読者投票による「1981年のベスト・ソング TOP100」を米サイトslicing up eyeballsが発表

1. Depeche Mode, “Just Can’t Get Enough”


2. Soft Cell, “Tainted Love”


3. The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me”


4. Duran Duran, “Girls on Film”


5. Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Spellbound”


6.New Order, “Ceremony”


7. The Cure, “Primary”


8. Squeeze, “Tempted”


9. Adam and the Ants, “Stand and Deliver”


10. Queen and David Bowie, “Under Pressure”


11. Duran Duran, “Planet Earth”
12. Tom Tom Club, “Genius of Love”
13. The Go-Go’s, “Our Lips Are Sealed”
14. The Psychedelic Furs, “Pretty in Pink”
15. The Specials, “Ghost Town”
16. U2, “Gloria”
17. The Cure, “Charlotte Sometimes”
18. The Clash, “This Is Radio Clash”
19. R.E.M., “Radio Free Europe”
20. Romeo Void, “Never Say Never”

21. The Police, “Spirits in the Material World”
22. Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight”
23. Ramones, “The KKK Took My Maby Away”
24. The Go-Go’s, “We Got the Beat”
25. Echo & The Bunnymen, “A Promise”
26. Kraftwerk, “Computer Love”
27. The Pretenders, “Talk of the Town”
28. The Church, “The Unguarded Moment”
29. The Stranglers, “Golden Brown”
30. Simple Minds, “Love Song”

31. New Order, “Everything’s Gone Green”
32. Billy Idol, “Dancing With Myself”
33. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “Souvenir”
34. Bauhaus, “Kick in the Eye”
35. The Police, “Invisible Sun”
36. Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Arabian Knights”
37. Heaven 17, “(We Don’t Need This) Facist Groove Thang”
38. New Order, “Dreams Never End”
39. Japan, “Ghosts’
40. Pete Shelley, “Homosapien”

41. Laurie Anderson, “O Superman”
42. Depeche Mode, “New Life”
43. Bauhaus, “The Passion of Lovers”
44. Black Flag, “T.V. Party”
45. The Cars, “Shake It Up”
46. The Human League, “Love Action (I Believe In Love)”
47. Rush, “Tom Sawyer”
48. Prince, “Controversy”
49. Grace Jones, “Pull Up to the Bumper”
50. The Cure, “All Cats Are Grey”

51. Men at Work, “Down Under”
52. Altered Images, “I Could Be Happy”
53. Kim Wilde, “Kids in America”
54. Devo, “Beautiful World”
55. The Pretenders, “Message of Love”
56. R.E.M., “Sitting Still”
55. Squeeze, “Labelled With Love”
58. Soft Cell, “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye”
59. Kim Carnes, “Bette Davis Eyes”
60. Altered Images, “Happy Birthday”

61. Mission of Burma, “That’s When I Reach For My Revolver”
62. Depeche Mode, “Dreaming of Me”
63. Soft Cell, “Sex Dwarf”
64. Rick James, “Super Freak”
65. Men at Work, “Who Can It Be Now?”
66. The Cure, “Faith”
67. Devo, “Working in a Coalmine”
68. Stray Cats, “Rock This Town”
69. X, “White Girl”
70. The Waitresses, “Christmas Wrapping”

71. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “Joan of Arc”
72. Kraftwerk, “Pocket Calculator”
73. Japan, “Visions of China”
74. Public Image Ltd., “The Flowers of Romance”
75. Dead Kennedys, “Too Drunk to Fuck”
76. Stevie Nicks, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
77. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “From a Whisper to a Scream”
78. Ultravox, “The Voice”
79. The Rolling Stones, “Start Me Up”
80. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”

81. The Psychedelic Furs, “Into You Like a Train”
82. The Beat, “Doors Of Your Heart”
83. Duran Duran, “Careless Memories”
84. Devo, “Through Being Cool”
85. The Specials, “Ghost Town”
86. Black Flag, “Rise Above”
87. Adam and the Ants, “Prince Charming”
88. Split Enz, “One Step Ahead”
89. Rick Springfield, “Jessie’s Girl”
90. Killing Joke, “Follow the Leaders”

91. Kate Bush, “Sat In Your Lap”
92. The Human League, “Seconds”
93. The Cure, “The Funeral Party”
94. The Cars, “Since You’re Gone”
95. Spandau Ballet, “Chant No. 1 (I Dno’t Need This Pressure On)”
96. Kraftwerk, “Computer World”
97. Echo & The Bunnymen, “Over the Wall”
98. Tom Tom Club, “Wordy Rappinghood”
99. New Order, “Procession”
100. Ramones, “We Want the Airwaves”