Songfacts - Songs from 1981

Songs released in "1981"

Found 256 Songs.

21st Century Man - Electric Light Orchestra

A Good Year For The Roses - Elvis Costello

A Life Of Illusion - Joe Walsh

A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - Ray Parker, Jr

Abacab - Genesis

Add It Up - The Kinks

Ai No Corrida (I-No-No-Ko-ree-da) - Quincy Jones

All Those Years Ago - George Harrison

And The Bands Played On - Saxon

Armed And Ready - The Michael Schenker Group

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross

At This Moment - Billy Vera & the Beaters

Baby, Come To Me - Patti Austin and James Ingram

Baby's On Fire - Sammy Hagar

Bad Reputation - Joan Jett

Beautiful World - Devo

Being With You - Smokey Robinson

Believe It or Not - Joey Scarbury

Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

Better Things - The Kinks

Black Furs - Judie Tzuke

Black Limousine - The Rolling Stones

Body Talk - Imagination

Boys and Girls - The Human League

Breakin' Away - Al Jarreau

Broon's Bane - Rush

Burnin' For You - Blue Öyster Cult

C.O.D. - AC/DC

Cardiac Arrest - Madness

Carry Me Away - Rick Springfield

Celebration - Kool and the Gang

Centerfold - The J. Geils Band

Chant Down Greenham - Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

Coming In And Out Of Your Life - Barbra Streisand

Computer Love - Kraftwerk

Controversy - Prince

Cool Night - Paul Davis

Denim And Leather - Saxon

Destroyer - The Kinks

Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne

Dixie Highway - Journey

Doctor, Doctor - Barclay James Harvest

Dodo/Lurker - Genesis

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Don't You Want Me - The Human League

Doors Of Your Heart - The English Beat

Easy Meat - Frank Zappa

Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys

Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

Every Grain Of Sand - Bob Dylan

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police

Find Another Fool - Quarterflash

Fire - U2

Flamethrower - The J. Geils Band

Flash - Queen

Flight 19 - B.A. Robertson

Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne

Flying Hour - George Harrison

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC

Freeze-Frame - The J. Geils Band

Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project

Gemini Dream - The Moody Blues

Genghis Khan - Iron Maiden

Genius Of Love - The Tom Tom Club

Ghost Town - The Specials

Girls On Film - Duran Duran

Give It to Me Baby - Rick James

Gloria - U2

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Grey Day - Madness

Guns For The Afghan Rebels - Angelic Upstarts

Hang Fire - The Rolling Stones

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash

Heaven - The Rolling Stones

Her Town Too - James Taylor and J.D. Souther

Hitsville UK - The Clash

Hold On Loosely - .38 Special

Hold On Tight - Electric Light Orchestra

How Do You Feel Now? - Barclay James Harvest

How Much More - Go-Go's

I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton

I Could Be So Happy - Altered Images

I Go To Sleep - Pretenders

I Love Rock And Roll - Joan Jett

I Missed Again - Phil Collins

I'm Coming Over - X

I'm In Love With A German Film Star - Passions

I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Going To Be a Diamond Someday) - Billy Joe Shaver

If Leaving Me Is Easy - Phil Collins

In Memory Of The Martyrs - Barclay James Harvest

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

Insider - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Invisible Sun - The Police

It Must Be Love - Madness

It's Going To Happen - The Undertones

Jack The Ripper - Screaming Lord Sutch

Japanese Boy - Aneka

Jealous Lover - Rainbow

Jean-Pierre - Miles Davis

Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

Johnny's Gonna Die - The Replacements

Juke Box Hero - Foreigner

Just Between You and Me - April Wine

Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

Kafka - The Manhattan Transfer

Key Largo - Bertie Higgins

Labeled With Love - Squeeze

Lady (You Bring Me Up) - The Commodores

Leader Of The Band - Dan Fogelberg

Leather And Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley

Lenny Bruce - Bob Dylan

Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire

Limelight - Rush

Lisa Likes Rock 'N' Roll - Ian Hunter

Little T and A - The Rolling Stones

Lonely Is The Night - Billy Squier

Love Is Like A Rock - Donnie Iris

Low Profile - Blue Orchids

Luanne - Foreigner

Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider

Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) - OMD

Man On The Corner - Genesis

Maybe Next Time - Rainbow

Memory - Elaine Page

Merry-Go-Round - Motley Crue

Mickey - Toni Basil

Murders In The Rue Morgue - Iron Maiden

Musclebound - Spandau Ballet

Neighbors - The Rolling Stones

Never Knew How Much (I Needed You) - The Allman Brothers Band

Never Too Much - Luther Vandross

Night Shift - Siouxsie and the Banshees

No Reply At All - Genesis

No Time For Love - Moving Hearts

No Use In Crying - The Rolling Stones

No, No, No - Yoko Ono

Nobody Sees Me Like You Do - Yoko Ono

Number The Brave - Wishbone Ash

O Superman - Laurie Anderson

October - U2

One Of Us - ABBA

Only Lonely - Divinyls

Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's

Pearl Necklace - ZZ Top

Physical - Olivia Newton-John

Planet Earth - Duran Duran

Poor Man's Son - Survivor

Postman Pat And His Black And White Cat - Postman Pat

Precious Time - Pat Benatar

Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs

Princess Of The Night - Saxon

Private Eyes - Hall & Oates

Profession Of Violence - UFO

Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar

Pull Up to the Bumper - Grace Jones

Really Wanna Know You - Gary Wright

Red Barchetta - Rush

Rejoice - U2

Rise Above - Black Flag

Rock a Boy Blue - Scritti Politti

Run For The Roses - Dan Fogelberg

S.A.T.O. - Ozzy Osbourne

Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg

Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell

Scarlet - U2

Sea Of Tranquility - Barclay James Harvest

Secret Journey - The Police

Seven Year Ache - Roseanne Cash

Shake It Up - The Cars

Shut Up - Madness

Six Pack - Black Flag

Slave - The Rolling Stones

Slipping Through My Fingers - ABBA

Slow Hand - The Pointer Sisters

Snowblind - Styx

Spasticus Autisticus - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Spirits In The Material World - The Police

Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants

Stars On 45 Medley - Stars On 45

Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

Staying With It - Firefall

Still They Ride - Journey

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty

Straight Edge - Minor Threat

Strange Changes - Lynsey de Paul

Stranger In A Strange Land - U2

Super Freak - Rick James

Sweet Dreams - Air Supply

Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts

T-Bone - Neil Young

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon

Talk To Ya Later - The Tubes

Talkin' Baseball - Terry Cashman

Tempted - Squeeze

That's Entertainment - The Jam

The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) - The Greg Kihn Band

The Camera Eye - Rush

The Criminal Kind - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

The Fox - Elton John

The Funeral Party - The Cure

The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones

The Land Of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz

The Model - Kraftwerk

The Old Songs - Barry Manilow

The One That You Love - Air Supply

The Prey - Dead Kennedys

The Stroke - Billy Squier

The Sweetest Girl - Scritti Politti

The Visitors (Crackin' Up) - ABBA

The Voice - The Moody Blues

The Waiting - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful - Jimmy Buffett

Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post

Things - Joe Walsh

This Must Be Love - Phil Collins

This Town - Go-Go's

Time - The Alan Parsons Project

Tom Sawyer - Rush

Tomorrow - U2

Too Drunk To F--k - Dead Kennedys

Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx

Touch Me When We're Dancing - The Carpenters

Traces of the Western Slopes - Rickie Lee Jones

Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top

Turn Your Love Around - George Benson

TV Party - Black Flag

Unchained - Van Halen

Under Pressure - Queen

Underground - Wishbone Ash

Urgent - Foreigner

Vienna - Ultravox

Vital Signs - Rush

Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner

Waiting On A Friend - The Rolling Stones

We Shall Behold Him - Sandi Patti

We Want The Airwaves - Ramones

When All Is Said And Done - ABBA

When The World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around - The Police

Who's Crying Now - Journey

Wired For Sound - Cliff Richard

Witch Hunt - Rush

With A Shout - U2

Wordy Rappinghood - The Tom Tom Club

Working For The Weekend - Loverboy

Wrack My Brain - Ringo Starr

Wrathchild - Iron Maiden

You Are What You Is - Frank Zappa

You Never Know - Joe Walsh

Young Turks - Rod Stewart

YYZ - Rush