| 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 |