1980

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
ABBA - Super Trouper	9 November 1980	1	3
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All	27 July 1980	1	4
Adam and the Ants - Antmusic	30 November 1980	2	5
Adam and the Ants - Dog Eat Dog	5 October 1980	4	4
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier	27 July 1980	2	2
Adam and the Ants - Young Parisians	21 December 1980	9	1
Air Supply - All Out of Love	21 September 1980	11	2
Amii Stewart - The Letter	13 January 1980	39	2
Aretha Franklin - What a Fool Believes	30 November 1980	46	2
Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again	20 April 1980	12	2
The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man	3 August 1980	61	1
Bad Manners - Special Brew	21 September 1980	3	3
Barbara Dickson - January, February	15 March 1980	11	1
The Barracudas - Summer Fun	10 August 1980	37	3
The Beat - Hands Off She's Mine	17 February 1980	9	1
The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom	27 April 1980	4	1
Bill Nelson - Do You Dream in Colour?	29 June 1980	52	1
Billy Joel - All for Leyna	6 April 1980	40	1
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me	3 August 1980	14	1
Billy Ocean - Are You Ready	13 January 1980	42	1
Black Slate - Amigo	14 September 1980	9	1
Blondie - Atomic	17 February 1980	1	10
Blondie - Call Me	6 April 1980	1	10
Blondie - The Tide Is High	2 November 1980	1	12
Bobby Thurston - Check Out the Groove	23 March 1980	10	1
The Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rock Steady	9 March 1980	22	1
Boney M. - My Friend Jack	20 April 1980	57	1
The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic	16 November 1980	3	1
The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at You	20 January 1980	4	1
Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go	26 July 1980	34	4
Brenda Russell - In the Thick of It	19 April 1980	51	1
The Brothers Johnson - Stomp	17 February 1980	6	1
Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart	16 November 1980	28	2
The Buggles - Clean, Clean	30 March 1980	38	1
The Buggles - The Plastic Age	20 January 1980	16	1
Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time	10 February 1980	7	1
Change - Searching	31 August 1980	11	3
Chas & Dave - Rabbit	23 November 1980	8	1
The Chords - Maybe Tomorrow	27 January 1980	40	1
Christopher Cross - Ride Like the Wind	13 April 1980	69	3
The Clash - Bankrobber	3 August 1980	12	2
The Clash - The Call Up	30 November 1980	40	1
Cliff Richard - Carrie	27 January 1980	4	1
Cliff Richard - Dreamin'	10 August 1980	8	2
Coffee - Casanova	21 September 1980	13	1
Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love	27 April 1980	10	2
The Cure - A Forest	6 April 1980	31	5
Darts - Let's Hang On	25 May 1980	11	1
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes	10 August 1980	1	1
David Essex - Silver Dream Machine	30 March 1980	4	1
Dennis Waterman - I Could Be So Good for You	19 October 1980	3	1
Devo - Whip It	16 November 1980	51	6
Dexys Midnight Runners - Dance Stance	13 January 1980	40	1
Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno	16 March 1980	1	5
Dexys Midnight Runners - There There My Dear	6 July 1980	7	1
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out	9 November 1980	13	9
Diana Ross - My Old Piano	14 September 1980	5	4
Diana Ross - Upside Down	13 July 1980	2	12
Don McLean - Crying	4 May 1980	1	1
Donna Summer - On the Radio	10 February 1980	32	5
Donna Summer - Sunset People	15 June 1980	46	1
Donna Summer - The Wanderer	21 September 1980	48	1
Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes	23 March 1980	4	1
Dr. Hook - Sharing the Night Together	2 November 1980	43	1
Earth, Wind and Fire - In the Stone	2 March 1980	53	1
Echo & the Bunnymen - Rescue	11 May 1980	62	1
Elton John - Little Jeannie	18 May 1980	33	1
Elton John - Sartorial Eloquence	17 August 1980	44	1
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - High Fidelity	6 April 1980	30	1
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down	16 February 1980	4	2
Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful	10 February 1980	1	1
The Flying Lizards - TV	3 February 1980	43	1
The Gap Band - Oops Up Side Your Head	12 July 1980	6	11
Gary Numan - I Die: You Die	24 August 1980	6	1
Gary Numan - We Are Glass	18 May 1980	5	1
Generation X - Dancing with Myself	12 October 1980	60	1
Genesis - Turn It On Again	9 March 1980	8	2
George Benson - Give Me the Night	20 July 1980	7	1
Gerry Rafferty - The Royal Mile	15 June 1980	67	1
Girlschool - Race with the Devil	27 July 1980	49	1
Gladys Knight and The Pips - Bourgie', Bourgie'	8 November 1980	32	1
Gladys Knight and The Pips - Taste of Bitter Love	24 August 1980	35	2
Grace Jones - Private Life	20 July 1980	17	4
Hall and Oates - Kiss On My List	15 November 1980	33	1
Hall and Oates - Running From Paradise	14 June 1980	41	1
Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day	10 August 1980	5	3
Hazel O'Connor - Give Me An Inch	19 October 1980	41	1
Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It	27 April 1980	2	3
The Human League - Empire State Human	15 June 1980	62	1
The Human League - Nightclubbing	27 April 1980	56	1
Iron Maiden - Running Free	17 February 1980	19	1
The Jam - Going Underground	16 March 1980	1	8
The Jam - Start!	17 August 1980	1	2
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids	12 October 1980	60	2
Jermaine Jackson - Burnin' Hot	20 July 1980	32	1
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious	4 May 1980	8	5
Joan Armatrading - Me Myself And I	14 June 1980	21	1
Joan Armatrading - Rosie	17 February 1980	49	1
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls	6 January 1980	5	4
John Foxx - Burning Car	13 July 1980	35	2
John Foxx - Underpass	20 January 1980	31	4
John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over	2 November 1980	1	4
Johnny Logan - What's Another Year	27 April 1980	1	4
Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry	23 November 1980	3	15
Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties	4 May 1980	16	2
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart	22 June 1980	13	6
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law	1 June 1980	12	3
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight	23 March 1980	12	5
Judas Priest - United	17 August 1980	26	1
Karel Fialka - The Eyes Have It	11 May 1980	52	1
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers	28 September 1980	16	2
Kate Bush - Babooshka	29 June 1980	5	2
Kate Bush - Breathing	20 April 1980	16	1
Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love	27 July 1980	1	13
Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County	20 January 1980	1	4
Kenny Rogers - Lady	9 November 1980	12	3
Kool and the Gang - Celebration	26 October 1980	7	12
Kool and the Gang - Too Hot	13 January 1980	23	1
The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime	18 May 1980	5	4
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks	5 October 1980	47	2
The Lambrettas - Poison Ivy	24 February 1980	7	1
Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say	29 June 1980	2	1
Leon Haywood - Don't Push It Don't Force It	9 March 1980	12	1
Level 42 - Love Meeting Love	24 August 1980	61	1
Linx - You're Lying	14 September 1980	15	1
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown	11 May 1980	2	15
Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy	17 February 1980	2	9
Liquid Gold - Substitute	25 May 1980	8	1
The Look - I Am the Beat	14 December 1980	6	2
M - That's the Way the Money Goes	9 March 1980	45	1
Madness - Baggy Trousers	7 September 1980	3	4
Madness - Embarrassment	16 November 1980	4	3
Madness - Night Boat to Cairo	30 March 1980	6	1
The Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone	11 May 1980	25	1
The Manhattans - Shining Star	20 July 1980	45	1
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach	24 February 1980	10	6
Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face	3 February 1980	3	3
The Mash - Suicide Is Painless	4 May 1980	1	3
The Motels - Whose Problem?	5 October 1980	42	1
Motörhead - Ace of Spades	26 October 1980	13	8
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved You	26 April 1980	8	3
Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks	9 November 1980	17	2
New Musik - Living By Numbers	13 January 1980	13	3
New Musik - This World of Water	20 April 1980	31	1
The Nolans - Don't Make Waves	6 April 1980	12	1
The Nolans - Gotta Pull Myself Together	7 September 1980	9	1
Odyssey - If You're Lookin' for a Way Out	7 September 1980	6	2
Odyssey - Use It Up and Wear It Out	15 June 1980	1	11
Olivia Newton-John - Magic	17 August 1980	32	1
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay	28 September 1980	8	5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Messages	4 May 1980	13	6
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Red Frame/White Light	3 February 1980	67	1
Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.	7 September 1980	2	3
Paul McCartney - Coming Up	13 April 1980	2	3
Paul McCartney - Waterfalls	15 June 1980	9	2
Paul Simon - Late in the Evening	31 August 1980	58	2
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers	3 February 1980	4	1
Phil Lynott - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts	30 March 1980	32	1
The Piranhas - Tom Hark	27 July 1980	6	3
The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da	7 December 1980	5	1
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me	21 September 1980	1	1
The Police - So Lonely	10 February 1980	6	1
Pretenders - Talk of the Town	30 March 1980	8	3
Prima Donna - Love Enough for Two	20 April 1980	48	1
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust	31 August 1980	7	4
Queen - Flash	30 November 1980	10	2
Rainbow - All Night Long	10 February 1980	5	2
Ramones - Baby, I Love You	20 January 1980	8	3
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?	13 April 1980	54	1
Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away	24 August 1980	2	3
The Revillos - Motorbike Beat	20 January 1980	45	1
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary	31 August 1980	44	3
Robert Palmer - Looking for Clues	16 November 1980	33	1
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue	29 June 1980	9	1
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!	2 August 1980	5	5
Roxy Music - Over You	11 May 1980	5	2
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene	8 November 1980	12	1
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)	6 January 1980	23	1
Rupert Holmes - Him	16 March 1980	31	1
Rush - The Spirit of Radio	15 March 1980	13	1
The Ruts - Staring at the Rude Boys	13 April 1980	22	1
The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1	19 July 1980	51	4
Sad Café - Strange Little Girl	13 January 1980	32	1
Saxon - Wheels of Steel	16 March 1980	20	1
Secret Affair - My World	2 March 1980	16	1
The Selecter - Missing Words	23 March 1980	23	1
Shakatak - Feels Like the Right Time	2 November 1980	41	1
Shakin' Stevens - Marie, Marie	16 August 1980	19	1
Shalamar - I Owe You One	24 August 1980	13	2
Shalamar - Right in the Socket	3 February 1980	44	1
Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 (Morning Train)	13 July 1980	3	1
Sheena Easton - Modern Girl	30 March 1980	8	1
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Christine	1 June 1980	22	3
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House	9 March 1980	17	2
Sister Sledge - Got to Love Somebody	13 January 1980	34	2
Skids - Circus Games	10 August 1980	32	1
Sky - Toccata	30 March 1980	5	2
Spandau Ballet - To Cut a Long Story Short	9 November 1980	5	7
The Special A.K.A. - Too Much Too Young	26 January 1980	1	4
The Specials - Do Nothing	13 December 1980	4	1
The Spinners - Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time	22 June 1980	4	1
The Spinners - Working My Way Back to You	17 February 1980	1	8
Split Enz - I Got You	10 August 1980	12	4
Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart	24 February 1980	17	2
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)	4 May 1980	44	1
St. Winifred's School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma	16 November 1980	1	1
Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat	8 June 1980	3	4
Status Quo - What You're Proposing	5 October 1980	2	2
Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before	12 October 1980	4	8
The Stranglers - Bear Cage	16 March 1980	36	1
Stray Cats - Runaway Boys	23 November 1980	9	1
Sweet People - And the Birds Were Singing (...et Les Oiseaux Chantaient)	28 September 1980	4	1
The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream	21 September 1980	47	1
Teena Marie - Behind The Groove	25 May 1980	6	3
Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)	13 July 1980	10	2
Tom Browne - Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)	19 October 1980	45	1
The Tourists - Don't Say I Told You So	12 October 1980	40	1
The Tourists - So Good To Be Back Home Again	3 February 1980	8	1
UB40 - Dream a Lie	26 October 1980	10	1
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming	26 October 1980	10	1
UB40 - Food For Thought	2 March 1980	4	3
UB40 - King	2 March 1980	4	1
UB40 - My Way of Thinking	8 June 1980	6	1
UFO - Young Blood	6 January 1980	36	1
Ultravox - Passing Strangers	12 October 1980	57	1
Ultravox - Sleepwalk	29 June 1980	29	2
The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin	30 March 1980	9	1
The Undertones - Wednesday Week	29 June 1980	11	1
The Vapors - Turning Japanese	3 February 1980	3	2
Village People - Can't Stop the Music	3 August 1980	11	2
Visage - Fade to Grey	14 December 1980	8	8
The Whispers - And the Beat Goes On	27 January 1980	2	6
Whitesnake - Fool for Your Loving	20 April 1980	13	2
Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop the Music	21 December 1980	7	4

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