Chart History: Radio 5 – Top Hits of 1981

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  1. Give Me Back My Love – Maywood
  2. Making Your Mind Up – Bucks Fizz
  3. Stars on 45 – Star Sound
  4. Johnny & Mary – Robert Palmer
  5. Gotta Have More Love – Climax Blues Band
  6. Do Nothing – The Specials
  7. Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
  8. Banana Republic – Boomtown Rats
  9. Hey You – Hey You
  10. Chin Chin (A Girl Is a Gimmick) – Rockerfeller
  11. (Just Like) Starting Over – John Lennon
  12. It’s My Turn – Diana Ross
  13. Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
  14. Urgent – Foreigner
  15. All Out of Love – Air Supply
  16. Louise (We Get It Right) – Jona Lewie
  17. Here Is My Love – Tommy Dee
  18. Twilight Cafe – Susan Fassbender
  19. This Ole House – Shakin’ Stevens
  20. Bring It on Home (Nervous) – Moody Blues

South African Artists

47. Nightmare – Peach
62. A Lot of Things – Peach
76. Hold On – Lastique
97. When You Gonna Love Me – City Limits
103. Shine On – Spirits Rejoice
110. Hits on 46 – Hit Stars
120. Man on the Moon – Ballyhoo

Also of note

74. Disco Deewane by Nazia Hassan features Duncan MacKay on keyboards.

Info from a Radio 5 booklet, thanks to John Samson, November 2001.

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