Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 23, 1980 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Sailing | 20 | ▲ |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 2 | 2 | Emotional Rescue | 1 | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 3 | 3 | Take Your Time (Do It Right) | 1 |
| The S.O.S. Band |
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| 4 | 4 | Let My Love Open The Door | 1 | ▲ |
| Pete Townshend |
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| 7 | 5 | Into The Night | 12 | ▲ |
| Benny Mardones |
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| 11 | 6 | All Out Of Love | 1 |
| Air Supply |
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| 5 | 7 | Magic | 1 |
| Olivia Newton-John |
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| 12 | 8 | Boulevard | 2 | ▲ |
| Jackson Browne |
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| 17 | 9 | Give Me The Night | 3 |
| George Benson |
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| 14 | 10 | You're The Only Woman (You And I) | 7 |
| Ambrosia |
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| 18 | 11 | Upside Down | 1 |
| Diana Ross |
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| 22 | 12 | Fame | 4 |
| Irene Cara |
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| 10 | 13 | Take A Little Rhythm | 8 |
| Ali Thomson |
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| 23 | 14 | Lookin' For Love | 6 |
| Johnny Lee |
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| 8 | 15 | More Love | 2 |
| Kim Carnes |
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| 6 | 16 | Misunderstanding | 1 | 3 |
| Genesis |
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| 28 | 17 | Late In The Evening | 7 | 2 |
| Paul Simon |
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| 26 | 18 | Hot Rod Hearts | 4 |
| Robbie Dupree |
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| 21 | 19 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 9 | 20 | JoJo | 9 |
| Boz Scaggs |
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| 20 | 21 | Why Not Me | 20 |
| Fred Knoblock |
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| - | 22 | All Over The World | 11 | 4 |
| Electric Light Orchestra |
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| 16 | 23 | Make A Little Magic | 16 |
| The Dirt Band with Nicolette Larson |
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| 13 | 24 | Shining Star | 2 |
| The Manhattans |
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| - | 25 | Drivin' My Life Away | 6 |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
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| - | 26 | You'll Accomp'ny Me | 3 | 11 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 25 | 27 | Old-Fashion Love | 22 |
| Commodores |
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| - | 28 | One In A Million You | 15 |
| Larry Graham |
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| 19 | 29 | Stand By Me | 16 |
| Mickey Gilley |
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| - | 30 | Don't Ask Me Why | 2 | 7 |
| Billy Joel |
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