| Top 40 Hits of November 1981 |
| 1 |
Queen & David Bowie | Under Pressure |
| 2 |
Julio Iglesias | Begin the Beguine (Volver A Empezar) |
| 3 |
Police | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic |
| 4 |
Altered Images | Happy Birthday |
| 5 |
Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin | It's My Party |
| 6 |
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc) |
| 7 |
Four Tops | When She Was My Girl |
| 8 |
Haircut 100 | Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) |
| 9 |
Earth Wind & Fire | Let's Groove |
| 10 |
Squeeze | Labelled With Love |
| 11 |
Olivia Newton-John | Physical |
| 12 |
Rod Stewart | Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) |
| 13 |
Soft Cell | Bedsitter |
| 14 |
Diana Ross | Why Do Fools Fall In Love? |
| 15 |
Pretenders | I Go To Sleep |
| 16 |
Elvis Costello | A Good Year For The Roses |
| 17 |
Tweets | The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) |
| 18 |
Modern Romance | Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey |
| 19 |
Fureys / Davey Arthur | When You Were Sweet 16 |
| 20 |
Kool & The Gang | Steppin' Out |
| 21 |
BA Robertson / Maggie Bell | Hold Me |
| 22 |
Cliff Richard | Daddy's Home |
| 23 |
Human League | Open Your Heart |
| 24 |
Jam | Absolute Beginners |
| 25 |
Barry Manilow | Let's Hang On |
| 26 |
Ultravox | The Voice |
| 27 |
Shakin' Stevens | It's Raining |
| 28 |
ABC | Tears Are Not Enough |
| 29 |
Fun Boy Three | The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) |
| 30 |
Trevor Walters | Love Me Tonight |
| 31 |
Toyah | Thunder In The Mountains |
| 32 |
Rush | Tom Sawyer |
| 33 |
Jets | Yes Tonight Josephine |
| 34 |
Kim Wilde | Cambodia |
| 35 |
Toyah | Four More From Toyah |
| 36 |
Human League | Don't You Want Me |
| 37 |
Laurie Anderson | O Superman |
| 38 |
Imagination | Flashback |
| 39 |
Godley & Creme | Wedding Bells |
| 40 |
Electric Light Orchestra | Twilight |
