| Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 5, 1980 | 
| LW | TW | peaks:    | rock | pop | 
| 2 | 1 | Walking On The Moon | ▲ | 
| The Police | 
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| 1 | 2 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 | 1 | 1 | 
| Pink Floyd | 
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| 6 | 3 | Hey You | ▲ | 
| Pink Floyd | 
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| 10 | 4 | Why Me | ▲ | 12 | 
| Styx | 
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| 9 | 5 | Refugee | 1 | 7 | 
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 
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| 8 | 6 | It's Different For Girls | ▲ | 
| Joe Jackson | 
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| 5 | 7 | Sara | 2 | 1 | 
| Fleetwood Mac | 
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| 3 | 8 | I Don't Like Mondays | 2 | 
| The Boomtown Rats | 
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| 4 | 9 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1 | 4 | 
| Pink Floyd | 
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| 18 | 10 | Romeo's Tune | 6 | 4 | 
| Steve Forbert | 
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| 15 | 11 | Freedom At Point Zero | ▲ | 
| Jefferson Starship | 
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| 17 | 12 | King Of Hollywood | 11 | 
| Eagles | 
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| 13 | 13 | Down On The Farm | 12 | 
| Little Feat | 
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| 17 | 14 | Medley: Devil With The Blue Dress, Good Golly, Miss Molly, Jenny Take A Ride | ▲ | 
| Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Bamd | 
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| 7 | 15 | The Long Run | 1 | 1 | 
| Eagles | 
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| 16 | 16 | Remember (Walking In The Sand) | 7 | 
| Aerosmith | 
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| 14 | 17 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | 1 | 1 | 
| Queen | 
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| 12 | 18 | Don't Do Me Like That | 1 | 4 | 
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 
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| - | 19 | Like A Hurricane LIVE | ▲ | 
| Neil Young | 
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| - | 20 | Cheap Sunglasses | 1 | 
| ZZ Top | 
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