| Top 40 Hits of February 1981 |
| 1 |
John Lennon | Woman |
| 2 |
Joe Dolce Music Theatre | Shaddup You Face |
| 3 |
Ultravox | Vienna |
| 4 |
Phil Collins | In The Air Tonight |
| 5 |
Rainbow | I Surrender |
| 6 |
Madness | The Return of the Los Palmas Seven |
| 7 |
Fred Wedlock | The Oldest Swinger In Town |
| 8 |
John Lennon | Imagine |
| 9 |
Blondie | Rapture |
| 10 |
Dire Straits | Romeo And Juliet |
| 11 |
Adam & The Ants | Antmusic |
| 12 |
Visage | Fade To Grey |
| 13 |
Yarborough & Peoples | Don't Stop The Music |
| 14 |
Stray Cats | Rock This Town |
| 15 |
Slade | We'll Bring The House Down |
| 16 |
Adam & The Ants | Young Parisians |
| 17 |
Motorhead / Girlschool | St Valentine's Day Massacre (EP) |
| 18 |
Cliff Richard | A Little In Love |
| 19 |
Coast To Coast | (Do) The Hucklebuck |
| 20 |
XTC | Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) |
| 21 |
Roxy Music | Jealous Guy |
| 22 |
Pretenders | Message Of Love |
| 23 |
Spandau Ballet | The Freeze |
| 24 |
Look | I Am The Beat |
| 25 |
Freeez | Southern Freeez |
| 26 |
Susan Fassbender | Twilight Cafe |
| 27 |
Heatwave | Gangsters of the Groove |
| 28 |
Diana Ross | It's My Turn |
| 29 |
Gap Band | Burn Rubber On Me |
| 30 |
Passions | I'm In Love With A German Film Star |
| 31 |
Stevie Wonder | I Ain't Gonna Stand For It |
| 32 |
Jam | That's Entertainment |
| 33 |
Boomtown Rats | The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty) |
| 34 |
Specials | Do Nothing / Maggie's Farm |
| 35 |
Adam & The Ants | Cartrouble |
| 36 |
Adam & The Ants | Kings Of The Wild Frontier |
| 37 |
Talking Heads | Once In A Lifetime |
| 38 |
Beggar & Co | Somebody (Help Me Out) |
| 39 |
Gillan | Mutually Assured Destruction |
| 40 |
Barbara Jones | Just When I Needed You Most |
