Smash Hits Reader’s Poll – Best Single of the Year (1981)

~ Release group award

Release groups

#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Releases
1	1980	Don’t Stand So Close to Me	The Police	Single	2
2	1980	Going Underground	The Jam	Single	3
3	1980	Ashes to Ashes	David Bowie	Single	2
4	1980	Antmusic	Adam and the Ants	Single	1
5	1980	Baggy Trousers	Madness	Single	1
6	1980	I Die: You Die	Gary Numan	Single	9
7	1980	Dog Eat Dog	Adam and the Ants	Single	1
8	1980	We Are Glass	Gary Numan	Single	1
9	1980	Enola Gay	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	Single	4
10	1980	Geno	Dexys Midnight Runners	Single	2