NEW CHART ENTRIES : August 1981

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Singles that entered the UK charts in August 1981 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)...

(highest UK chart position in brackets)

01 Kim Wilde - Water On Glass (11)
02 Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight (4)
03 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Arabian Knights (32)
04 Startrax - Club Disco (Part 1) (18)
05 Debbie Harry - Backfired (32)
06 Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar (16)
07 Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1)
08 Michael Jackson - We're Almost There (46)
09 Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs (49)
10 Matchbox - Love's Made a Fool of You (63)
11 Hazel O'Connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (41)
12 Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up) (56)
13 Human League - Love Action (3)
14 U2 - Fire (35)
15 Enigma - I Love Music (25)
16 UB40 - One In Ten (7)
17 Aneka - Japanese Boy (1)
18 Classix Nouveaux - Inside Outside (45)
19 Level 42 - Turn It On (57)
20 Hi Gloss - You'll Never Know (12)
21 Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia (18)
22 Thin Lizzy - Trouble Boys (53)
23 Kim Carnes - Draw Of The Cards (49)
24 Nolans - Chemistry (15)
25 Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (50)
26 Simple Minds - Love Song (47)
27 Dollar - Hand Held In Black & White (19)
28 Bow Wow Wow - Prince Of Darkness (58)
29 Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa (12)
30 Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine (42)
31 Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights (20)
32 Genesis - ABACAB (9)
33 Ultravox - Thin Wall (14)
34 Gary 'US' Bonds & Bruce Springsteen - Jole Blon (51)
35 Jets - Sugar Doll (55)
36 Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand (10)
37 Funkapolitan - As The Time Goes By (41)
38 Rachel Sweet & Rex Smith - Everlasting Love (35)
39 Mojo - Dance On (70)
40 Boys Town Gang - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (46)
41 Polecats - Jeepster / Marie Celeste (53)
42 Gary Numan - She's Got Claws (6)
43 Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound (4)
44 Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (7)
45 Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark - Souvenir (3)
46 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) (3)
47 Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend (25)
48 Hollies - Holliedaze (A Medley) (28)
49 John Foxx - Europe After The Rain (40)
50 Look - Feeding Time (50)
51 News - Audio Video (52)
52 Beach Boys - Beach Boys Medley (47)
53 Foreigner - Urgent (54)