1980

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Songs with multple appearances in 1980

1980 Songs

Possible 1980 Songs

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Song	Highest UK Chart	Main	Anniversary	Millennium	Yearbook
ABBA - Super Trouper	1				YB 1980
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All	1				YB 1980
Adam and the Ants - Antmusic	2			1980 M	YB 1981
Adam and the Ants - Dog Eat Dog	4				YB 1980
Adam and the Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier	2				YB X 1981
Aretha Franklin - What a Fool Believes	46
Bad Manners - Special Brew	3				YB 1980
The Barracudas - Summer Fun	37				YB X 1980
Billy Joel - All for Leyna	40				YB X 1980
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me	14				YB 1980
Blondie - Atomic	1			1980 M	YB 1980
Blondie - Call Me	1				YB X 1980
Blondie - The Tide Is High	1			1981 M	YB 1980
Boney M. - My Friend Jack	57
The Brothers Johnson - Stomp	6			1980 M
Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart	28
Cliff Richard - Carrie	4				YB X 1980
Cliff Richard - Dreamin'	8				YB X 1980 - 1984
The Cure - A Forest	31			1980 M	YB X 1980
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes	1			1980 M
David Essex - Silver Dream Machine	4				YB X 1980
Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno	1			1980 M	YB 1980
Dexys Midnight Runners - There There My Dear	7				YB X 1980
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out	13				YB X 1980
Diana Ross - My Old Piano	5				YB 1980
Diana Ross - Upside Down	2			1980 M	YB 1980
Don McLean - Crying	1			1980 M
Donna Summer - On The Radio	32				YB 1980
Donna Summer - The Wanderer	48				YB X 1980
Elton John - Little Jeannie	33				YB X 1980
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - High Fidelity	30				YB X 1980
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down	4			1980 M	YB 1980
The Gap Band - Oops Up Side Your Head	6			1980 M	YB 1980
Gary Numan - I Die: You Die	6				YB 1980
Gary Numan - We Are Glass	5				YB 1980 - 1984
Genesis - Turn It On Again	8
Grace Jones - Private Life	17				YB X 1980
Hall and Oates - Kiss On My List	33				YB X 1980
Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day	5				YB 1980
Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It	2			1980 M	YB 1980
The Human League - Empire State Human	62				YB X 1980
The Jam - Going Underground	1			1980 M	YB 1980
The Jam - Start!	1				YB 1980
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids	60				YB X 1980
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious	8			1980 M	YB 1980
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls	5			1980 M	YB 1980
John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over	1				YB 1980
Jon and Vangelis - I Hear You Now	8			1980 M
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry	3				YB 1980
Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties	16				YB X 1980
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart	13				YB 1980
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers	16				YB X 1980
Kate Bush - Babooshka	5			1980 M	YB 1980
Kate Bush - Breathing	16				YB X 1980
Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County	1				YB 1980 - 1984
Kenny Rogers - Lady	12				YB 1980
Kool and the Gang - Celebration	7			1980 M	YB 1980
Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say	2				YB X 1980
Linx - You're Lying	15
Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy	2				YB 1980
Liquid Gold - Substitute	8				YB X 1980 - 1984
Madness - Baggy Trousers	3				YB 1980
Madness - Embarrassment	4			1980 M	YB X 1980
Madness - My Girl	3				YB 1980
Madness - Night Boat to Cairo	6				YB X 1980
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved You	8				YB X 1980
Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks	17				YB 1980 - 1984
The Nolans - Don't Make Waves	12				YB X 1980 - 1984
Olivia Newton-John - Magic	32				YB 1980
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay	8			1980 M	YB 1980
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Messages	13				YB X 1980
Paul McCartney - Coming Up	2			1980 M	YB 1980
Paul McCartney - Waterfalls	9				YB 1980
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers	4			1980 M
The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da	5				YB X 1980
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me	1				YB 1980
The Police - So Lonely	6				YB 1980 - 1984
Pretenders - Talk Of The Town	8				YB 1980
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust	7			1980 M	YB 1980
Queen - Flash	10				YB X 1980
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary	44			1980 M	YB X 1980
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue	9				YB 1980
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!	5			1980 M	YB 1980
Roxy Music - Over You	5				YB 1980
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene	12				YB X 1980
The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1	51				YB X 1980
Shalamar - I Owe You One	13				YB X 1980
Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 (Morning Train)	3				YB 1980
Sheena Easton - Modern Girl	8				YB X 1980
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Christine	22				YB X 1980
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House	17				YB 1980
Sister Sledge - Got to Love Somebody	34				YB X 1980
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short	5			1980 M	YB 1980
The Special A.K.A. - Too Much Too Young	1			1980 M	YB 1980
The Specials - Do Nothing	4				YB X 1980 - 1984
Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart	17			1980 M	YB X 1980 - 1984
Status Quo - What You're Proposing	2				YB 1980
UB40 - Food For Thought	4			1980 M	YB 1980
UB40 - King	4				YB X 1980
UB40 - My Way of Thinking	6				YB X 1980 - 1984
Ultravox - Sleepwalk	29				YB 1980
The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin	9				YB X 1980
The Undertones - Wednesday Week	11				YB X 1980 - 1984
Visage - Fade To Grey	8			1981 M	YB 1981

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Songs yet to be sorted that appear on a Now album in 1980

Air Supply - All Out Of Love

Amii Stewart - The Letter

Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again

Barbara Dickson - January, February

Billy Preston/Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

Bobby Thurston - Check Out the Groove

The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at You

Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go

The Buggles - The Plastic Age

Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time

Change - The Glow of Love

Change - A Lovers Holiday

Change - Searching

Chas & Dave - Rabbit

The Clash - Bankrobber

The Clash - London Calling

Coffee - Casanova

Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love

Darts - Let's Hang On

Dennis Waterman - I Could Be So Good for You

Devo - Whip It

Donna Summer - Walk Away

Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes

George Benson - Give Me the Night

Gibson Brothers - Cuba

Gladys Knight and The Pips - Taste of Bitter Love

The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat

Japan - European Son (Steve Nye Remix)

Joan Armatrading - Me Myself And I

John Foxx - Underpass

Johnny Logan - What's Another Year

Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

Judas Priest - Living After Midnight

KC and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go

Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love

The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

Leon Haywood - Don't Push It Don't Force It

Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face

The Mash - Suicide Is Painless

Matchbox - Midnight Dynamos

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

New Musik - Living By Numbers

The Nolans - Gotta Pull Myself Together

The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing

Odyssey - If You're Lookin' for a Way Out

Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out

Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.

Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Rainbow - All Night Long

Ramones - Baby, I Love You

Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away

The Regents - 7 Teen

Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again

Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rush - The Spirit of Radio

The Selecter - Missing Words

Shakin' Stevens - Marie, Marie

Sheila and B. Devotion - Spacer

Sky - Toccata

Sparks - When I'm With You

The Spinners - Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time

The Spinners - Working My Way Back To You

Split Enz - I Got You

St Winifreds School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma

Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before

Stray Cats - Runaway Boys

Sweet People - And the Birds Were Singing (...et Les Oiseaux Chantaient)

Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O.

Teena Marie - Behind The Groove

Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

The Tourists - So Good To Be Back Home Again

U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

UB40 - Dream a Lie

UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming

The Vapors - Turning Japanese

Village People - Can't Stop the Music

Viola Wills - If You Could Read My Mind

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On

Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop The Music