| Weekly Rock Top 20 for December 6, 1980 | 
| LW | TW | peaks:    | rock | pop | 
| 2 | 1 | Hey Nineteen | ▲ | 3 | 
| Steely Dan | 
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| 4 | 2 | Passion | ▲ | 2 | 
| Rod Stewart | 
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| 6 | 3 | When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around | ▲ | 
| The Police | 
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| 3 | 4 | Games People Play | 2 | 11 | 
| The Alan Parsons Project | 
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| 1 | 5 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 16 | 6 | Keep On Loving You | 1 | 2 | 
| REO Speedwagon | 
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| 10 | 7 | Once In A Lifetime | 2 | 
| Talking Heads | 
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| 11 | 8 | High Priest Of Rhythmic Noise | ▲ | 
| Cheap Trick | 
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| 7 | 9 | Hell Is For Children | 7 | 
| Pat Benatar | 
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| 5 | 10 | Tunnel Of Love | 5 | 
| Dire Straits | 
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| 13 | 11 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | 2 | 8 | 
| The Police | 
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| 9 | 12 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | 1 | 
| John Lennon | 
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| - | 13 | Gi' Me Wings | 11 | 
| Rod Stewart | 
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| 12 | 14 | Got To Rock On | 6 | 
| Kansas | 
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| - | 15 | May Be A Price To Pay | 14 | 
| The Alan Parsons Project | 
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| - | 16 | I'm A Rocker | ▲ | 
| Bruce Springsteen | 
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| 20 | 17 | Barracuda LIVE | ▲ | 
| Heart | 
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| - | 18 | Killer On The Loose | ▲ | 
| Thin Lizzy | 
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| 18 | 19 | The Tide Is High | 5 | 1 | 
| Blondie | 
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| - | 20 | Tell It Like It Is | 14 | 5 | 
| Heart | 
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