Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1981

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981.

[1][2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 26, 1981, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1980 through October 31, 1981.

" Bette Davis Eyes " by Kim Carnes was the number one song of 1981.
Three songs by John Lennon appear on the Year-End Hot 100, charting posthumously after his murder in late 1980.