Best Song of 1981

[Melman]

Depends entirely on your tastes of music genre.

Some like the pop stuff.

I was already into rock and metal. But there was also plenty of great pop music I liked as well. But as sheer force of album power from start to finish...

Rush - Moving Pictures
Journey - Escape
Def Leppard - High n Dry
Ozzy - Dairy of a Madman
Styx - Paradise Theater
Triumph - Allied Forces
AC/DC - For those about to rock
Van Halen - Fair Warning
BOC - Fire of unknown origin
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Saxon - Denim and Leather
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

Those albums are masterpieces and hugely influential on me.

Allied Forces is a great album… I don’t think it gets the love it deserves.

 

[Melman]

that was either '82 or '83

It was released in ’83 in the U.S.

 

[shopson67]

Another One Bites The Dust was 1980...

FWIW, Billboard's Top 25 singles of 1981:

Bette Davis Eyes - Kin Carnes
Endless Love - Diana Ross/Lionel Ritchie
Lady - Kenny Rogers
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
Celebration - Kool & The Gang
Kiss On My List - Hall & Oates
I Love A Rainy Night - Kenny Loggins
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Believe It Or Not (Theme From The Greatest American Hero) - Joey Scarbury
Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton
Being With You - Smokey Robinson
Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton
Rapture - Blondie
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - Raydio
The Tide Is High - Blondie
Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr/Bill Withers
Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
I Love You - Climax Blues Band
Woman - John Lennon
Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
Stars On 45 Medley - Stars On 45
Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton

 

[shopson67]

Can't forget this one!

 

[MIKE75]

Love Billy Squier Dont Say No was a good album.

Also OZZY Diary Of A Madman one of my all time fav albums and last with Randy Rhoads......

 

[MIKE75]

Allied Forces is a great album… I don’t think it gets the love it deserves.

Triumph like them too especially Allied Forces and Just A Game.

 

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