Top 40 Hits of March 1981
| 1 | Roxy Music | Jealous Guy |
| 2 | Shakin' Stevens | This Ole House |
| 3 | Kim Wilde | Kids In America |
| 4 | Adam & The Ants | Kings Of The Wild Frontier |
| 5 | Joe Dolce Music Theatre | Shaddup You Face |
| 6 | Ultravox | Vienna |
| 7 | Coast To Coast | (Do) The Hucklebuck |
| 8 | Toyah | Four From Toyah (EP) |
| 9 | The Teardrop Explodes | Reward |
| 10 | Stevie Wonder | Lately |
| 11 | Freeez | Southern Freeez |
| 12 | The Who | You Better You Bet |
| 13 | Status Quo | Something 'Bout You Baby I Like |
| 14 | Motorhead / Girlschool | St Valentine's Day Massacre (EP) |
| 15 | Rainbow | I Surrender |
| 16 | Kiki Dee | Star |
| 17 | Talking Heads | Once In A Lifetime |
| 18 | Landscape | Einstein A-Go-Go |
| 19 | Tony Capstick & The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band | Capstick Comes Home / The Sheffield Grinder |
| 20 | Duran Duran | Planet Earth |
| 21 | Kool & The Gang | Jones vs Jones / Summer Madness / Funky Stuff |
| 22 | Phil Collins | I Missed Again |
| 23 | Beggar & Co | Somebody (Help Me Out) |
| 24 | Linx | Intuition |
| 25 | Visage | Mind Of A Toy |
| 26 | Madness | The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven |
| 27 | Kelly Marie | Hot Love |
| 28 | The Whispers | It's A Love Thing |
| 29 | The Stray Cats | Rock This Town |
| 30 | John Lennon | Woman |
| 31 | The Jacksons | Can You Feel It |
| 32 | Fred Wedlock | The Oldest Swinger In Town |
| 33 | Bucks Fizz | Making Your Mind Up |
| 34 | Dave Stewart With Colin Blunstone | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted |
| 35 | Hazel O'Connor | D-Days |
| 36 | Sharon Redd | Can You Handle It |
| 37 | Adam & The Ants | Antmusic |
| 38 | The Nolans | Attention to Me |
| 39 | Dire Straits | Romeo And Juliet |
| 40 | The Jam | That's Entertainment |