A breakdown of my top singles from 1980
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
55
|
"Pilot of the Airwaves"
|
Charlie Dore
|
13
|
4
| ||
54
|
"Drivin' My Life Away"
|
Eddie Rabbitt
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
|
53
|
"All Over the World"
|
Electric Light Orchestra
|
13
|
46
| ||
52
|
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
|
The S.O.S. Band
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
51
|
"Special Lady"
|
Ray, Goodman & Brown
|
5
|
17
|
1
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
50
|
"He's So Shy"
|
The Pointer Sisters
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
26
|
49
|
"Why Not Me"
|
Fred Knoblock
|
18
|
1
| ||
48
|
"Gimme Some Lovin'"
|
The Blues Brothers
| 18 | |||
47
|
"(Just Like) Starting Over"
|
John Lennon
|
1
|
17
| ||
46
|
"Back on My Feet Again"
|
The Babys
|
33
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
45
|
"How Do I Make You"
| Linda Ronstadt |
10
| |||
44
|
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
|
Billy Joel
|
1
|
45
|
82
|
|
43
|
"Sailing"
|
Christopher Cross
|
1
|
10
| ||
42
|
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
|
AC/DC
|
35
| |||
41
|
"Cruisin'"
|
Smokey Robinson
|
4
|
34
|
4
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
40
|
"Coming Up (Live at Glascow)"
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
1
|
48
|
64
|
|
39
|
"One in a Million You"
|
Larry Graham
|
9
|
37
|
1
| |
38
|
"Give It All You Got"
|
Chuck Mangione
|
18
|
1
|
32
| |
37
|
"Outside My Window"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
52
|
43
|
56
| |
36
|
"The Seduction (Love Theme)"
|
James Last Band
|
28
|
22
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
35
|
"I'm Alive"
| Electric Light Orchestra |
16
|
48
| ||
34
|
"Why Me"
|
Styx
|
26
| |||
33
|
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
|
Queen
|
1
|
17
| ||
32
|
"Off the Wall"
|
Michael Jackson
|
10
|
5
| ||
31
|
"Jane"
|
Jefferson Starship
|
14
|
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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