| Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 12, 1980 | 
| LW | TW | peaks:    | rock | pop | 
| 5 | 1 | Refugee | ▲ | 7 | 
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 
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| 2 | 2 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 | 1 | 1 | 
| Pink Floyd | 
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| 3 | 3 | Hey You | ▲ | 
| Pink Floyd | 
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| 7 | 4 | Sara | 2 | 1 | 
| Fleetwood Mac | 
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| 1 | 5 | Walking On The Moon | 1 | 
| The Police | 
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| 10 | 6 | Romeo's Tune | ▲ | 4 | 
| Steve Forbert | 
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| 16 | 7 | Remember (Walking In The Sand) | ▲ | 
| Aerosmith | 
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| 4 | 8 | Why Me | 4 | 12 | 
| Styx | 
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| 20 | 9 | Cheap Sunglasses | 1 | 
| ZZ Top | 
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| 17 | 10 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | 1 | 1 | 
| Queen | 
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| 8 | 11 | I Don't Like Mondays | 2 | 
| The Boomtown Rats | 
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| 12 | 12 | King Of Hollywood | 11 | 
| Eagles | 
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| - | 13 | My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) LIVE | ▲ | 
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 
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| 6 | 14 | It's Different For Girls | 6 | 
| Joe Jackson | 
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| - | 15 | Here Comes My Girl | 6 | 
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 
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| 15 | 16 | The Long Run | 1 | 1 | 
| Eagles | 
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| 9 | 17 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1 | 4 | 
| Pink Floyd | 
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| 13 | 18 | Down On The Farm | 12 | 
| Little Feat | 
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| - | 19 | In The City | 3 | 
| Eagles | 
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| - | 20 | Girl With The Hungry Eyes | ▲ | 
| Jefferson Starship | 
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