# Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1981 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102 "2015-10-09T23:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/1 "2015-10-09T23:47:51Z")
Small list in terms of amount of #1 songs. Like 1980, no Canadian artists were featured at the top of the charts. Older Polls: 1964-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767524) 1965-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714) 1966-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890) 1967-[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306) 1968-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597) 1969-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867) 1970-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085) 1971-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769397) 1972-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles: 1972 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769624) 1973-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1973 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769837) 1974-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770060) 1975-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295) 1976-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513) 1977-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753) 1978-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010) 1979-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771209](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771209) 1980-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771416](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771416) **You may vote for more than one song.** ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/2 "2015-10-10T01:20:50Z")
Blondie, Lennon, Easton, Stars On 45, Kool and Gang, The Police, and a half assed vote for Newton-John. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/3 "2015-10-10T04:04:16Z")
Friends of Mr, Cairo 9 to 5 ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/4 "2015-10-10T09:38:35Z")
_The Friends of Mr. Cairo_ was a number 1 single 🙂 ? Easy choice, then. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/5 "2015-10-10T20:20:52Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > _The Friends of Mr. Cairo_ was a number 1 single 🙂 ? Easy choice, then. On the Canadian charts only apparently. I also looked up on Wikipedia and it was not a hit at all elsewhere. Pretty good song, I’d never heard it before or else I would given it a vote. Strange, Jon Anderson of Yes and Vangelis. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/6 "2015-10-11T01:28:41Z")
“Just Like Starting Over” (even though I already voted for it in 1980), “Celebration,” and “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” are the three songs rated highly enough in the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** to earn my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1981/734102/7 "2015-10-11T09:31:37Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > On the Canadian charts only apparently. I also looked up on Wikipedia and it was not a hit at all elsewhere. > Pretty good song, I’d never heard it before or else I would given it a vote. Strange, Jon Anderson of Yes and Vangelis. They did a whole album together in the early 80s: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kCCtHCSuCs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kCCtHCSuCs) _I’ll Find my Way Home_ was something of a minor hit. I discovered the rest of the album, including _The Friends of Mr. Cairo_, much later thanks to my uncle who, in many ways, is still more hip in his 60s than I have ever been :D.