| Top 40 Hits of July 1981 |
| 1 |
Specials | Ghost Town |
| 2 |
Starsound | Stars On 45 (Volume 2) |
| 3 |
Bad Manners | Can Can |
| 4 |
Imagination | Body Talk |
| 5 |
Michael Jackson | One Day In Your Life |
| 6 |
Shakin' Stevens | Green Door |
| 7 |
Spandau Ballet | Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) |
| 8 |
Motorhead | Motorhead Live |
| 9 |
Tom Tom Club | Wordy Rappinghood |
| 10 |
Bob Marley & The Wailers | No Woman No Cry |
| 11 |
Odyssey | Going Back To My Roots |
| 12 |
Third World | Dancing On The Floor (Hooked on Love) |
| 13 |
Elaine Paige | Memory |
| 14 |
Randy Crawford | You Might Need Somebody |
| 15 |
Abba | Lay All Your Love On Me |
| 16 |
Stevie Wonder | Happy Birthday |
| 17 |
Kate Bush | Sat In Your Lap |
| 18 |
Depeche Mode | New Life |
| 19 |
Quincy Jones | Razzmatazz |
| 20 |
Sheena Easton | For Your Eyes Only |
| 21 |
Kirsty MacColl | There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis |
| 22 |
Smokey Robinson | Being With You |
| 23 |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Hooked On Classics |
| 24 |
Bucks Fizz | Piece Of The Action |
| 25 |
Rainbow | Can't Happen Here |
| 26 |
Jacksons | Walk Right Now |
| 27 |
Saxon | Never Surrender |
| 28 |
Visage | Visage |
| 29 |
Linx | Throw Away The Key |
| 30 |
Ultravox | All Stood Still |
| 31 |
Kate Robbins & Beyond | More Than In Love |
| 32 |
Evasions | Wikka Wrap |
| 33 |
REO Speedwagon | Take It On The Run |
| 34 |
Evelyn King | I'm In Love |
| 35 |
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Show Me |
| 36 |
Tight Fit | Back To The Sixties |
| 37 |
Champaign | How 'Bout Us |
| 38 |
Gidea Park | Beach Boy Gold |
| 39 |
Red Sovine | Teddy Bear |
| 40 |
Duran Duran | Girls On Film |
