Ce classement du 31 mai 1981 reflète la popularité des singles les plus écoutés et vendus sur une semaine. Il permet ainsi de renseigner avec la meilleure représentativité possible.
Classement des tubes en France
| TW | Artiste | Titre | Wks | LW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VISAGE | Fade to grey | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | ROBERT PALMER | Looking for clues | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | MICHEL SARDOU | Etre une femme | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | HERBERT LEONARD | Pour le plaisir | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | JEAN-PATRICK CAPDEVIELLE | Oh chiquita | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | PHIL COLLINS | In the air tonight | 12 | 6 |
| 7 | KENNY ROGERS | Lady | 10 | 10 |
| 8 | STRAY CATS | Runaway boys | 13 | 11 |
| 9 | YOKO ONO | Walking on thin ice | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | YVES SIMON | Qu'est-ce que sera demain | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | MIREILLE MATHIEU | Bravo tu as gagné | 10 | 7 |
| 12 | ROXY MUSIC | Jealous guy | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | ALAIN BASHUNG | Vertige de l'amour | 19 | 8 |
| 14 | RICHARD GOTAINER | Chipie | 11 | 12 |
| 15 | LE GRAND ORCHESTRE DU SPLENDID | Radio pirate | 7 | 16 |
| 16 | BLACK SLATE | Amigo | 11 | 20 |
| 17 | PIERRE BACHELET | Elle est d'ailleurs | 6 | 19 |
| 18 | AC/DC | Hells bells | 10 | 9 |
| 19 | TAXI GIRL | Cherchez le garçon | 15 | 14 |
| 20 | SHEILA | Et ne la ramène pas | 6 | 22 |
| 21 | JOE DOLCE | Shaddap you face | 7 | 25 |
| 22 | GARLAND JEFFREYS | Modern lovers | 8 | 26 |
| 23 | SISTER SLEDGE | All american girls | 14 | 21 |
| 24 | MOON MARTIN | Bad news | 6 | 27 |
| 25 | THE CLASH | The magnificent seven | 15 | 17 |
| 26 | PHILIPPE CHATEL | Tout quitter, mais tout emporter | 6 | 29 |
| 27 | QUINCY JONES | Aï no corrida | 4 | 42 |
| 28 | THE WHISPERS | It's a love thing | 6 | 30 |
| 29 | BIJOU | Rock à la radio | 12 | 32 |
| 30 | FRANKIE SMITH | Double dutch bus | 15 | 23 |
| 31 | VERONIQUE SANSON | Doux dehors, fou dedans | 4 | 33 |
| 32 | JOHN LENNON | Woman | 15 | 24 |
| 33 | ANNIE CORDY | Tata yoyo | 16 | 28 |
| 34 | PLASTIC BERTRAND | Hula hoop | 1 | NEW |
| 35 | STRAY CATS | Rock this town | 4 | 37 |
| 36 | MICHEL JONASZ | Joueurs de blues | 2 | 38 |
| 37 | O.M.D. | Enola gay | 22 | 31 |
| 38 | BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST | Waiting on the borderline | 1 | NEW |
| 39 | KIM LARSEN | Donnez-moi du feu | 5 | 79 |
| 40 | MICHELE TORR | De l'amour | 3 | 44 |
| 41 | ULTRAVOX | Vienna | 11 | 36 |
| 42 | SANTANA | I love you much too much | 5 | 34 |
| 43 | KIM CARNES | Bette Davis eyes | 5 | 46 |
| 44 | JONA LEWIE | Stop the cavalry | 18 | 35 |
| 45 | RENAUD | C'est un mauvais garçon | 4 | 40 |
| 46 | REO SPEEDWAGON | Keep on loving you | 8 | 47 |
| 47 | JEAN GABILOU | Humanahum | 4 | 41 |
| 48 | LENE LOVICH | New toy | 9 | 48 |
| 49 | RUPERT HINE | Misplaced love | 3 | 52 |
| 50 | RITA LEE | Lança perfume | 11 | 51 |
| 51 | JEAN-MICHEL JARRE | Les chants magnétiques part II | 5 | 59 |
| 52 | DANIEL BALAVOINE | Lipstick polychrome | 5 | 58 |
| 53 | EDDY GRANT | Do you feel my love | 19 | 45 |
| 54 | JULIO IGLESIAS | Viens m'embrasser | 1 | NEW |
| 55 | CATHERINE DENEUVE & SERGE GAINSBOURG | Dieu fumeur de havanes | 10 | 39 |
| 56 | STARS ON 45 | Stars on 45 | 2 | 56 |
| 57 | CHARLELIE COUTURE | Pochette surprise | 9 | 43 |
| 58 | KIM WILDE | Kids in America | 5 | 60 |
| 59 | TAXXI | Not me girl | 6 | 66 |
| 60 | J.J. CALE | Mama don't | 4 | 53 |
| 61 | BARBARA | La déraison | 2 | 62 |
| 62 | REAL THING | She's a groovy freak | 7 | 49 |
| 63 | NICOLETTA | Pense à lui | 2 | 54 |
| 64 | FRANCOISE HARDY | Villégiature | 2 | 68 |
| 65 | PINO D'ANGIO | Una notte da impazzire | 2 | 72 |
| 66 | RICHARD SANDERSON | Reality | 20 | 50 |
| 67 | T.S. MONK | Bon bon vie (gimme the good life) | 7 | 63 |
| 68 | JOHNNY HALLYDAY | Excusez-moi de chanter encore du rock'n'roll | 8 | 57 |
| 69 | KATE BUSH | Army dreamers | 3 | 74 |
| 70 | GRACE JONES | I've seen that face before (Libertango) | 5 | 76 |
| 71 | SANTANA | Changes | 4 | 55 |
| 72 | THE WHO | You better you bet | 3 | 75 |
| 73 | WAS (NOT WAS) | Wheel me out | 3 | 61 |
| 74 | JULIO IGLESIAS | Fidèle | 2 | 77 |
| 75 | SACHA DISTEL | Le bateau blanc | 13 | 64 |
| 76 | ROMAIN DIDIER | Amnésie | 1 | NEW |
| 77 | IRON MAIDEN | Wrathchild | 3 | 80 |
| 78 | MINO | Les mocassins | 3 | 90 |
| 79 | GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS | Just the two of us | 4 | 84 |
| 80 | DONOVAN | Mee mee I love you | 2 | 69 |
| 81 | NEW MUSIK | Churches | 5 | 86 |
| 82 | ALAIN CHAMFORT | Bambou | 1 | NEW |
| 83 | STEVIE WONDER | Lately | 2 | 85 |
| 84 | CHANGE | Paradise | 2 | 82 |
| 85 | IGGY POP | Bang-bang | 1 | NEW |
| 86 | ADAM & THE ANTS | Stand and deliver | 2 | 88 |
| 87 | CHEREZE | Je danse encore | 17 | 71 |
| 88 | JEANE MANSON | J'ai toujours écouté mon coeur | 1 | NEW |
| 89 | SECRET SERVICE | Ye si ca | 1 | NEW |
| 90 | LIME | Your love | 2 | 91 |
| 91 | BUCKS FIZZ | Making your mind up | 7 | 83 |
| 92 | PIERRE GROSCOLAS | Et les dieux | 1 | NEW |
| 93 | TELEPHONE | Au coeur de la nuit | 7 | 78 |
| 94 | STANLEY CLARKE & GEORGE DUKE | Louie Louie | 1 | NEW |
| 95 | JEAN-BAPTISTE QUENIN | Parfum de femme | 2 | 94 |
| 96 | SHALAMAR | Make that move | 4 | 92 |
| 97 | MATHEMATIQUES MODERNES | Paris Tokyo | 1 | NEW |
| 98 | ARETHA FRANKLIN | What a fool believes | 1 | NEW |
| 99 | FISCHER-Z | Marliese | 1 | NEW |
| 100 | CHRISTIAN VIDAL | Toi Gabrielle | 1 | NEW |
