Top Dance Songs of 1980 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 2465]
written by Howard Barrett, Tyrone Evans & John Holt

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

charted as Funkytown / All Night Dancing in US dance charts
[Casablanca 2233]
written by Steven Greenberg

live
[Columbia 11263]
written by Paul McCartney

charted as Celebration / Take It to the Top in US dance charts
[De-Lite 807]
written by Donna Johnson, Claydes Charles Smith, Earl Toon, James "J.T." Taylor, Ronald Nathan Bell, George Melvin Brown, Dennis Ronald Thomas, Eumir Deodato, Robert Mickens, Robert Bell & Kool & The Gang

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

charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 2485]
written by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein

[Elektra 47031]
written by John Deacon

[Tamla 54317]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Atlantic 3664]
written by Sam Cooke & Michael Zager

[Warner 49505]
written by Rod Temperton

charted as Sweet Sensation / Never Knew Love Like This Before in US dance charts
[20th Century 2460]
written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas

charted as And the Beat Goes On / Can You Do the Boogie / Out the Box in US dance charts
[Solar 11894]
written by Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby

charted as 9 to 5 / The House of the Rising Sun in US dance charts
[RCA 12133]
written by Dolly Parton

[Columbia 11276]
written by Billy Joel

[A&M 2216]
written by Louis Johnson, George "Happy" Johnson, Valerie Johnson & Rod Temperton

charted as Lay All Your Love on Me / Super Trouper / On and On and On in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3806]
written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

charted as Emotional Rescue / Dance / She's So Cold is US dance charts
[Rolling Stones 20001]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

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

charted as Let's Get Serious / Burnin' Hot in US dance charts
[Motown 1469]
written by Lee Garrett & Stevie Wonder

[Tabu 5522]
written by Sigidi Abdullah & Harold Clayton

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

charted as Feels Like I'm in Love / Loving Just for Fun in US dance charts
written by Ray Dorset

charted as Ashes to Ashes/Fashion in US dance charts
[RCA 12078]
written by David Bowie

written by Paul Weller

[Warner 49617]
written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan & Gary Grainger

charted as Dog Eat Dog / Antmusic / Kings of the Wild Frontier in US dance charts
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni

[Mercury 76085]
written by Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons

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

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

charted as Dynamite! / Jump to the Beat in US dance charts
written by Narada Michael Walden & Lisa Walden

[United Artists 1364]
written by David Fenton

as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic 50938]
written by Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]

as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic 01032]
written by Jackie Jackson & Michael Jackson

charted as Dog Eat Dog / Antmusic / Kings of the Wild Frontier in US dance charts
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni

[Warner Bros. 49511]
written by Paul Simon

[Warner 49503]
written by Michael McDonald & Patrick Henderson

charted as Hands Off...She's Mine / Mirror in the Bathroom / Twist & Crawl in US dance charts
written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic 02132]
written by Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]

charted as Ashes to Ashes/Fashion in US dance charts
[RCA 12134]
written by David Bowie

charted as Behind the Groove / You're All the Boogie I Need in US dance charts
[Gordy 7184]
written by Teena Marie & Richard Rudolph

[Mercury 76037]
written by Rudolph Taylor, Robert Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Charlie Wilson & Ronnie Wilson

charted as Flesh + Blood / Over You / 8 Miles High in US dance charts
[Atco 7301]
written by Bryan Ferry & Phil Manzanera

charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow Of Love in UK charts ; charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow of Love / Searching in US dance charts
[RFC 49208]
written by Davide Romani & Tanyayette Willoughby

[Chrysalis 2473]
written by Gary Kemp

as Bob Marley & the Wailers
written by Bob Marley

charted as Rat Race / Rude Boys Outa Jail in UK charts
written by Roddy Byers

[20th Century 2443]
written by Leon Haywood

[Arista/GRP 2506]
written by Tom Browne & Toni Smith

instrumental
[Columbia 11252]
written by Rodney Franklin

charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow of Love / Searching in US dance charts
[RFC/Warner 49512]
written by Mauro Malavasi & Paul Slade

charted as Celebration / Take It to the Top in US dance charts
[De-Lite 810]
written by Robert "Kool" Bell & Kool & The Gang

written by Andy McCluskey

charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow Of Love in UK charts ; charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow of Love / Searching in US dance charts
[RFC/Warner 49587]
written by Davide Romani, Wayne Garfield & Mario Malavasi

as Average White Band
[Arista 0515]
written by Alan Gorrie

charted as I Need Your Lovin' / Chains in US dance charts
[Gordy 7189]
written by Teena Marie

[De-Lite 803]
written by Ida Reid

charted as Hands Off...She's Mine / Mirror in the Bathroom / Twist & Crawl in US dance charts
written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

[Atlantic 3649]
written by Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann & Alan Paul

charted as Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)/Humpin' in US dance charts
[Mercury 76091]
written by Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor

[A&M 2252]
written by Neil Finn

charted as Rock This Town/Runaway Boys in US dance charts
written by Brian Setzer & Slim Jim Phantom

charted as Whip It / Gates of Steel / Freedom of Choice in US dance charts
[Warner Bros. 49550]
written by Mark Mothersbaugh & Gerald Casale

charted as Echo Beach / Paint by Number Heart in US dance charts
written by Mark Gane

charted as Can't Stop the Music / Liberation in US dance charts
written by Jacques Morali, Phillip Hurtt & Henri Belolo

aka Computer Game (Theme from the Circus)
[Horizon 127]
written by Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto

charted as Emotional Rescue / Dance / She's So Cold is US dance charts
[Rolling Stones 21001]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

charted as Cross Eyed and Painless / Born Under Punches / Once in a Lifetime in US dance charts
[Sire 49649]
written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth

written by Jez Bird

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #179]
written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner

charted as Messages / Red Frame, White Light in US dance charts
written by Andy McCluskey & Paul Humphreys

[Chrysalis 2461]
written by David Grant & Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]

[Columbia 11366]
written by Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Maurice White & Verdine White

[WMOT 5356]
written by Frankie Smith & Bill Bloom

[Epic 50945]
written by Rod Temperton

US dance data are for the album The Wanderer
[Geffen 49634]
written by Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey

charted as Feels Like I'm in Love / Loving Just for Fun in US dance charts
written by Peter Yellowstone & Steve Voice

written by Billy Young, Buddy Hank & Mike Young

charted as Dynamite! / Jump to the Beat in US dance charts
[Cotillion 45015]
written by Narada Michael Walden & Bunny Hull

produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Got to Love Somebody Today / Reach Your Peak in US dance charts
[Cotillion 45007]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers

charted as I've Just Begun To Love You/Do Me Right/Groove Control in US dance charts
[Solar 12021]
written by William Shelby & Ricky Smith

[Mercury 76075]
written by Kurtis Blow, Robert Ford Jr., James B. Moore, Russell Simmons & Larry Smith

charted as Sweet Sensation / Never Knew Love Like This Before in US dance charts
[20th Century 2449]
written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas

charted as Fantastic Voyage / Can't Get You Out of My Head in US dance charts
[Solar 12129]
written by Fred Alexander, Norman Beavers, Marvin Craig, Tiemeyer McCain, Thomas Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Otis Stokes & Mark Wood

charted as Fame (Irene Cara) / Red Light (Linda Clifford) / Hot Lunch Jam (Irene Cara) in US dance charts
[RSO/Curtom 1041]
written by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford

charted as Let's Get Serious / Burnin' Hot in US dance charts
written by Jermaine Jackson, Jim Foelber & Phyllis Molinary

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #292] charted as London Calling / Train In Vain (Stand By Me) in US dance charts
[Epic 9-50851]
written by Joe Strummer & Mick Jones [The Clash]

[Arista/GRP 2510]
written by Tom Browne & Toni Smith

[Spring 3012]
written by Johnny Flippin & Bill Curtis

[Mercury 76089]
written by Michael Cooper

charted as Look Up / Never Gonna Give You Up in US dance charts
[Elektra 47113]
written by Patrice Rushen & Freddie Washington

charted as Hang Together / Don't Tell Me, Tell Her / Use It Up and Wear It Out in US dance charts
[RCA 12056]
written by Sandy Linzer & L. Russell Brown

charted as Uptown / Dirty Mind / Head in US dance charts
[Warner 49559]
written by Prince