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1980 ROCK Number One Song Calendar

Rock Number One Songs in Tune Timeline order
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1 Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 1 1   12-08-79  
  Pink Floyd  
    YouTube Amazon  

2 Walking On The Moon 1     1-05-80  
  The Police  
    YouTube Amazon  

3 Refugee 1 7   1-12-80  
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  
    YouTube Amazon  

        1-19-80  
  Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 by Pink Floyd returns to number one

 

4 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1 1   2-09-80  
  Queen  
    YouTube Amazon  

5 Cheap Sunglasses 1     2-16-80  
  ZZ Top  
    YouTube Amazon  

6 Rockin' Into The Night 1     2-23-80  
  38 Special  
    YouTube Amazon  

7 Comfortably Numb 1     3-08-80  
  Pink Floyd  
    YouTube Amazon  

8 You May Be Right 1 1   3-15-80  
  Billy Joel  
    YouTube Amazon  

9 Ride Like The Wind 1 2   3-29-80  
  Christopher Cross  
    YouTube Amazon  

        4-05-80  
  You May Be Right by Billy Joel returns to number one

 

10 Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) 1 7   4-12-80  
  The Pretenders  
    YouTube Amazon  

11 Love Stinks 1     4-19-80  
  The J. Geils Band  
    YouTube Amazon  

12 Cocaine 1     5-03-80  
  Eric Clapton And His Band  
    YouTube Amazon  

13 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 1 1   5-10-80  
  Billy Joel  
    YouTube Amazon  

14 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) 1 1   5-17-80  
  Paul McCartney & Wings  
    YouTube Amazon  

15 And The Cradle Will Rock... 1     5-24-80  
  Van Halen  
    YouTube Amazon  

16 Against The Wind 1 2   5-31-80  
  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  
    YouTube Amazon  

17 Misunderstanding 1 3   6-07-80  
  Genesis  
    YouTube Amazon  

18 Rough Boys 1     6-14-80  
  Pete Townshend  
    YouTube Amazon  

        6-21-80  
  Misunderstanding by Genesis returns to number one

 

19 Let My Love Open The Door 1 4   6-28-80  
  Pete Townshend  
    YouTube Amazon  

20 Emotional Rescue 1 1   7-05-80  
  The Rolling Stones  
    YouTube Amazon  

21 Turn It On Again 1     7-26-80  
  Genesis  
    YouTube Amazon  

22 Another One Bites The Dust 1 1   8-09-80  
  Queen  
    YouTube Amazon  

23 You Shook Me All Night Long 1     8-23-80  
  AC/DC  
    YouTube Amazon  

24 Hit Me With Your Best Shot 1 4   9-06-80  
  Pat Benatar  
    YouTube Amazon  

25 Back In Black 1     9-27-80  
  AC/DC  
    YouTube Amazon  

26 She's So Cold 1 20   10-04-80  
  The Rolling Stones  
    YouTube Amazon  

        10-11-80  
  Back In Black by AC/DC returns to number one

 

27 Hells Bells 1     10-25-80  
  AC/DC  
    YouTube Amazon  

28 (Just Like) Starting Over 1 1   11-01-80  
  John Lennon  
    YouTube Amazon  

29 Hungry Heart 1 1   11-08-80  
  Bruce Springsteen  
    YouTube Amazon  

30 Hey Nineteen 1 3   12-06-80  
  Steely Dan  
    YouTube Amazon  

        12-20-80  
  After John Lennon is shot and killed, his recent number one (Just Like) Starting Over returns to number one

 

31 Keep On Loving You 1 2   12-27-80  
  REO Speedwagon  
    YouTube Amazon  


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1980 Number One Pop Song Calendar

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1980 Rock Top 100 Songs

the top rock songs of 1980 in order

1980 Pop Top 100 Songs

the top pop songs of 1980 in order

1980 One Hit Wonders

list of one-time top 20 makers and others with one well-known song

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Find a rock number one song for any date 1980-2014. If you like rock music, you can find a rock song to represent your birthday, graduation, wedding, or other special event. You are no longer limited to a pop song. Tunecaster has a complete Tune Timeline of pop songs by date, but if you prefer, find your special rock song at the Number One Rock Songs Calendar pages.

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