| Top 40 Hits of May 1981 |
| 1 |
Adam & The Ants |
Stand And Deliver |
| 2 |
Shakin' Stevens |
You Drive Me Crazy |
| 3 |
Starsound |
Stars On 45 |
| 4 |
Kim Wilde |
Chequered Love |
| 5 |
Ennio Morricone |
Chi Mai (Theme From 'Life And Times Of David Lloyd George') |
| 6 |
Madness |
Grey Day |
| 7 |
Ten Pole Tudor |
Swords Of A Thousand Men |
| 8 |
REO Speedwagon |
Keep On Loving You |
| 9 |
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad |
Ossie's Dream (Spurs are On Their Way To Wembley) |
| 10 |
Bucks Fizz |
Making Your Mind Up |
| 11 |
Smokey Robinson |
Being With You |
| 12 |
Kim Carnes |
Bette Davis Eyes |
| 13 |
Toyah |
I Want To Be Free |
| 14 |
Stray Cats |
Stray Cat Strut |
| 15 |
Champaign |
How 'Bout Us |
| 16 |
Human League |
The Sound Of The Crowd |
| 17 |
Jacksons |
Can You Feel It |
| 18 |
Sugar Minott |
Good Thing Going |
| 19 |
Quincy Jones |
Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da) |
| 20 |
Keith Marshall |
Only Crying |
| 21 |
Sheena Easton |
When He Shines |
| 22 |
Nolans |
Attention to Me |
| 23 |
Spandau Ballet |
Musclebound / Glow |
| 24 |
Teardrop Explodes |
Treason (It's Just A Story) |
| 25 |
Undertones |
It's Going To Happen |
| 26 |
Eddy Grant |
Can't Get Enough Of You |
| 27 |
Jam |
Funeral Pyre |
| 28 |
Thin Lizzy |
Killers Live EP |
| 29 |
George Harrison |
All Those Years Ago |
| 30 |
Barry Manilow |
Bermuda Triangle |
| 31 |
Department S |
Is Vic There |
| 32 |
Enigma |
Ain't No Stopping |
| 33 |
Beat |
Drowning / All Out To Get You |
| 34 |
Graham Bonnet |
Night Games |
| 35 |
Hazel O'Connor |
Will You |
| 36 |
Whitesnake |
Don't Break My Heart Again |
| 37 |
UB40 |
Don't Let It Pass You By / Don't Slow Down |
| 38 |
Michael Jackson |
One Day In Your Life |
| 39 |
Vangelis |
Chariots of Fire |
| 40 |
Kate Robbins & Beyond |
More Than In Love |
