List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_top-ten_singles_in_1980

List of <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1980

List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1980

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1980. The longest running top-ten single of the year was "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen with 15 weeks. Kenny Rogers, Air Supply, and Michael Jackson each had three top-ten hits in 1980, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

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Escape (The Piña Colada Song) regained the top spot on January 12 for one week.

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Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
Singles from 1979
November 10	"Please Don't Go"	KC and the Sunshine Band	1	January 5	11
December 8	"Do That to Me One More Time" (#5)	Captain & Tennille	1	February 16	14
December 22	"Ladies' Night"	Kool & the Gang	8	January 12	5
Singles from 1980
January 5	"Rock with You" (#4)	Michael Jackson	1	January 19	9
	"Coward of the County"	Kenny Rogers	3	January 26	8
	"We Don't Talk Anymore"	Cliff Richard	7	January 19	4
January 19	"Cruisin'"	Smokey Robinson	4	February 2	7
January 19	"Cool Change"	Little River Band	10	January 19	1
January 26	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (#6)	Queen	1	February 23	12
	"Sara"	Fleetwood Mac	7	February 2	5
	"The Long Run"	Eagles	8	February 2	3
February 2	"Yes, I'm Ready"	Teri DeSario with K.C.	2	March 1	7
February 2	"Don't Do Me Like That"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	10	February 2	2
February 9	"Longer"	Dan Fogelberg	2	March 15	7
February 16	"Desire"	Andy Gibb	4	March 8	8
February 16	"On the Radio"	Donna Summer	5	March 8	6
March 1	"Another Brick in the Wall" (#2)	Pink Floyd	1	March 22	12
March 1	"Working My Way Back to You (Forgive Me, Girl)"	The Spinners	2	March 29	8
March 8	"Him"	Rupert Holmes	6	March 29	5
March 8	"The Second Time Around"	Shalamar	8	March 22	4
March 15	"Too Hot"	Kool & the Gang	5	April 5	5
March 22	"How Do I Make You"	Linda Ronstadt	10	March 22	3
March 29	"Call Me" (#1)	Blondie	1	April 19	12
March 29	"Ride Like the Wind"	Christopher Cross	2	April 26	9
April 5	"Special Lady"	Ray, Goodman & Brown	5	April 19	4
April 12	"With You I'm Born Again"	Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright	4	April 19	6
	"I Can't Tell You Why"	Eagles	8	April 19	4
	"Off the Wall"	Michael Jackson	10	April 12	2
April 19	"Lost in Love"	Air Supply	3	May 3	6
April 19	"Fire Lake"	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	6	May 3	4
April 26	"Sexy Eyes"	Dr. Hook	5	May 24	6
April 26	"You May Be Right"	Billy Joel	7	May 3	4
May 3	"Hold On (To My Love)"	Jimmy Ruffin	10	May 3	2
May 10	"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"	Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes	4	May 24	5
May 17	"Funkytown" (#8)	Lipps Inc.	1	May 31	9
May 17	"Biggest Part of Me"	Ambrosia	3	June 7	8
May 24	"Stomp!"	The Brothers Johnson	7	May 24	2
	"Hurt So Bad"	Linda Ronstadt	8	May 24	3
	"Cars"	Gary Numan	9	June 7	5
May 31	"Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" (#7)	Wings	1	June 28	11
May 31	"Against the Wind"	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	5	June 14	6
June 7	"The Rose" (#10)	Bette Midler	3	June 28	8
June 7	"Little Jeannie"	Elton John	3	July 19	11
June 14	"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (#9)	Billy Joel	1	July 19	11
June 14	"Steal Away"	Robbie Dupree	6	July 12	7
June 21	"She's Out of My Life"	Michael Jackson	10	June 21	2
June 28	"Cupid (I've Loved You for a Long Time)"	The Spinners	4	July 19	7
July 5	"Let's Get Serious"	Jermaine Jackson	9	July 12	3
July 12	"Magic" (#3)	Olivia Newton-John	1	August 2	9
July 12	"Let Me Love You Tonight"	Pure Prairie League	10	July 12	2
July 19	"Shining Star"	The Manhattans	5	July 19	5
July 26	"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"	The S.O.S. Band	3	August 16	7
July 26	"Tired of Toein' the Line"	Rocky Burnette	8	July 26	2
August 2	"Sailing"	Christopher Cross	1	August 30	7
August 2	"Emotional Rescue"	The Rolling Stones	3	September 6	8
August 9	"Upside Down"	Diana Ross	1	September 6	14
August 16	"Let My Love Open the Door"	Pete Townshend	9	August 16	3
August 16	"More Love"	Kim Carnes	10	August 16	3
August 23	"All Out of Love"	Air Supply	2	September 13	10
August 23	"Fame"	Irene Cara	4	September 13	6
August 30	"Give Me the Night"	George Benson	4	September 27	7
September 6	"Lookin' for Love"	Johnny Lee	5	September 20	5
September 6	"Late in the Evening"	Paul Simon	6	September 27	7
September 13	"Another One Bites the Dust"	Queen	1	October 4	15
September 13	"Drivin' My Life Away"	Eddie Rabbitt	5	October 4	6
September 20	"One in a Million You"	Larry Graham	9	September 20	2
September 27	"I'm Alright"	Kenny Loggins	7	October 11	5
October 4	"Woman in Love"	Barbra Streisand	1	October 25	11
October 4	"Xanadu"	Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra	8	October 11	3
October 11	"Real Love"	The Doobie Brothers	5	October 25	5
October 18	"He's So Shy"	The Pointer Sisters	3	October 25	5
October 25	"Lady"	Kenny Rogers	1	November 15	13
	"The Wanderer"	Donna Summer	3	November 15	6
	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"	Stephanie Mills	6	November 15	5
November 1	"I'm Coming Out"	Diana Ross	5	November 15	6
November 1	"Master Blaster (Jammin')"	Stevie Wonder	5	December 6	8
November 15	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	John Lennon	1	December 27	14
November 15	"More Than I Can Say"	Leo Sayer	2	December 6	9
November 22	"Dreamin'"	Cliff Richard	10	November 22	3
December 6	"Hungry Heart"	Bruce Springsteen	5	December 27	8
December 13	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"	Pat Benatar	9	December 20	4

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
October 20	"Still"	Commodores	1	November 17	13
November 3	"Babe"	Styx	1	December 8	11
November 24	"Send One Your Love"	Stevie Wonder	4	December 22	10
December 1	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"	Rupert Holmes	1^[1]	December 22	10

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
November 29	"Love on the Rocks"	Neil Diamond	2	January 10	10
December 13	"Guilty"	Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb	3	January 10	7
December 20	"Every Woman in the World"	Air Supply	5	January 31	8
December 27	"The Tide Is High"	Blondie	1	January 31	10
December 27	"Tell It Like It Is"	Heart	8	January 10	4

List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_top-ten_singles_in_1980

List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1980

Top-ten singles

1979 peaks

1981 peaks

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