| Weekly Rock Top 20 for November 8, 1980 | 
| LW | TW | peaks:    | rock | pop | 
| 2 | 1 | Hungry Heart | ▲ | 1 | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 1 | 2 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | 1 | 
| John Lennon | 
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| 3 | 3 | Hells Bells | 1 | 
| AC/DC | 
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| 4 | 4 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | 2 | 8 | 
| The Police | 
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| 9 | 5 | Shoot To Thrill | ▲ | 
| AC/DC | 
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| 8 | 6 | Back In Black | 1 | 
| AC/DC | 
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| 11 | 7 | Got To Rock On | 6 | 
| Kansas | 
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| 10 | 8 | Stop This Game | ▲ | 
| Cheap Trick | 
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| 5 | 9 | Whip It | 3 | 11 | 
| Devo | 
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| - | 10 | Tunnel Of Love | 5 | 
| Dire Straits | 
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| 6 | 11 | The Ties That Bind | 6 | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 13 | 12 | She's So Cold | 1 | 20 | 
| The Rolling Stones | 
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| 17 | 13 | Need Your Loving Tonight | 9 | 
| Queen | 
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| - | 14 | When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around | 3 | 
| The Police | 
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| 7 | 15 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1 | 4 | 
| Pat Benatar | 
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| - | 16 | Relentless | ▲ | 
| Kansas | 
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| - | 17 | Games People Play | 2 | 11 | 
| The Alan Parsons Project | 
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| 17 | 18 | The Horizontal Bop | 9 | 
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | 
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| 16 | 19 | Ashes To Ashes | 6 | 
| David Bowie | 
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| 14 | 20 | Gimme Some Slack | 12 | 
| The Cars | 
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