| Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 25, 1980 | 
| LW | TW | peaks:    | rock | pop | 
| 7 | 1 | Hells Bells | ▲ | 
| AC/DC | 
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| 4 | 2 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | ▲ | 8 | 
| The Police | 
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| 3 | 3 | Whip It | ▲ | 11 | 
| Devo | 
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| 2 | 4 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1 | 4 | 
| Pat Benatar | 
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| 16 | 5 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | 1 | 
| John Lennon | 
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| 1 | 6 | Back In Black | 1 | 
| AC/DC | 
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| - | 7 | The Ties That Bind | 6 | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 6 | 8 | Ashes To Ashes | 6 | 
| David Bowie | 
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| - | 9 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 8 | 10 | She's So Cold | 1 | 20 | 
| The Rolling Stones | 
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| 5 | 11 | A Little Is Enough | 5 | 
| Pete Townshend | 
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| - | 12 | Gimme Some Slack | ▲ | 
| The Cars | 
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| 12 | 13 | Panorama | 7 | 
| The Cars | 
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| 10 | 14 | Real Love | 4 | 2 | 
| The Doobie Brothers | 
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| 13 | 15 | Hold On | 13 | 
| Kansas | 
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| 19 | 16 | Biko | 10 | 
| Peter Gabriel | 
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| 14 | 17 | The Rambler | 14 | 
| Molly Hatchet | 
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| 18 | 18 | The Logical Song LIVE | 12 | 
| Supertramp | 
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| 9 | 19 | Breakfast In America LIVE | 6 | 
| Supertramp | 
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| - | 20 | Shoot To Thrill | 5 | 
| AC/DC | 
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