Dec 1, 2013

Stupefied: The NME UK Top 50 Singles of 1981


I dare any naysayers of so called 80's music to argue with the quality here. 1981 was a hell of a year according to this list as put together by the NME staff at the time.  There were only a couple of tracks I couldn't locate.

Your choice: Spotify or YouTube.



01. Ghost Town - The Specials
02. Adventures On The Wheel Of Steel - Grandmaster Flash
03. Me No Pop I - Coati Mundi
04. Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
05. Love Action - Human League
06. Mama Used To Say - Junior Giscombe
07. Tears Are Not Enough - Abc
08. Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones
09. Superman - Laurie Anderson
10. Walking On Thin Ice - Yoko Ono
11. Burn Rubber On Me - The Gap Band
12. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
13. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
14. Rapp Payback - James Brown
15. Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
16. Let's Groove - Earth Wind And Fire
17. The Razor's Edge - Defunkt
18. Being With You - Smokey Robinson
19. Four Movements - Thomas Leer
20. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
21. Going Back To My Roots - Odyssey
22. Intuition - Linx
23. Rapture - Blondie
24. Plan B - Dexys Midnight Runners
25. Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
26. Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
27. Der Mussolini - Daf
28. Good Year For The Roses - Elvis Costello
29. Shoot The Pump - J. Walter Negro & The Loose Joints
30. Doors Of Your Heart - The Beat
31. Kitchen Person - The Associates
32. Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
33. Favourite Shirts - Haircut 100
34. Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk
35. Another One Bites The Dust - General Saint And Clint Eastwood
36. Launderette - Vivien Goldman
37. Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
38. Chant No.1 (We Don’t Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
39. Out Come The Freaks - Was(Not Was)
40. W.O.R.K. - Bow Wow Wow
41. Flowers Of Romance - P.I.L.
42. Ceremony - New Order
43. Beggarman- Pablo Gad
44. The Longest Day - Sound Of The Valleys
45. The ‘Sweetest Girl’ - Scritti Politti
46. Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs
47. The Art Of Parties - Japan
48. Computer Love - Kraftwerk
49. To Drunk To Fuck - The Dead Kennedys
50. Show Me - Dexys Midnight Runners

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