| Top 40 Hits of December 1981 |
| 1 |
Human League | Don't You Want Me |
| 2 |
Cliff Richard | Daddy's Home |
| 3 |
Abba | One Of Us |
| 4 |
Adam & The Ants | Ant Rap |
| 5 |
Madness | It Must Be Love |
| 6 |
Julio Iglesias | Begin the Beguine (Volver A Empezar) |
| 7 |
Godley & Creme | Wedding Bells |
| 8 |
Diana Ross | Why Do Fools Fall In Love? |
| 9 |
Bucks Fizz | The Land of Make Believe |
| 10 |
Soft Cell | Bedsitter |
| 11 |
Status Quo | Rock 'N' Roll |
| 12 |
Earth Wind & Fire | Let's Groove |
| 13 |
Dollar | Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) |
| 14 |
Police | Spirits In The Material World |
| 15 |
Kim Wilde | Cambodia |
| 16 |
Duran Duran | My Own Way |
| 17 |
Jon & Vangelis | I'll Find My Way Home |
| 18 |
Queen & David Bowie | Under Pressure |
| 19 |
Rod Stewart | Young Turks |
| 20 |
Imagination | Flashback |
| 21 |
Pretenders | I Go To Sleep |
| 22 |
Toyah | Four More From Toyah |
| 23 |
Fun Boy Three | The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) |
| 24 |
Modern Romance | Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey |
| 25 |
Tweets | The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) |
| 26 |
David Bowie | Wild Is The Wind |
| 27 |
Foreigner | Waiting For A Girl Like You |
| 28 |
Snowmen | Hokey Cokey |
| 29 |
Altered Images | I Could Be Happy |
| 30 |
Chas & Dave | Stars Over 45 |
| 31 |
Olivia Newton-John | Physical |
| 32 |
Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer For Love |
| 33 |
Kool & The Gang | Steppin' Out |
| 34 |
Showaddywaddy | Footsteps |
| 35 |
Bad Manners | Buona Sera (Don't Be Angry) |
| 36 |
Ultravox | The Voice |
| 37 |
Haircut 100 | Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) |
| 38 |
Kool & The Gang | Get Down On It |
| 39 |
John Lennon | Happy Christmas (War Is Over) |
| 40 |
Jets | Yes Tonight Josephine |
