HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Suddenly” by Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard
“Suddenly” by Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard finished No. 91 on the year-end Top 100 of 1981, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 911981
Year-end charts11981
ArtistOlivia Newton-John15 year-end hits
Decade1980ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1981 was “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes. Olivia Newton-John had 15 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
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More hits by Olivia Newton-John
Same title, different hit
“Suddenly” by Billy Ocean (1985)
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.