
Ce classement du 5 juillet 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 | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | HERBERT LEONARD | Pour le plaisir | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | MOON MARTIN | Bad news | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | PIERRE BACHELET | Elle est d'ailleurs | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | JOE DOLCE | Shaddap you face | 12 | 9 |
| 6 | KIM LARSEN | Donnez-moi du feu | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | ROXY MUSIC | Jealous guy | 16 | 6 |
| 8 | KIM CARNES | Bette Davis eyes | 10 | 12 |
| 9 | QUINCY JONES | Aï no corrida | 9 | 11 |
| 10 | BLACK SLATE | Amigo | 16 | 4 |
| 11 | KIM WILDE | Kids in America | 10 | 13 |
| 12 | BIJOU | Rock à la radio | 17 | 15 |
| 13 | JEAN-MICHEL JARRE | Les chants magnétiques part II | 10 | 17 |
| 14 | GRACE JONES | I've seen that face before (Libertango) | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | MICHEL SARDOU | Etre une femme | 12 | 10 |
| 16 | YVES SIMON | Qu'est-ce que sera demain | 11 | 14 |
| 17 | LIME | Your love | 7 | 23 |
| 18 | STRAY CATS | Rock this town | 9 | 19 |
| 19 | PLASTIC BERTRAND | Hula hoop | 6 | 22 |
| 20 | ELTON JOHN | J'veux d'la tendresse | 5 | 25 |
| 21 | LE GRAND ORCHESTRE DU SPLENDID | Radio pirate | 12 | 18 |
| 22 | GARLAND JEFFREYS | Modern lovers | 13 | 8 |
| 23 | ROBERT PALMER | Looking for clues | 18 | 16 |
| 24 | SHEILA | Et ne la ramène pas | 11 | 20 |
| 25 | SYLVIE VARTAN | L'amour c'est comme une cigarette | 5 | 26 |
| 26 | MICHEL JONASZ | Joueurs de blues | 7 | 27 |
| 27 | ALAIN CHAMFORT | Bambou | 6 | 29 |
| 28 | BUZY | Dyslexique | 5 | 37 |
| 29 | PINO D'ANGIO | Una notte da impazzire | 7 | 33 |
| 30 | JULIO IGLESIAS | Viens m'embrasser | 6 | 32 |
| 31 | PATRICK COUTIN | J'aime regarder les filles | 5 | 38 |
| 32 | PHILIPPE CHATEL | Tout quitter, mais tout emporter | 11 | 24 |
| 33 | STARS ON 45 | Stars on 45 | 1 | RE |
| 34 | JOHNNY HALLYDAY | Je t'ai aimée | 2 | 46 |
| 35 | RITA LEE | Lança perfume | 16 | 36 |
| 36 | BERNARD LAVILLIERS | Betty | 3 | 79 |
| 37 | EDDY MITCHELL | Y'a rien qui remplace un amour | 4 | 44 |
| 38 | GROVER WASHINGTON JR. & BILL WITHERS | Just the two of us | 9 | 39 |
| 39 | MICHEL POLNAREFF | Tam-tam (l'homme prehisto) | 1 | NEW |
| 40 | SHEENA EASTON | Morning train (nine to five) | 2 | 45 |
| 41 | JONA LEWIE | Louise (we get it right) | 4 | 59 |
| 42 | DANIEL BALAVOINE | Lipstick polychrome | 10 | 28 |
| 43 | RICHARD GOTAINER | Chipie | 16 | 34 |
| 44 | STEVIE WONDER | Lately | 7 | 54 |
| 45 | MIREILLE MATHIEU | Bravo tu as gagné | 15 | 35 |
| 46 | FRANCOISE HARDY | Villégiature | 7 | 30 |
| 47 | JULIO IGLESIAS | Fidèle | 2 | 50 |
| 48 | PHIL COLLINS | In the air tonight | 17 | 31 |
| 49 | VIVIAN REED | Faith and fire | 5 | 40 |
| 50 | FRANCOIS VALERY | Chanson d'adieu | 4 | 42 |
| 51 | FREDDIE JAMES | Music takes me higher | 4 | 53 |
| 52 | ROMAIN DIDIER | Amnésie | 6 | 55 |
| 53 | SANTANA | I love you much too much | 10 | 69 |
| 54 | KENNY ROGERS | Lady | 15 | 41 |
| 55 | ADAM & THE ANTS | Stand and deliver | 7 | 62 |
| 56 | ALAIN BASHUNG | Vertige de l'amour | 24 | 52 |
| 57 | JEAN SCHULTHEIS | Confidence pour confidence | 3 | 72 |
| 58 | GEORGE HARRISON | All those years ago | 5 | 74 |
| 59 | BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST | Waiting on the borderline | 6 | 51 |
| 60 | REO SPEEDWAGON | Keep on loving you | 13 | 48 |
| 61 | DAVE | L'année de l'amour | 4 | 68 |
| 62 | DANIEL GUICHARD | T'aimer pour la vie | 1 | NEW |
| 63 | MAG & THE SUSPECTS | Thousands dead | 3 | 66 |
| 64 | DEMIS ROUSSOS | La course infinie | 4 | 65 |
| 65 | TOMMY NILSSON | No way no how | 5 | 75 |
| 66 | THELMA HOUSTON | If you feel it | 1 | NEW |
| 67 | TAXI GIRL | Cherchez le garçon | 20 | 49 |
| 68 | IRON MAIDEN | Wrathchild | 8 | 63 |
| 69 | THE JACKSONS | Can you feel it | 1 | NEW |
| 70 | MICHELE TORR | De l'amour | 8 | 64 |
| 71 | MINO | Les mocassins | 8 | 60 |
| 72 | WILLIAM SHELLER | Une chanson noble et sentimentale | 2 | 76 |
| 73 | SHALAMAR | Make that move | 9 | 77 |
| 74 | MAGAZINE 60 | Magazine 60 | 2 | 70 |
| 75 | VERONIQUE SANSON | Doux dehors, fou dedans | 9 | 58 |
| 76 | LINDA DE SUZA | Toi mon amour caché | 2 | 82 |
| 77 | ODYSSEY | Going back to my roots | 1 | NEW |
| 78 | MICHEL SARDOU | Le mauvais homme | 1 | NEW |
| 79 | JAIRO | Forte più forte di me (woman in love) | 3 | 56 |
| 80 | GINO SOCCIO | Try it out | 4 | 84 |
| 81 | NEW MUSIK | Churches | 10 | 57 |
| 82 | SECRETS | Mr. boogie man | 3 | 71 |
| 83 | UB40 | Present arms | 1 | NEW |
| 84 | MICHEL STELIO | She's a lady | 1 | RE |
| 85 | STARSHOOTER | Quel bel avenir | 1 | RE |
| 86 | SISTER SLEDGE | All american girls | 19 | 61 |
| 87 | TELEPHONE | Le silence | 2 | 85 |
| 88 | CAROL JIANI | Hit'n run lover | 1 | NEW |
| 89 | GINO VANNELLI | Living inside myself | 1 | NEW |
| 90 | THE WHISPERS | It's a love thing | 11 | 67 |
| 91 | BØNØ | Les nuits de week-end | 1 | NEW |
| 92 | MANU DIBANGO | Happy feeling | 2 | 91 |
| 93 | SHARON REDD | Can you handle it | 2 | 95 |
| 94 | HEAVEN 17 | (We don't need this) fascist groove thang | 4 | 73 |
| 95 | BILLY SQUIER | The stroke | 4 | 89 |
| 96 | SHAKE | La rivière de l'amour (begawan solo) | 2 | 83 |
| 97 | YELLO | Night flanger | 1 | NEW |
| 98 | AC/DC | Back in black | 3 | 90 |
| 99 | PATRICK D. MARTIN | Police paranoia | 1 | NEW |
| 100 | GICHY DAN | Cowboys and gangsters | 1 | NEW |