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Weekly Rock Top 20 for December 29, 1979

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1 1   Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 1 1  
  Pink Floyd
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4 2   Walking On The Moon 1    
  The Police
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2 3   I Don't Like Mondays 2    
  The Boomtown Rats
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6 4   Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1 4    
  Pink Floyd
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16 5   Sara 2 1  
  Fleetwood Mac
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7 6   Hey You 3    
  Pink Floyd
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8 7   The Long Run 1 1  
  Eagles
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13 8   It's Different For Girls 6    
  Joe Jackson
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9 9   Refugee 1 7  
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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5 10   Why Me 4 12  
  Styx
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- 11   Wonderful Christmastime 11    
  Paul McCartney
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3 12   Don't Do Me Like That 1 4  
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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12 13   Down On The Farm 12    
  Little Feat
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15 14   Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1 1  
  Queen
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19 15   Freedom At Point Zero 11    
  Jefferson Starship
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- 16   Remember (Walking In The Sand) 7    
  Aerosmith
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- 17   King Of Hollywood 11    
  Eagles
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17 18   Romeo's Tune 6 4  
  Steve Forbert
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- 19   Money 19    
  The Flying Lizards
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- 20   Dirty Water 20    
  The Inmates
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Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 tops the entire chart this week for Pink Floyd. The Police is at number two this week with Walking On The Moon. The Boomtown Rats places number three this week with I Don't Like Mondays.


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