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