Top 40 Hits of Late May 1981
 | 1 | Adam & The Ants | Stand And Deliver |
 | 2 | Shakin' Stevens | You Drive Me Crazy |
 | 3 | Starsound | Stars On 45 |
 | 4 | Kim Wilde | Chequered Love |
 | 5 | Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad | Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) |
 | 6 | Ten Pole Tudor | Swords Of A Thousand Men |
 | 7 | REO Speedwagon | Keep On Loving You |
 | 8 | Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes |
 | 9 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free |
 | 10 | Madness | Grey Day |
 | 11 | Smokey Robinson | Being With You |
 | 12 | The Stray Cats | Stray Cat Strut |
 | 13 | Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai (Theme From 'Life And Times Of David Lloyd George') |
 | 14 | The Human League | The Sound Of The Crowd |
 | 15 | Sheena Easton | When He Shines |
 | 16 | Champaign | How 'Bout Us |
 | 17 | Quincy Jones | Al No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da) |
 | 18 | The Undertones | It's Going To Happen |
 | 19 | The Teardrop Explodes | Treason (It's Just A Story) |
 | 20 | Bucks Fizz | Making Your Mind Up |
 | 21 | Keith Marshall | Only Crying |
 | 22 | Thin Lizzy | Killers Live EP |
 | 23 | UB40 | Don't Let It Pass You By / Don't Slow Down |
 | 24 | Enigma | Ain't No Stopping |
 | 25 | George Harrison | All Those Years Ago |
 | 26 | The Beat | Drowning / All Out To Get You |
 | 27 | The Nolans | Attention to Me |
 | 28 | Vangelis | Chariots Of Fire |
 | 29 | Eddy Grant | Can't Get Enough Of You |
 | 30 | Department S | Is Vic There |
 | 31 | Spandau Ballet | Musclebound / Glow |
 | 32 | Michael Jackson | One Day In Your Life |
 | 33 | The Jacksons | Can You Feel It |
 | 34 | Hazel O'Connor | Will You |
 | 35 | Sugar Minott | Good Thing Going |
 | 36 | Barry Manilow | Bermuda Triangle |
 | 37 | Paul Shane & The Yellowcoats | Hi De Hi (Holiday Rock) |
 | 38 | The Polecats | Rockabilly Guy |
 | 39 | Duran Duran | Careless Memories |
 | 40 | Grover Washington Jr | Just The Two Of Us |