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Events on Monday 24 August 1981 1
1981Tattoo YouSixteenth album — August 24, 1981Tattoo You, released on August 24, 1981, spent nine weeks at number 1 in the US and reached number 2 in the UK. Largely assembled from outtakes from previous sessions, it included "Start Me Up" — one of their most enduring anthems.