SectionNo. 88
- Love All The Hurt Away — Aretha Franklin And George BensonNo. 89
- Our Lips Are Sealed — Go-Go'sNo. 90
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.