Top 40 Hits of April 1981
| 1 | Bucks Fizz | Making Your Mind Up |
| 2 | Shakin' Stevens | This Ole House |
| 3 | Stevie Wonder | Lately |
| 4 | Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai (Theme From 'Life And Times Of David Lloyd George') |
| 5 | Landscape | Einstein A-Go-Go |
| 6 | Kim Wilde | Kids In America |
| 7 | Sugar Minott | Good Thing Going |
| 8 | The Jacksons | Can You Feel It |
| 9 | The Whispers | It's A Love Thing |
| 10 | Graham Bonnet | Night Games |
| 11 | Linx | Intuition |
| 12 | Tony Capstick & The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band | Capstick Comes Home / The Sheffield Grinder |
| 13 | Hazel O'Connor | D-Days |
| 14 | Toyah | Four From Toyah (EP) |
| 15 | The Nolans | Attention to Me |
| 16 | Dave Stewart With Colin Blunstone | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted |
| 17 | Bad Manners | Just A Feeling |
| 18 | Gillan | New Orleans |
| 19 | Coast To Coast | (Do) The Hucklebuck |
| 20 | Spandau Ballet | Musclebound / Glow |
| 21 | Starsound | Stars On 45 |
| 22 | Saxon | And The Band Played On |
| 23 | Visage | Mind Of A Toy |
| 24 | Roxy Music | Jealous Guy |
| 25 | Duran Duran | Planet Earth |
| 26 | Keith Marshall | Only Crying |
| 27 | Adam & The Ants | Kings Of The Wild Frontier |
| 28 | Public Image Ltd | Flowers Of Romance |
| 29 | Madness | Grey Day |
| 30 | Eddy Grant | Can't Get Enough Of You |
| 31 | Kool & The Gang | Jones vs Jones / Summer Madness / Funky Stuff |
| 32 | The Teardrop Explodes | Reward |
| 33 | Shalamar | Make That Move |
| 34 | The Who | You Better You Bet |
| 35 | Whitesnake | Don't Break My Heart Again |
| 36 | Barry Manilow | Bermuda Triangle |
| 37 | John Lennon | Watching The Wheels |
| 38 | Department S | Is Vic There |
| 39 | David Bowie | Up The Hill Backwards |
| 40 | Kiki Dee | Star |