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1980 ROCK Number One Song Calendar

Rock Number One Songs in Tune Timeline order
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1 Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 1 1   12-08-79  
  Pink Floyd  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

2 Walking On The Moon 1     1-05-80  
  The Police  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

3 Refugee 1 7   1-12-80  
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

        1-19-80  
  Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 by Pink Floyd returns to number one

 

4 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1 1   2-09-80  
  Queen  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

5 Cheap Sunglasses 1     2-16-80  
  ZZ Top  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

6 Rockin' Into The Night 1     2-23-80  
  38 Special  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

7 Comfortably Numb 1     3-08-80  
  Pink Floyd  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

8 You May Be Right 1 1   3-15-80  
  Billy Joel  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

9 Ride Like The Wind 1 2   3-29-80  
  Christopher Cross  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

        4-05-80  
  You May Be Right by Billy Joel returns to number one

 

10 Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) 1 7   4-12-80  
  The Pretenders  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

11 Love Stinks 1     4-19-80  
  The J. Geils Band  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

12 Cocaine 1     5-03-80  
  Eric Clapton And His Band  
    YouTube    

13 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 1 1   5-10-80  
  Billy Joel  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

14 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) 1 1   5-17-80  
  Paul McCartney & Wings  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

15 And The Cradle Will Rock... 1     5-24-80  
  Van Halen  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

16 Against The Wind 1 2   5-31-80  
  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

17 Misunderstanding 1 3   6-07-80  
  Genesis  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

18 Rough Boys 1     6-14-80  
  Pete Townshend  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

        6-21-80  
  Misunderstanding by Genesis returns to number one

 

19 Let My Love Open The Door 1 4   6-28-80  
  Pete Townshend  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

20 Emotional Rescue 1 1   7-05-80  
  The Rolling Stones  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

21 Turn It On Again 1     7-26-80  
  Genesis  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

22 Another One Bites The Dust 1 1   8-09-80  
  Queen  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

23 You Shook Me All Night Long 1     8-23-80  
  AC/DC  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

24 Hit Me With Your Best Shot 1 4   9-06-80  
  Pat Benatar  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

25 Back In Black 1     9-27-80  
  AC/DC  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

26 She's So Cold 1 20   10-04-80  
  The Rolling Stones  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

        10-11-80  
  Back In Black by AC/DC returns to number one

 

27 Hells Bells 1     10-25-80  
  AC/DC  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

28 (Just Like) Starting Over 1 1   11-01-80  
  John Lennon  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

29 Hungry Heart 1 1   11-08-80  
  Bruce Springsteen  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

30 Hey Nineteen 1 3   12-06-80  
  Steely Dan  
    YouTube download at Amazon  

        12-20-80  
  After John Lennon is shot and killed, his recent number one (Just Like) Starting Over returns to number one

 

31 Keep On Loving You 1 2   12-27-80  
  REO Speedwagon  
    YouTube download at Amazon  


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list of one-time top 20 makers and others with one well-known song

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Find a rock number one song for any date 1980-2014. If you like rock music, you can find a rock song to represent your birthday, graduation, wedding, or other special event. You are no longer limited to a pop song. Tunecaster has a complete Tune Timeline of pop songs by date, but if you prefer, find your special rock song at the Number One Rock Songs Calendar pages.

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