List of number one hits in Germany (1981)

This list contains all number one hits in Germany in 1981. There were twelve number one singles and 15 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1980 ←	List of number one hits in Germany			1982 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 22, 1980 - January 4, 1981 2 weeks (total 5) 5 ABBA Super troupers Benny Göran Bror Andersson , Björn K. Ulvaeus - January 5, 1981 - January 11, 1981 1 week (total 3) 3 Barbra Streisand Woman in Love Barry Alan Gibb , Robin Hugh Gibb - January 12, 1981 - February 1, 1981 3 weeks (total 5) 5 ABBA Super troupers Benny Göran Bror Andersson, Björn K. Ulvaeus - February 2, 1981 - March 8, 1981 5 weeks 5 Frank Duval & Orchestra Angel of Mine Music: Uwe Frank Duval; Text: Kalina Maloyer - March 9, 1981 - April 19, 1981 6 weeks (total 7) 7th Visage Fade to Gray Christopher John Payne, Midge Ure , Billy Currie - April 20, 1981 - May 3, 1981 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Joe Dolce Music Theater Shaddap You Face Joseph Dolce - May 4, 1981 - May 10, 1981 1 week (total 7) 7th Visage Fade to Gray Christopher John Payne, Midge Ure, Billy Currie - May 11, 1981 - May 17, 1981 1 week (total 3) 3 Joe Dolce Music Theater Shaddap You Face Joseph Dolce - May 18, 1981 - May 24, 1981 1 week 1 Phil Collins In the Air Tonight Phillip David Charles Collins - May 25, 1981 - July 12, 1981 7 weeks 7th Stars on 45 Stars on 45 Jacobus Eggermont , Martinus Duiser - July 13, 1981 - August 30, 1981 7 weeks 7th Kim Carnes Bette Davis Eyes Sharon Lee Myers , Donna Terry Weiss - August 31, 1981 - October 25, 1981 8 weeks 8th Electronica's Dance Little Bird Werner Thomas - October 26, 1981 - November 22, 1981 4 weeks 4th Fred Sunshine and his friends Yes, if we were all angels Music: Werner Thomas ; Text: Renee Marcard, Frank Zander - November 23, 1981 - December 6, 1981 2 weeks 2 Soft cell Tainted Love Edward C. Cobb - December 7, 1981 - January 3, 1982 4 weeks 4th Gottlieb Wendehals Polonaise Blankenese Music: Werner Böhm Thorn ; Text: Michael Jud, Werner Böhm Thorn -
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Albums

← 1980 ←	List of number one albums in Germany			1982 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 29, 1980 - January 4, 1981 1 week (total 2) 2 Richard Clayderman Reveries 2 - January 5, 1981 - March 8, 1981 9 weeks (total 11) 11 The Smurfs Hit parade of the Smurfs - March 9, 1981 - March 15, 1981 1 week 1 Creedence Clearwater Revival Hey tonight - March 16, 1981 - March 29, 1981 2 weeks (total 11) 11 The Smurfs Hit parade of the Smurfs - March 30, 1981 - April 5, 1981 1 week 1 Visage Visage - April 6, 1981 - May 10, 1981 5 weeks 5 Ernst Mosch The biggest successes - May 11, 1981 - June 7, 1981 4 weeks 4th Anthony Ventura Orchestra The most beautiful melodies 2 - June 8, 1981 - July 12, 1981 5 weeks 5 ABBA A for ABBA - July 13, 1981 - August 9, 1981 4 weeks 4th Stars on 45 Long play album - August 10, 1981 - September 13, 1981 5 weeks 5 Kim Wilde Kim Wilde - September 14, 1981 - October 18, 1981 5 weeks 5 ELO Time - October 19, 1981 - November 8, 1981 3 weeks (total 5) 5 Electronica's Squeaky Fidelio - November 9, 1981 - November 15, 1981 1 week 1 Roland Kaiser Loving You - November 16, 1981 - November 29, 1981 2 weeks (total 5) 5 Electronica's Squeaky Fidelio - November 30, 1981 - December 13, 1981 2 weeks 2 Queen Greatest hits - December 14, 1981 - December 27, 1981 2 weeks 2 The Smurfs Hit parade of the Smurfs 2 - December 28, 1981 - January 31, 1982 5 weeks 5 ABBA The Visitors -
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Annual hit parades

← 1980 ←	List of number one hits in Germany			1982 →
Singles position# Albums Dance Little Bird (duck dance) Electronica’s Werner Thomas 1 QE2 Mike Oldfield Stars on 45 Stars on 45 Jacobus Eggermont , Martinus Duiser 2 Super trouper ABBA Kids in America Kim Wilde Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde 3 Double Fantasy John Lennon & Yoko Ono Fade to Gray Visage Christopher John Payne, Midge Ure , Billy Currie 4th Revenge Peter Maffay In the Air Tonight Phil Collins Phillip David Charles Collins 5 Back in Black AC / DC Life Is for Living Barclay James Harvest Richard Leslie Holroyd 6th Zenyatta Mondatta The Police Love me one last time Roland Kaiser Music: Bernd Dietrich, Gerd Günther Grabowski , Siegfried Michalski; Text: Bernd Dietrich, Norbert Hammerschmidt , Roland Kaiser 7th Face Value Phil Collins Angel of Mine Frank Duval & Orchestra Music: Uwe Frank Duval; Text: Kalina Maloyer 8th The Turn of a Friendly Card The Alan Parsons Project Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) Ottawan Jean Joseph Kluger, Daniel Vangarde 9 Visage visage Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes Sharon Lee Myers , Donna Terry Weiss 10 Reveries 2 Richard Clayderman
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• Annual charts: singles / albums

See also: 1981 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .