| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 07/1980 | | 371
 | US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 18
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Upside Down / I'm Coming Out in US dance charts
[Motown 1494]
written by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards |
 | 2. | 11/1980 | | 367
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 3
US dance ✫1 | charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 2465]
written by Howard Barrett, Tyrone Evans & John Holt |
|
 | 3. | 09/1980 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Columbia 11364]
written by Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb |
 | 4. | 03/1980 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK 2
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2 | charted as Funkytown / All Night Dancing in US dance charts
[Casablanca 2233]
written by Steven Greenberg |
 | 5. | 02/1980 | | 356
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #283]
produced by Giorgio Moroder
[Chrysalis 2414]
written by Debbie Harry & Giorgio Moroder |
 | 6. | 11/1980 | | 352
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 17 | [Geffen 49604]
written by John Lennon |
| 7. | 05/1980 | | 319
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US country 6 | [Millennium 11799]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
 | 8. | 04/1980 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 48
US dance 64 | [live]
[Columbia 11263+]
written by Paul McCartney |
 | 9. | 07/1980 | | 313
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1 | written by Florrie Palmer |
 | 10. | 10/1980 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 34
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Celebration / Take It to the Top in US dance charts
[De-lite 807]
written by Donna Johnson & Kool & the Gang |
 | 11. | 08/1980 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 7
US dance 2
US R&B 2 | [Elektra 47031]
written by John Deacon |
 | 12. | 10/1980 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 12
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B 42 | produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1380]
written by Lionel Richie |
| 13. | 06/1980 | | 305
| US 4
UK ✫1
US dance ✫1 |  [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1980]
 [Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1980]
charted as Fame (Irene Cara) / Red Light (Linda Clifford) / Hot Lunch Jam (Irene Cara) in US dance charts
[RSO 1034]
written by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford |
| 14. | 07/1980 | | 297
| US 2
UK 2
US AC ✫1 | [Warner 49565]
written by Sonny Curtis & Jerry Allison |
 | 15. | 09/1980 | | 289
| US 5
UK 2
US dance 10
US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 54317]
written by Stevie Wonder |
| 16. | 05/1980 | | 275
| US 4
UK 4
US AC 3
US dance 50
US R&B 5 | written by Sam Cooke & Michael Zager |
| 17. | 06/1980 | | 274
| US 8
UK ✫1
US AC 2 | [MCA 41285]
written by Jeff Lynne |
| 18. | 11/1980 | | 270
| US ✫1
UK 7
US rock 9 | [Epic 50953]
written by Kevin Cronin |
 | 19. | 09/1980 | | 270
| US 10
UK ✫1
US rock 11 | written by Sting |
| 20. | 08/1980 | | 264
| US 8
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Atlantic 3776 A]
written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus |
| 21. | 06/1980 | | 263
| US 4
UK 7
US AC 26
US dance 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Warner 49505]
written by Rod Temperton |
 | 22. | 08/1980 | | 254
| US 6
UK 4
US AC 5
US dance 5
US R&B 12 | charted as Sweet Sensation / Never Knew Love Like This Before in US dance charts
[20th Century 2460]
written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas |
| 23. | 02/1980 | | 250
| US 5
UK 4
US AC 6
US R&B 67 | [Capitol 4831]
written by Robert Mather, Keith Stegall & Chris Waters |
 | 24. | 02/1980 | | 245
| US 7
UK 6
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [A&M 2216]
written by Louis Johnson, George Johnson (as George "Happy" Johnson), Valerie Johnson & Rod Temperton |
 | 25. | 05/1980 | | 240
| US ✫1
UK 14
US AC 45
US dance 82 | [Columbia 11276]
written by Billy Joel |
| 26. | 11/1980 | | 239
| US ✫1
UK 47
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1
US dance 77 | charted as 9 to 5 / The House of the Rising Sun in US dance charts
written by Dolly Parton |
 | 27. | 06/1980 | | 237
| US 2
UK 11
US AC 5 | [Arista 0520]
written by Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock |
 | 28. | 05/1980 | | 237
| US ✫1
UK 32
US AC ✫1 | [MCA 41247]
written by John Farrar |
 | 29. | 11/1980 | | 229
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [Elektra 47066]
written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens |
 | 30. | 07/1980 | | 224
| US 3
UK 9
US dance 9 | charted as Emotional Rescue / Dance / She's So Cold is US dance charts
[Rolling Stones 20001]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 31. | 11/1980 | | 223
| US 2
UK 17
US AC 3 | [Capitol 4939]
written by Gilbert Bécaud & Neil Diamond |
 | 32. | 08/1980 | | 219
| US 5
UK 13
US dance ✫1
US R&B 6 | produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Upside Down / I'm Coming Out in US dance charts
[Motown 1491]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers |
 | 33. | 11/1980 | | 218
| US ✫1
UK 33
US AC 16
US rock 54 | written by Janna Allen & Daryl Hall |
| 34. | 02/1980 | | 216
| US 19
UK 2
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | charted as And the Beat Goes On / Can You Do the Boogie / Out the Box in US dance charts
[RCA 11895 (Solar)]
written by Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby |
 | 35. | 04/1980 | | 204
| US 10
UK 3
US AC 4
US R&B 43 | [Epic 50871]
written by Tom Bahler |
| 36. | 05/1980 | | 200
| US 3
UK 51
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Sigidi Abdullah & Harold Clayton |
| 37. | 03/1980 | | 198
| US 9
UK 8
US dance 2
US R&B ✫1 | charted as Let's Get Serious / Burnin' Hot in US dance charts
[Motown 1469]
written by Lee Garrett & Stevie Wonder |
 | 38. | 11/1980 | | 195
| US 45
UK ✫1
US AC 14
US dance ✫1 | charted as Lay All Your Love on Me / Super Trouper / On and On and On in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3806 A]
written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus |
 | 39. | 10/1980 | | 194
| US 10
UK 5 | written by Sting |
 | 40. | 05/1980 | | 193
| US 3
UK 33
US AC ✫1 | [MCA 41236 A]
written by Elton John & Gary Osborne |
 | 41. | 06/1980 | | 193
| US ✫1
UK 48
US AC 10 |  [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1981]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1981]
[Warner 49507]
written by Christopher Cross |
| 42. | 01/1980 | | 187
| US 5
UK 23
US AC 11
US R&B 3 | [De-lite 802]
written by George Brown & Kool & the Gang |
| 43. | 11/1980 | | 186
| US 5
UK 17
US dance 14
US R&B 65 | [Warner 49617]
written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan & Gary Grainger |
| 44. | 11/1980 | | 181
| US 3
UK 34
US AC 5 | written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb |
 | 45. | 01/1980 | | 177
| US 5
UK 32
US AC 26
US dance 8
US R&B 9 | [Casablanca 2236]
written by Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer |
 | 46. | 03/1980 | | 175
| US 4
US AC 2
US country 3 | [United Artists Xw-1345]
written by Kim Carnes & Dave Ellingson |
| 47. | 08/1980 | | 175
| US 10
UK 8
US AC 21 | written by Alan Tarney & Leo Sayer |
 | 48. | 02/1980 | | 173
| US 2
UK 69
US AC 24 | featuring Michael McDonald
[Warner 49184]
written by Christopher Cross |
| 49. | 06/1980 | | 172
| US 5
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | [Elektra 46656]
written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens |
| 50. | 02/1980 | | 171
| US 3
US AC ✫1 | [Arista 0479 A]
written by Graham Russell |
 | 51. | 02/1980 | | 170
| US 39
UK ✫1 | [Chrysalis 2410]
written by Jimmy Destri & Debbie Harry |
 | 52. | 03/1980 | | 169
| US 3
US AC ✫1 | [Atlantic 3656]
written by Amanda McBroom |
| 53. | 10/1980 | | 168
| US 9
UK 16
US AC 9
US R&B 14 | [Motown 1496]
written by Carole Bayer Sager & Michael Masser |
| 54. | 04/1980 | | 167
| US 5
UK 45
US AC 21
US R&B 4 | [Columbia 11222]
written by Leo Graham & Paul Richmond |
 | 55. | 09/1980 | | 167
| US 3
UK 48
US R&B 13 | [Geffen 49563]
written by Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer |
| 56. | 04/1980 | | 165
| US 3
US AC 3
US R&B 35 | [Warner 49225]
written by David Pack |
 | 57. | 07/1980 | | 164
| US 5
US AC 10
US country ✫1 | [Full Moon 47004]
written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison & Patti Ryan |
| 58. | 01/1980 | | 163
| US 6
UK 31
US AC 4 | [Infinity 50051 (u)]
written by Rupert Holmes |
| 59. | 06/1980 | | 162
| UK ✫1
US dance 6 | charted as Hang Together / Don't Tell Me, Tell Her / Use It Up and Wear It Out in US dance charts
[RCA 11962]
written by L. Russell Brown & Sandy Linzer |
| 60. | 12/1980 | | 161
| UK ✫1 | [R: John Lennon death]
written by John Lennon |
| 61. | 01/1980 | | 159
| US 5
US AC 17
US R&B ✫1 | written by Harry Ray, Al Goodman & Lee Walter |
 | 62. | 07/1980 | | 159
| US 3
US AC 13
US dance 26
US R&B 10 | charted as He's So Shy / Could I Be Dreaming / We Got the Power in US dance charts
[Planet 47916]
written by Tom Snow & Cynthia Weil |
| 63. | 08/1980 | | 158
| UK ✫1
US dance 10 | charted as Feels Like I'm in Love / Loving Just for Fun in US dance charts
written by Ray Dorset |
| 64. | 08/1980 | | 157
| US 101
UK ✫1
US dance 21 | charted as Ashes to Ashes/Fashion in US dance charts
[RCA 12078]
written by David Bowie |
| 65. | 03/1980 | | 156
| US 10
UK 7
US AC 32
US R&B 29 | co-produced by Robin Gibb
[RSO 1021]
written by Robin Gibb & Blue Weaver |
| 66. | 10/1980 | | 155
| US 5
US AC 2 | [Arista 0564]
written by Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker |
 | 67. | 05/1980 | | 155
| UK ✫1 | written by Johnny Mandel & Mike Altman |
 | 68. | 03/1980 | | 155
| UK ✫1 | written by Paul Weller |
 | 69. | 12/1980 | | 153
| US 19
UK 7
US dance 26
US R&B ✫1 | written by Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons |
| 70. | 01/1980 | | 150
| US 4
US AC 9
US R&B 49 | [RSO 1019]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb |
| 71. | 05/1980 | | 150
| UK ✫1 | [1980 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
[Columbia 11301]
written by Shay Healy |
 | 72. | 11/1980 | | 150
| UK ✫1 | written by Gordon Lorenz |
| 73. | 01/1980 | | 150
| UK ✫1 | as the Special AKA
written by Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Chalmers, Dimitri Tiomkin, Webster, George Agard, Sydney Crooks, Jackie Robinson, Harry Johnson, Roy Ellis & Monty Naysmith |
 | 74. | 03/1980 | | 150
| UK ✫1 | written by Kevin "Al" Archer & Kevin Rowland |
| 75. | 12/1980 | | 149
| US 11
UK 10
US AC 20
US R&B 4 | [Tamla 54320]
written by Stevie Wonder |
 | 76. | 05/1980 | | 148
| US 18
UK 5
US AC 22 | [Asylum 47055]
written by James Warren |
| 77. | 05/1980 | | 146
| US 56
UK 3
US dance 6
US R&B 8 | as Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway
charted as Back Together Again / Don't Make Me Wait Too Long in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3661]
written by Reggie Lucas & James Mtume |
 | 78. | 12/1980 | | 146
| UK 2
US dance 19
US rock 14 | charted as Dog Eat Dog / Antmusic / Kings of the Wild Frontier in US dance charts
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni |
 | 79. | 08/1980 | | 145
| UK ✫1
US dance 75 | written by Paul Weller |
| 80. | 08/1980 | | 144
| US 6
UK 58
US AC 7
US dance 63 | [Warner 49511]
written by Paul Simon |
| 81. | 02/1980 | | 144
| UK ✫1 | written by Ken Leray |
 | 82. | 11/1980 | | 144
| US 5
UK 44 | [Columbia 11391]
written by Bruce Springsteen |
| 83. | 05/1980 | | 142
| US 5
US AC 8 | [Capitol 4863]
written by Bob Seger |
| 84. | 09/1980 | | 139
| US 5
US AC 10
US dance 70
US R&B 40 | [Warner 49503]
written by Michael McDonald & Patrick Henderson |
 | 85. | 02/1980 | | 139
| US 36
UK 3
US dance 34 | [United Artists 1364]
written by David Fenton |
 | 86. | 04/1980 | | 134
| US 6
US AC 5
US R&B 85 | [Elektra 46621]
written by Robbie Dupree (as Robert Dupuis) & Rick Chudacoff |
| 87. | 06/1980 | | 132
| UK 3
US dance ✫1 | charted as Dynamite! / Jump to the Beat in US dance charts
written by Narada Michael Walden & Lisa Walden |
| 88. | 11/1980 | | 131
| US 10
UK 37
US AC 4 | [Arista 0566]
written by Jack Feldman, Gerard Kenny, Barry Manilow, Drey Shepperd & Bruce Sussman |
| 89. | 06/1980 | | 130
| US 9
US AC 37
US R&B ✫1 | [Warner 49221]
written by Sam Dees |
 | 90. | 02/1980 | | 130
| US 6
UK 98
US AC 31 | as Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
[Capitol 4836]
written by Bob Seger |
| 91. | 02/1980 | | 129
| UK 2
US dance 26 | written by Adrian Baker & Eddie Seago |
| 92. | 09/1980 | | 129
| US 12
UK 29
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2 | as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic]
written by Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5] |
 | 93. | 04/1980 | | 127
| US 18
UK 8
US AC 13 | written by Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker |
| 94. | 02/1980 | | 127
| US 34
UK 4 | [EMI America 8035]
written by Terry Britten & B. A. Robertson |
| 95. | 08/1980 | | 125
| UK 2 | [Warner 49561]
written by Joe Sample & Will Jennings |
| 96. | 02/1980 | | 125
| US 8
US AC 3 | [Asylum 46608]
written by Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey & Don Henley |
| 97. | 10/1980 | | 125
| UK 2 | written by Francis Rossi & Bernie Frost |
| 98. | 05/1980 | | 125
| UK 2 | written by Mike L. Burns, Glen Most & Donny Most |
| 99. | 12/1980 | | 125
| UK 2 | as John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir
[R: John Lennon death]
[Christmas]
written by John Lennon & Yoko Ono |
 | 100. | 09/1980 | | 125
| UK 2 | written by Daniel Vangarde & Jean Kluger |
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