| Weekly Rock Top 20 for November 1, 1980 | 
| LW | TW | peaks:    | rock | pop | 
| 5 | 1 | (Just Like) Starting Over | ▲ | 1 | 
| John Lennon | 
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| 9 | 2 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 1 | 3 | Hells Bells | 1 | 
| AC/DC | 
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| 2 | 4 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | 2 | 8 | 
| The Police | 
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| 3 | 5 | Whip It | 3 | 11 | 
| Devo | 
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| 7 | 6 | The Ties That Bind | ▲ | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 4 | 7 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1 | 4 | 
| Pat Benatar | 
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| 6 | 8 | Back In Black | 1 | 
| AC/DC | 
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| 20 | 9 | Shoot To Thrill | 5 | 
| AC/DC | 
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| - | 10 | Stop This Game | 8 | 
| Cheap Trick | 
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| - | 11 | Got To Rock On | 6 | 
| Kansas | 
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| 18 | 12 | The Logical Song LIVE | ▲ | 
| Supertramp | 
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| 10 | 13 | She's So Cold | 1 | 20 | 
| The Rolling Stones | 
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| 12 | 14 | Gimme Some Slack | 12 | 
| The Cars | 
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| 11 | 15 | A Little Is Enough | 5 | 
| Pete Townshend | 
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| 8 | 16 | Ashes To Ashes | 6 | 
| David Bowie | 
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| - | 17 | Need Your Loving Tonight | 9 | 
| Queen | 
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| 16 | 18 | Biko | 10 | 
| Peter Gabriel | 
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| 15 | 19 | Private Idaho | 15 | 
| The B-52's | 
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| 20 | 20 | Turning Japanese | ▲ | 
| The Vapors | 
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