A breakdown of my top singles from 1980
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
80
|
"Rotation"
|
Herb Alpert
|
30
|
23
|
20
|
45
|
79
|
"She's Out of My Life"
|
Michael Jackson
|
10
|
4
| ||
78
|
"Lovely One"
|
The Jacksons
|
12
|
2
|
1
|
|
77
|
"Never Be the Same"
|
Christopher Cross
|
15
|
1
| ||
76
|
"Misunderstanding"
|
Genesis
|
14
|
32
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
75
|
"Real Love"
|
The Doobie Brothers
|
5
|
10
|
40
|
70
|
74
|
"I Wanna Be Your Lover"
|
Prince
|
11
|
1
|
2
|
|
73
|
"Turning Japanese"
|
The Vapors
|
36
|
34
|
||
72
|
"Heartbreaker"
|
Pat Benatar
|
23
| |||
71
|
"The Spirit of Radio"
|
Rush
|
51
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
70
|
"Train in Vain"
|
The Clash
|
23
|
30
|
||
69
|
"Better Love Next Time"
|
Dr. Hook
|
12
|
3
| ||
68
|
"The Long Run"
|
Eagles
| 8 |
34
| ||
67
|
"Don't Ask Me Why"
|
Billy Joel
|
19
|
1
| ||
66
|
"Second Time Around"
|
Shalamar
|
8
|
47
|
1
|
1
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
65
|
"What I Like About You"
| The Romantics |
49
| |||
64
|
"Emotional Rescue"
|
The Rolling Stones
|
3
|
9
|
||
63
|
"Play the Game"
|
Queen
|
42
| |||
62
|
"Too Hot"
|
Kool & The Gang
|
5
|
11
|
3
| |
61
|
"Don't Do Me Like That"
|
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
|
10
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
60
|
"Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)"
|
Pretenders
|
14
|
28
|
||
59
|
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"
|
Boz Scaggs
|
15
| |||
58
|
"Whip It"
|
Devo
|
14
|
8
|
||
57
|
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
|
Daryl Hall & John Oates
|
12
|
15
| ||
56
|
"I Can't Tell You Why"
|
Eagles
|
8
|
3
|
All chart positions are peak positions from Billboard charts. These are my personal top 80 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1980. The list is solely my opinion. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-1999, I started with the 470 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1980. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 119 tunes, then listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 80 are presented here, in order.
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