List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1980

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1980. The longest running top-ten single of the year was "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen with 15 weeks. Kenny Rogers, Air Supply, and Michael Jackson each had three top-ten hits in 1980, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

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Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1980
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1979
November 10"Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band 1January 511
December 8"Do That to Me One More Time" (#5) Captain & Tennille 1February 1614
December 22"Ladies' Night" Kool & the Gang 8January 125
Singles from 1980
January 5"Rock with You" (#4) Michael Jackson 1January 199
"Coward of the County" Kenny Rogers 3January 268
"We Don't Talk Anymore" Cliff Richard 7January 194
January 19"Cruisin'" Smokey Robinson 4February 27
"Cool Change" Little River Band 10January 191
January 26"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (#6) Queen 1February 2312
"Sara" Fleetwood Mac 7February 25
"The Long Run" Eagles 8February 23
February 2"Yes, I'm Ready" Teri DeSario with K.C. 2March 17
"Don't Do Me Like That" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 10February 22
February 9"Longer" Dan Fogelberg 2March 157
February 16"Desire" Andy Gibb 4March 88
"On the Radio" Donna Summer 5March 86
March 1"Another Brick in the Wall" (#2) Pink Floyd 1March 2212
"Working My Way Back to You (Forgive Me, Girl)" The Spinners 2March 298
March 8"Him" Rupert Holmes 6March 295
"The Second Time Around" Shalamar 8March 224
March 15"Too Hot" Kool & the Gang 5April 55
March 22"How Do I Make You" Linda Ronstadt 10March 223
March 29"Call Me" (#1) Blondie 1April 1912
"Ride Like the Wind" Christopher Cross 2April 269
April 5"Special Lady" Ray, Goodman & Brown 5April 194
April 12"With You I'm Born Again" Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright 4April 196
"I Can't Tell You Why" Eagles 8April 194
"Off the Wall" Michael Jackson 10April 122
April 19"Lost in Love" Air Supply 3May 36
"Fire Lake" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 6May 34
April 26"Sexy Eyes" Dr. Hook 5May 246
"You May Be Right" Billy Joel 7May 34
May 3"Hold On (To My Love)" Jimmy Ruffin 10May 32
May 10"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes 4May 245
May 17"Funkytown" (#8) Lipps Inc. 1May 319
"Biggest Part of Me" Ambrosia 3June 78
May 24"Stomp!" The Brothers Johnson 7May 242
"Hurt So Bad" Linda Ronstadt 8May 243
"Cars" Gary Numan 9June 75
May 31"Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" (#7) Wings 1June 2811
"Against the Wind" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 5June 146
June 7"The Rose" (#10) Bette Midler 3June 288
"Little Jeannie" Elton John 3July 1911
June 14"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (#9) Billy Joel 1July 1911
"Steal Away" Robbie Dupree 6July 127
June 21"She's Out of My Life" Michael Jackson 10June 212
June 28"Cupid (I've Loved You for a Long Time)" The Spinners 4July 197
July 5"Let's Get Serious" Jermaine Jackson 9July 123
July 12"Magic" (#3) Olivia Newton-John 1August 29
"Let Me Love You Tonight" Pure Prairie League 10July 122
July 19"Shining Star" The Manhattans 5July 195
July 26"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" The S.O.S. Band 3August 167
"Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette 8July 262
August 2"Sailing" Christopher Cross 1August 307
"Emotional Rescue" The Rolling Stones 3September 68
August 9"Upside Down" Diana Ross 1September 614
August 16"Let My Love Open the Door" Pete Townshend 9August 163
"More Love" Kim Carnes 10August 163
August 23"All Out of Love" Air Supply 2September 1310
"Fame" Irene Cara 4September 136
August 30"Give Me the Night" George Benson 4September 277
September 6"Lookin' for Love" Johnny Lee 5September 205
"Late in the Evening" Paul Simon 6September 277
September 13"Another One Bites the Dust" Queen 1October 415
"Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt 5October 46
September 20"One in a Million You" Larry Graham 9September 202
September 27"I'm Alright" Kenny Loggins 7October 115
October 4"Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand 1October 2511
"Xanadu" Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra 8October 113
October 11"Real Love" The Doobie Brothers 5October 255
October 18"He's So Shy" The Pointer Sisters 3October 255
October 25"Lady" Kenny Rogers 1November 1513
"The Wanderer" Donna Summer 3November 156
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" Stephanie Mills 6November 155
November 1"I'm Coming Out" Diana Ross 5November 156
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" Stevie Wonder 5December 68
November 15"(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon 1December 2714
"More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer 2December 69
November 22"Dreamin'" Cliff Richard 10November 223
December 6"Hungry Heart" Bruce Springsteen 5December 278
December 13"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar 9December 204

1979 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1980 which peaked in 1979
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
October 20"Still" Commodores 1November 1713
November 3"Babe" Styx 1December 811
November 24"Send One Your Love" Stevie Wonder 4December 2210
December 1"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes 1 [1] December 2210

1981 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1980 which peaked in 1981
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 29"Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond 2January 1010
December 13"Guilty" Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb 3January 107
December 20"Every Woman in the World" Air Supply 5January 318
December 27"The Tide Is High" Blondie 1January 3110
"Tell It Like It Is" Heart 8January 104

See also

References

  1. ↑ Escape (The Piña Colada Song) regained the top spot on January 12 for one week.

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