List of number-one dance singles of 1981 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1981.

Issue date	Song	Artist
January 3	"Celebration"/ "Take It to the Top"	Kool & The Gang
January 10
January 17
January 24	"You're Too Late "	Fantasy
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28	"Rapture"/ "The Tide Is High"	Blondie
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28	"Breaking and Entering"/ "Easy Money"	Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble
April 4
April 11
April 18
April 25	"Your Love"/ "You're My Magician"	Lime
May 2	"Lay All Your Love on Me"/ "Super Trouper"/ "On and On and On"	ABBA
May 9	"Paradise"/ "Hold Tight"/ "Heaven of My Life"	Change
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13	"Try It Out"/ "Hold Tight"	Gino Soccio
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25	"Give It to Me Baby"/ "Super Freak"/ "Ghetto Life"	Rick James
August 1
August 8
August 15	"I'm in Love"	Evelyn King
August 22
August 29
September 5	"Dancin' the Night Away"	Voggue
September 12
September 19
September 26	"A Little Bit of Jazz"	Nick Straker Band
October 3	"Zulu"	The Quick
October 10
October 17	"Do You Love Me"/ "The Genie"	Patti Austin
October 24
October 31	"Menergy"/ "I Wanna Take You Home"	Patrick Cowley
November 7
November 14	"Controversy"/ "Let's Work"	Prince
November 21
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26	"You Can"/ "Fire in My Heart"	Madleen Kane

See also

• 1981 in music
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References

• Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, P.O. Box 200, Menomonee Falls WI, USA 53052: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, http://www.recordresearch.com/dance_disco/hot_dance_disco_1974_2003.php 
• Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984.