The Best Singles of 1981

Top 50

1. Sex beat / Ghost on the highway - THE GUN CLUB
2. Spellbound - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
3. Once in a lifetime - TALKING HEADS
4. That's entertainment - THE JAM
5. Ghost town - THE SPECIALS
6. Radio free Europe - R.E.M.
7. Goo Goo muck - THE CRAMPS
8. Romeo - WIPERS
9. Lie dream of a casino soul - THE FALL
10. What we all want - GANG OF FOUR
11. Ceremony - NEW ORDER
12. Reward - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
13. Don't you want me - THE HUMAN LEAGUE
14. The Jezebel spirit - BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE
15. Flowers of romance - P.I.L.
16. Primary - THE CURE
17. Kick in the eye - BAUHAUS
18. Follow the leaders - KILLING JOKE
19. Too drunk to fuck - THE DEAD KENNEDYS
20. Release the bats - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
21. Demystification - ZOUNDS
22. You're no good - ESG
23. Things that go boom in the night - BUSH TETRAS
24. Pretty in pink - THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
25. Love song - SIMPLE MINDS
26. Tainted love - SOFT CELL
27. Rapture - BLONDIE
28. We want the airwaves - RAMONES
29. The magnificent seven - THE CLASH
30. Inconvenience - THE AU PAIRS
31. The art of parties - JAPAN
32. The gospel comes to New Guinea - 23 SKIDOO
33. Computer love / The Model - KRAFTWERK
34. Der Mussolini - DAF
35. (We don't need this) Fascist groove thang - HEAVEN 17
36. O Superman - LAURIE ANDERSON
37. Papa's got a brand new Pigbag - PIGBAG
38. It must be love - MADNESS
39. One in ten - UB40
40. From a whisper to a scream - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS
41. Only the stones remain - THE SOFT BOYS
42. The river - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
43. Gloria - U2
44. Respectable street - XTC
45. A promise - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
46. Your turn, my turn - THE GO-BETWEENS
47. Calcutta - THE NAMES
48. The fish needs a bike - BLURT
49. Sex bomb - FLIPPER
50. Six pack - BLACK FLAG