List of top 25 singles for 1980 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1980. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1980. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report". [1]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."I Got You" Split Enz 18
2."Turning Japanese" The Vapors 12
3."Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen 17
4."Another Brick in the Wall part 2" Pink Floyd 2
5."Brass in Pocket" The Pretenders 2
6."Can't Stop the Music" Village People 14
7."Space Invaders"Player One3
8."More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer 12
9."Funkytown" Lipps Inc. 12
10."Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band 12
11."Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette 12
12."Don't Stop til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson 13
13."What I Like About You" The Romantics 2
14."Dreaming My Dreams With You" Colleen Hewett 2
15."Upside Down" Diana Ross 14
16."Moscow" Dschinghis Khan 16
17."You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" Long John Baldry & Kathi McDonald 2
18."He's My Number One" Christie Allen 4
19."Call Me" Blondie 4
20."Babooshka" Kate Bush 2
21."Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand 12
22."Coming Up" Paul McCartney 2
23."Shandi" Kiss 5
24."Blame It on the Boogie" The Jacksons 4
25."Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie 3

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report. 5 January 1981. Retrieved 11 January 2022– via Imgur.
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