Ce classement du 6 décembre 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 | SOFT CELL | Tainted love | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | B.B. & Q. BAND | On the beat | 15 | 3 |
| 3 | MICHEL SARDOU | Les lacs du Connemara | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | THE ROLLING STONES | Start me up | 14 | 2 |
| 5 | ALAIN CHAMFORT | Paradis | 10 | 7 |
| 6 | ANEKA | Japanese boy | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | EARTH, WIND & FIRE | Let's groove | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | OSCAR BENTON | Bensonhurst blues | 10 | 11 |
| 9 | IMAGINATION | Body talk | 11 | 15 |
| 10 | BUGGLES | I am a camera | 13 | 17 |
| 11 | MICHEL BERGER | Mademoiselle Chang | 13 | 6 |
| 12 | MARTY BALIN | Hearts | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | VOGGUE | Dancin' the night away | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | CHRISTOPHER CROSS | Arthur's theme (best that you can do) | 11 | 8 |
| 15 | FRANCIS CABREL | Carte postale | 11 | 13 |
| 16 | FRANCE JOLI | Gonna get over you | 14 | 10 |
| 17 | DEPECHE MODE | Just can't get enough | 16 | 19 |
| 18 | MICHEL POLNAREFF | Radio | 12 | 12 |
| 19 | FOREIGNER | Urgent | 10 | 22 |
| 20 | GENESIS | Abacab | 13 | 14 |
| 21 | THE POLICE | Every little thing she does is magic | 12 | 16 |
| 22 | MARIANNE FAITHFULL | Sweetheart | 9 | 23 |
| 23 | SHAKIN' STEVENS | You drive me crazy | 9 | 25 |
| 24 | O.M.D. | Souvenir | 18 | 18 |
| 25 | OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN | Physical | 8 | 28 |
| 26 | POINTER SISTERS | Slow hand | 9 | 29 |
| 27 | TRUST | Certitude... solitude... | 6 | 31 |
| 28 | SHEENA EASTON | For your eyes only | 6 | 34 |
| 29 | FRANCOIS VALERY & SOPHIE MARCEAU | Dream in blue | 5 | 53 |
| 30 | GILBERTO GIL | Palco | 9 | 32 |
| 31 | AL JARREAU | Roof garden | 13 | 24 |
| 32 | ROD STEWART | Tonight I'm yours (don't hurt me) | 7 | 33 |
| 33 | JEAN-PATRICK CAPDEVIELLE | Señorita | 8 | 36 |
| 34 | BERNARD LAVILLIERS | Pigalle la blanche | 6 | 41 |
| 35 | ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA | Hold on tight | 17 | 26 |
| 36 | SHEILA | Little darlin' | 3 | 38 |
| 37 | NANA MOUSKOURI | Je chante avec toi liberté | 10 | 40 |
| 38 | JEAN SCHULTHEIS | Confidence pour confidence | 25 | 27 |
| 39 | KOOL & THE GANG | Take my heart (you can have if you want it) | 6 | 43 |
| 40 | MICHELE TORR | J'en appelle à la tendresse | 9 | 44 |
| 41 | RICCHI E POVERI | Sarà perché ti amo | 22 | 30 |
| 42 | AC/DC | For those about to rock (we salute you) | 3 | 56 |
| 43 | EDDY MITCHELL | Pauvre baby doll | 7 | 37 |
| 44 | ENNIO MORRICONE | Chi mai | 5 | 47 |
| 45 | KIM WILDE | Chequered love | 10 | 55 |
| 46 | KAREN CHERYL | Les nouveaux romantiques | 16 | 35 |
| 47 | DANIEL BALAVOINE | La vie ne m'apprend rien | 6 | 51 |
| 48 | DIANA ROSS | Why do fools fall in love | 3 | 39 |
| 49 | TOM TOM CLUB | Wordy rappinghood | 21 | 42 |
| 50 | SERGE LAMA | Avec simplicité | 6 | 52 |
| 51 | FRANCE GALL | Tout pour la musique | 1 | NEW |
| 52 | STRAY CATS | Baby blue eyes | 5 | 61 |
| 53 | RICKIE LEE JONES | Pirates (so long lonely avenue) | 11 | 46 |
| 54 | CHAGRIN D'AMOUR | Chacun fait (c'qui lui plait) | 1 | NEW |
| 55 | CLAIRE D'ASTA | La chanson de Prévert | 8 | 45 |
| 56 | LESLEY JAYNE | Rocking with my radio | 13 | 49 |
| 57 | KOOL & THE GANG | Steppin' out | 5 | 59 |
| 58 | PHILIPPE TIMSIT | Henri porte des lilas | 3 | 64 |
| 59 | SERGE GAINSBOURG | Ecce homo | 2 | 65 |
| 60 | LA VELLE | Rastafaris | 3 | 63 |
| 61 | HERVE CRISTIANI | Il est libre Max | 6 | 66 |
| 62 | LOUIS CHEDID | Ainsi soit-il | 4 | 67 |
| 63 | ALAIN SOUCHON | Somerset maugham | 1 | NEW |
| 64 | RENAUD | Banlieue rouge | 1 | NEW |
| 65 | SYLVIE VARTAN | Ca va mal | 8 | 60 |
| 66 | BEE GEES | He's a liar | 12 | 50 |
| 67 | THE CLASH | This is radio clash | 1 | NEW |
| 68 | CHARLELIE COUTURE | Comme un avion sans aile | 6 | 70 |
| 69 | DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES | Private eyes | 5 | 74 |
| 70 | NIKKA COSTA | (Out here) On my own | 1 | NEW |
| 71 | KIM CARNES | Draw of the cards | 3 | 72 |
| 72 | BONEY M. | We kill the world (don't kill the world) | 1 | RE |
| 73 | RINGO STARR | Wrack my brain | 1 | NEW |
| 74 | CENTRAL LINE | Walking into sunshine | 2 | 76 |
| 75 | RICHARD GOTAINER | Le sampa | 1 | NEW |
| 76 | MEN AT WORK | Who can it be now | 3 | 84 |
| 77 | CARL CARLTON | She's a bad mama jama (she's built, she's stacked) | 2 | 78 |
| 78 | JULIO IGLESIAS | Une chanson qui revient | 1 | NEW |
| 79 | JEAN-JACQUES GOLDMAN | Il suffira d'un signe | 4 | 81 |
| 80 | HI-GLOSS | You'll never know | 4 | 82 |
| 81 | LAURENT VOULZY | Idéal simplifié | 1 | NEW |
| 82 | BALANCE | Breaking away | 4 | 85 |
| 83 | DONALD BYRD | Love has come around | 4 | 71 |
| 84 | MODERN ROMANCE | Everybody salsa | 2 | 86 |
| 85 | BILLY IDOL | Mony mony | 1 | NEW |
| 86 | PATRICK COWLEY | Menergy | 2 | 97 |
| 87 | GUY BEART | La grève du rêve | 1 | NEW |
| 88 | GERARD MANSET | Le train du soir | 1 | NEW |
| 89 | JOHNNY HALLYDAY | J'en ai marre | 12 | 68 |
| 90 | PATRICK VERBEKE | Mets ta casquette blues | 1 | NEW |
| 91 | RENAUD DETRESSAN | On est comme on est | 9 | 54 |
| 92 | LIME | You're my magician | 2 | 99 |
| 93 | SVETLANA | Quand ta lettre est arrivée | 1 | NEW |
| 94 | J.J. LIONEL | La danse des petits chats | 1 | NEW |
| 95 | ODYSSEY | Going back to my roots | 23 | 75 |
| 96 | GERALDINE HUNT | It doesn't only happen at night | 1 | NEW |
| 97 | DEF LEPPARD | High'n'dry (saturday night) | 1 | NEW |
| 98 | THE STRIKERS | Body music | 6 | 77 |
| 99 | ULTRAVOX | The thin wall | 1 | NEW |
| 100 | WAY OF THE WEST | Don't say that's just for white boys | 5 | 87 |
