Sting and his band The Police achieved the best-selling single of 1980 with "Don't Stand So Close to Me", which spent four weeks at number-one. The group had a total of four top 10 entries this year.Barbra Streisand secured her only UK number-one single in October this year with "Woman in Love", which became the year's second best selling single.ABBA earned three top 10 singles in 1980, including the number-one hits "The Winner Takes it All" and "Super Trouper", with the latter becoming the fourth best selling single of the year.
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1980, as well as singles which peaked in 1979 and 1981 but were in the top 10 in 1980. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).[citation needed]
One-hundred and forty-seven singles charted in the top 10 in 1980, with one-hundred and thirty-seven singles reaching their peak this year.
Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1980. Madness and The Police shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1980 with four hit singles each. Seven artists recorded three singles which reached the top 10 this year: ABBA, The Beat, Blondie, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Specials and UB40.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1980, including singles that reached their peak in 1979 or 1981. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1980 is also shown.
d "It's Only Love" was originally released on its own without its double A-side "Beyond the Reef" in 1971 and charted in the US but not in the UK.
e "I Could Be So Good for You" was the theme song to the television series Minder.
f "(Just Like) Starting Over" re-entered the top 10 at number-one on 20 December 1980 (week ending), one week after John Lennon's murder.
g "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" was first released as a single in the UK in 1972 and made the top 10, peaking at number 4. It re-entered the top 10 following John Lennon's death in December 1980, reaching its new peak of number 2 in January 1981.
h "Imagine" was first released as a single in the UK in 1975 and made the top 10, peaking at number 6. It re-entered the top 10 following John Lennon's death in December 1980, reaching its new peak of number-one in January 1981.
k Figure includes single that first charted in 1979 but peaked in 1980.
Related Research Articles
"Stand and Deliver" is a song by British new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, Prince Charming (1981). It was the band's first No. 1 hit in the UK. The phrase "stand and deliver — your money or your life", used in the lyrics, is commonly associated with highwaymen in 18th century England.
"Antmusic" is a song by English rock band Adam and the Ants, released as the third single in the UK from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier.
Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant is a greatest hits compilation album from Adam Ant that covers his early work with Adam and the Ants as well as his solo work.
Adam and the Ants were an English rock band that formed in London in 1977. The band existed in two versions, both fronted by Adam Ant, between 1977 and 1982. The first phase began when the band were founded in May 1977 and were called the Ants until November of that year. They later changed their style from punk rock to post-punk and new wave and released one album. The final line-up of this version consisted of Dave Barbarossa, Matthew Ashman, and Leigh Gorman—all of whom left the band in January 1980 at the suggestion of manager Malcolm McLaren to form Bow Wow Wow.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
