HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Tell It Like It Is” by Heart
“Tell It Like It Is” by Heart finished No. 87 on the year-end Top 100 of 1981, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 871981
Year-end charts11981
ArtistHeart8 year-end hits
Decade1980ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1981 was “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes. Heart had 8 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Tell It Like It Is”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1981 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1981 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Winning | Santana | ▶♪ |
| 85 | What Kind Of Fool | Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb | ▶♪ |
| 86 | Watching The Wheels | John Lennon | ▶♪ |
| 87 | Tell It Like It Is | Heart | ▶♪ |
| 88 | Smoky Mountain Rain | Ronnie Milsap | ▶♪ |
| 89 | I Made It Through The Rain | Barry Manilow | ▶♪ |
| 90 | You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' | Daryl Hall and John Oates | ▶♪ |
More hits by Heart
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alone | Heart | 1987 #2 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You | Heart | 1990 #16 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Never | Heart | 1986 #18 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | These Dreams | Heart | 1986 #33 | ▶♪ |
| 5 | Barracuda | Heart | 1977 #53 | ▶♪ |
| 6 | What About Love | Heart | 1985 #87 | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Who Will You Run Too | Heart | 1987 #88 | ▶♪ |
Same title, different hit
“Tell It Like It Is” by Aaron Neville (1967)
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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.