The Best of Top of the Pops '81 is a 1981 compilation album released by the Top of the Poppers, who were well-known for their cover-versions of popular songs during the 1970s. Poor sales meant that the Top of the Poppers series would fold soon after this release, remaining dormant until 1984. It has since been re-released on CD and iTunes.

Track listing

1. Stand and Deliver
   Stand and Deliver (song)
   "Stand and Deliver" was Adam and the Ants' most successful single. It entered the UK Top 40 at Number One and stayed there for five weeks. It was featured on their Prince Charming album...
   
   
2. Woman
3. Ghost Town
   Ghost Town
   "Ghost Town" is the title of a 1981 song by the British ska band, The Specials. The song spent three weeks at number one and ten weeks in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for...
   
   
4. This Ole House
   This Ole House
   "This Ole House" is a popular song written by Stuart Hamblen, and published in 1954.-Background:Hamblen was supposedly out on a hunting expedition when he and his fellow hunter, actor John Wayne, came across a tumbledown hut in the mountains, many miles from civilization...
   
   
5. Tainted Love
   Tainted Love
   "Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965. It attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell in 1981, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart, and has since been covered by numerous groups and...
   
   
6. Jealous Guy
   Jealous Guy
   "Jealous Guy" is a song written and performed by John Lennon which first appeared on his 1971 album Imagine. It is one of the most commonly covered Lennon songs, with at least ninety-two recorded cover versions, the most notable being Roxy Music's version, which reached number one in several...
   
   
7. It's My Party
   It's My Party
   It's My Party may refer to:*"It's My Party" , a 1963 number-one single by Lesley Gore*It's My Party , a 1996 film*It's My Party , a weekly reality TV show broadcast by RTÉ in summer 2006...
   
   
8. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
   Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
   "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" is a song by British rock group The Police from their album Ghost in the Machine. It was also a hit single that reached the top of the charts in the United Kingdom in November 1981 and hit number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart that same...
   
   
9. Making Your Mind Up
   Making Your Mind Up
   "Making Your Mind Up" is a song by British pop group Bucks Fizz. It was the winner of the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and a UK Number-one single...
   
   
10. One Day in Your Life
    One Day in Your Life (Michael Jackson song)
    "One Day in Your Life" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael. and 1981 album, One Day in Your Life. Later released as a single in 1981 due to the strong buzz that generated from the sales of Jackson's hit 1979 album Off the Wall, even though Jackson released...
    
    
11. Imagine
    Imagine (song)
    "Imagine" is a song written and performed by the English musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971...
    
    
12. Being With You
13. Green Door
    Green Door
    " Green Door" is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob Davie and lyrics written by Marvin Moore. The lyrics describe a nondescript establishment, with a green door, behind which "a happy crowd" play piano, smoke and "laugh a lot", and inside which the singer is not allowed.-Possible...
    
    
14. Shaddup You Face
15. Japanese Boy
    Japanese Boy
    "Japanese Boy" is a UK No.1 hit single by Scottish singer Aneka, released in 1981. The song became her biggest hit and provided the singer with a memorable Japanese image, which she found difficult to discard.- Background :...
    
    
16. Prince Charming

Reception

"Best of 1981, the final album in the series proper, wasn't simply the best one to arrive in a good three or four years, it also celebrated its own looming demise with a devil-may-care selection of songs and a positively brutal assault on its chosen victims." —- Dave Thompson for Allmusic.[]

See also

• Hallmark Records
  Hallmark Records
  Hallmark Records is a British record label. It was founded in the 1960s and recently revived. The revived company has since become a major publisher of budget CDs in the UK, issuing both public domain and copyrighted material. The company has also re-issued some of its albums from the 1960s and...
  
  
• Top of the Pops (record series)
  Top of the Pops (record series)
  Top of the Pops is the name of a series of records issued by Pickwick Records on their Hallmark label, which contain anonymous cover versions of recent and current hit singles. The recordings were intended to replicate the sound of the original hits as closely as possible...