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This Day In 80s Music, December 29th

Each year Billboard freezes their weekly charts at the very end of the year/beginning of the new year (including in the 1980s) so there isn’t a lot of “music news” from the 80s to report at the end of the year/very beginning of the year as far as songs/albums going to #1, etc. So for the next few days as we close out the year 2021 and begin 2022, we’ll be going back to one specific year of the 80s per day and showing you the Top 40 songs for that entire year. Today, we visit 1980. These are the Top 40 songs of 1980 as ranked by Billboard Magazine:

1“Call Me“Blondie
2“Another Brick in the Wall, Part II“Pink Floyd
3“Magic“Olivia Newton-John
4“Rock with You“Michael Jackson
5“Do That to Me One More Time“Captain & Tennille
6“Crazy Little Thing Called Love“Queen
7“Coming Up“Paul McCartney
8“Funkytown“Lipps Inc
9“It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me“Billy Joel
10“The Rose“Bette Midler
11“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)“Rupert Holmes
12“Cars“Gary Numan
13“Cruisin“Smokey Robinson
14“Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl”The Spinners
15“Lost in Love“Air Supply
16“Little Jeannie“Elton John
17“Ride Like the Wind“Christopher Cross
18“Upside Down“Diana Ross
19“Please Don’t Go“KC and the Sunshine Band
20“Babe“Styx
21“With You I’m Born Again“Billy Preston and Syreeta
22“Shining Star“The Manhattans
23“Still“Commodores
24“Yes, I’m Ready“Teri DeSario & KC
25“Sexy Eyes“Dr. Hook
26“Steal Away“Robbie Dupree
27“Biggest Part of Me“Ambrosia
28“This Is It“Kenny Loggins
29“Cupid/I’ve Loved You for a Long Time”The Spinners
30“Let’s Get Serious“Jermaine Jackson
31“Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer“Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes
32“Sailing“Christopher Cross
33“Longer“Dan Fogelberg
34“Coward of the County“Kenny Rogers
35“Ladies’ Night“Kool & the Gang
36“Too Hot“Kool & the Gang
37“Take Your Time (Do It Right)“The SOS Band
38“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)“Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
39“More Love“Kim Carnes
40“Pop Muzik“M
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