Top 40 Hits of November 1981
| 1 | Queen & David Bowie | Under Pressure |
| 2 | Julio Iglesias | Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) |
| 3 | The Police | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic |
| 4 | Altered Images | Happy Birthday |
| 5 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Joan Of Arc |
| 6 | The Four Tops | When She Was My Girl |
| 7 | Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin | It's My Party |
| 8 | Haircut 100 | Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) |
| 9 | Earth Wind & Fire | Let's Groove |
| 10 | Squeeze | Labelled With Love |
| 11 | Olivia Newton-John | Physical |
| 12 | Rod Stewart | Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) |
| 13 | Soft Cell | Bedsitter |
| 14 | Diana Ross | Why Do Fools Fall In Love? |
| 15 | Elvis Costello | A Good Year For The Roses |
| 16 | The Pretenders | I Go To Sleep |
| 17 | Modern Romance | Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey |
| 18 | The Tweets | The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) |
| 19 | The Fureys With Davey Arthur | When You Were Sweet 16 |
| 20 | Kool & The Gang | Steppin' Out |
| 21 | BA Robertson & Maggie Bell | Hold Me |
| 22 | The Human League | Open Your Heart |
| 23 | Ultravox | The Voice |
| 24 | Barry Manilow | Let's Hang On |
| 25 | Cliff Richard | Daddy's Home |
| 26 | The Jam | Absolute Beginners |
| 27 | Shakin' Stevens | It's Raining |
| 28 | ABC | Tears Are Not Enough |
| 29 | Fun Boy Three | The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) |
| 30 | Trevor Walters | Love Me Tonight |
| 31 | Rush | Tom Sawyer |
| 32 | The Jets | Yes Tonight Josephine |
| 33 | Toyah | Thunder In The Mountains |
| 34 | Kim Wilde | Cambodia |
| 35 | Electric Light Orchestra | Twilight |
| 36 | Japan | Visions Of China |
| 37 | Imagination | Flashback |
| 38 | Laurie Anderson | O Superman |
| 39 | Ottawan | Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) |
| 40 | Toyah | Four More From Toyah |