Top 40 Hits of Early May 1981
 | 1 | Adam & The Ants | Stand And Deliver |
 | 2 | Starsound | Stars On 45 |
 | 3 | Bucks Fizz | Making Your Mind Up |
 | 4 | Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai (Theme From 'Life And Times Of David Lloyd George') |
 | 5 | Madness | Grey Day |
 | 6 | Shakin' Stevens | You Drive Me Crazy |
 | 7 | Sugar Minott | Good Thing Going |
 | 8 | The Jacksons | Can You Feel It |
 | 9 | The Nolans | Attention to Me |
 | 10 | Spandau Ballet | Musclebound / Glow |
 | 11 | Graham Bonnet | Night Games |
 | 12 | Keith Marshall | Only Crying |
 | 13 | Shakin' Stevens | This Ole House |
 | 14 | REO Speedwagon | Keep On Loving You |
 | 15 | Eddy Grant | Can't Get Enough Of You |
 | 16 | The Whispers | It's A Love Thing |
 | 17 | Landscape | Einstein A-Go-Go |
 | 18 | Saxon | And The Band Played On |
 | 19 | Ten Pole Tudor | Swords Of A Thousand Men |
 | 20 | Barry Manilow | Bermuda Triangle |
 | 21 | Stevie Wonder | Lately |
 | 22 | Bad Manners | Just A Feeling |
 | 23 | Whitesnake | Don't Break My Heart Again |
 | 24 | Quincy Jones | Al No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da) |
 | 25 | The Stray Cats | Stray Cat Strut |
 | 26 | Gillan | New Orleans |
 | 27 | Kim Wilde | Chequered Love |
 | 28 | The Beat | Drowning / All Out To Get You |
 | 29 | Department S | Is Vic There |
 | 30 | Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad | Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) |
 | 31 | Sheena Easton | When He Shines |
 | 32 | Thin Lizzy | Killers Live EP |
 | 33 | Public Image Ltd | Flowers Of Romance |
 | 34 | Linx | Intuition |
 | 35 | Hazel O'Connor | D-Days |
 | 36 | The Teardrop Explodes | Treason (It's Just A Story) |
 | 37 | Shalamar | Make That Move |
 | 38 | The Human League | The Sound Of The Crowd |
 | 39 | Kim Wilde | Kids In America |
 | 40 | Dave Stewart With Colin Blunstone | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted |