List of UK top-ten singles in 1980
Top-ten singles
Key

List of UK top-ten singles in 1980

Section Title: Top-ten singles
Table Section Text: Key

Entered (week ending)	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	Weeks at peak

Singles in 1979

1 December 1979	7	"Walking on the Moon" ‡	The Police	1	8 December 1979	1

8 December 1979	8	"Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)" ‡	Pink Floyd	1	15 December 1979	5

5	"Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go)" ‡	Gibson Brothers	5	1

7	"I Only Want to Be with You" ‡	The Tourists	4	15 December 1979	2

15 December 1979	5	"Rapper's Delight" ‡	The Sugarhill Gang	3	15 December 1979	1

5	"My Simple Heart" ‡	The Three Degrees	9	22 December 1979	2

22 December 1979	5	"I Have a Dream" ‡	ABBA	2	22 December 1979	4

5	"Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)"	Fiddler's Dram	3	5 January 1980	1

3	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	6	5 January 1980	1

8	"Brass in Pocket"	The Pretenders	1	19 January 1980	2

Singles in 1980

12 January 1980	2	"Tears of a Clown"/"Ranking Full Stop"	The Beat	6	12 January 1980	1

4	"Please Don't Go"	KC and the Sunshine Band	3	19 January 1980	1

19 January 1980	4	"With You I'm Born Again"	Billy Preston and Syreeta	2	19 January 1980	2

5	"My Girl"	Madness	3	26 January 1980	2

5	"I'm In the Mood for Dancing"	The Nolans	3	9 February 1980	2

26 January 1980	4	"Babe"	Styx	6	26 January 1980	2

3	"Green Onions"	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	7	1

1	"Better Love Next Time"	Dr. Hook	8	1

1	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	Dollar	9	1

2 February 1980	4	"Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! (EP)"	The Specials	1	2 February 1980	2

3	"It's Different for Girls"	Joe Jackson	5	2

6	"Coward of the County" (#9)	Kenny Rogers	1	16 February 1980	2

9 February 1980	3	"Someone's Looking at You"	The Boomtown Rats	4	16 February 1980	1

16 February 1980	3	"Captain Beaky"/"Wilfred the Weasel"	Keith Michell	5	16 February 1980	2

5	"And the Beat Goes On"	The Whispers	2	23 February 1980	1

1	"I Hear You Now"	Jon and Vangelis	8	1

23 February 1980	5	"Atomic"	Blondie	1	1 March 1980	2

3	"Carrie"	Cliff Richard	4	1 March 1980	1

1	"Baby, I Love You"	Ramones	8	1

2	"So Good to Be Back Home Again"	The Tourists	8	1 March 1980	1

3	"I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down"	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	4	8 March 1980	1

1 March 1980	5	"Take That Look Off Your Face (from Tell Me On a Sunday)"	Marti Webb	3	8 March 1980	3

2	"Rock with You"	Michael Jackson	7	8 March 1980	1

6	"Together We Are Beautiful" (#8)	Fern Kinney	1	15 March 1980	1

8 March 1980	4	"Games Without Frontiers"	Peter Gabriel	4	15 March 1980	1

4	"All Night Long"	Rainbow	5	15 March 1980	1

15 March 1980	1	"So Lonely"	The Police	6	15 March 1980	1

3	"Do That to Me One More Time"	Captain & Tennille	7	1

5	"Turning Japanese"	The Vapors	3	29 March 1980	1

1	"Hands Off...She's Mine"	The Beat	9	1

22 March 1980	5	"Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children"	The Jam	1	22 March 1980	3

6	"Dance Yourself Dizzy"	Liquid Gold	2	5 April 1980	2

7	"Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl (Medley)"	The Detroit Spinners	1	12 April 1980	2

29 March 1980	1	"Echo Beach"	Martha and the Muffins	10	29 March 1980	1

5 April 1980	2	"Stomp!"	The Brothers Johnson	6	5 April 1980	1

3	"Poison Ivy"	The Lambrettas	7	1

2	"Turn It On Again"	Genesis	8	1

5	"Sexy Eyes"	Dr. Hook	4	12 April 1980	1

5	"King"/"Food for Thought"	UB40	4	19 April 1980	2

12 April 1980	3	"Night Boat to Cairo"	Madness	6	12 April 1980	1

19 April 1980	4	"Call Me"	Blondie	1	26 April 1980	1

3	"Talk of the Town"	The Pretenders	8	1

5	"Silver Dream Machine"	David Essex	4	3 May 1980	1

26 April 1980	6	"Geno" (#7)	Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3 May 1980	2

4	"Coming Up"	Paul McCartney	2	3 May 1980	1

3 May 1980	2	"Toccata"	Sky	5	3 May 1980	1

1	"Check Out the Groove"	Bobby Thurston	10	1

10 May 1980	5	"What's Another Year"	Johnny Logan	1	17 May 1980	2

1	"The Groove"	Rodney Franklin	7	1

1	"The Golden Years (EP)"	Motörhead	8	1

7	"No Doubt About It"	Hot Chocolate	2	24 May 1980	3

2	"My Perfect Cousin"	The Undertones	9	17 May 1980	1

17 May 1980	3	"Mirror in the Bathroom"	The Beat	4	17 May 1980	2

4	"She's Out of My Life"	Michael Jackson	3	24 May 1980	1

2	"Hold On (To My Love)"	Jimmy Ruffin	7	1

6	"I Shoulda Loved Ya"	Narada Michael Walden	8	1

24 May 1980	6	"Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)"	The Mash	1	31 May 1980	3

5	"Over You"	Roxy Music	5	14 June 1980	1

4	"We Are Glass"	Gary Numan	5	31 May 1980	1

31 May 1980	4	"Rat Race"/"Rude Boys Outa Jail"	The Specials	5	7 June 1980	1

7	"Funkytown"	Lipps Inc.	2	28 June 1980	2

7 June 1980	7	"Crying"	Don McLean	1	21 June 1980	3

14 June 1980	4	"Back Together Again"	Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway	3	28 June 1980	1

2	"You Gave Me Love"	Crown Heights Affair	10	2

21 June 1980	4	"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"	The Korgis	5	28 June 1980	1

3	"Behind the Groove"	Teena Marie	6	28 June 1980	1

28 June 1980	3	"Simon Templer"/"Michael Booth's Talking Bum"/"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please"	Splodgenessabounds	7	28 June 1980	2

1	"Substitute"	Liquid Gold	8	1

5 July 1980	5	"Xanadu"	Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra	1	12 July 1980	2

5	"Jump to the Beat"	Stacy Lattisaw	3	12 July 1980	2

4	"My Way of Thinking"/"I Think It's Going to Rain"	UB40	6	19 July 1980	1

1	"To Be or Not to Be"	B.A. Robertson	9	1

12 July 1980	6	"Use It Up and Wear It Out"	Odyssey	1	26 July 1980	2

4	"Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time (Medley)"	The Detroit Spinners	4	19 July 1980	1

5	"Could You Be Loved"	Bob Marley and the Wailers	5	19 July 1980	2

19 July 1980	4	"Babooshka"	Kate Bush	5	2 August 1980	1

1	"Waterfalls"	Paul McCartney	9	1

5	"More Than I Can Say"	Leo Sayer	2	2 August 1980	1

26 July 1980	6	"Upside Down"	Diana Ross	2	9 August 1980	2

1	"Emotional Rescue"	The Rolling Stones	9	1

2 August 1980	1	"There, There, My Dear"	Dexys Midnight Runners	7	2 August 1980	1

6	"The Winner Takes It All"	ABBA	1	9 August 1980	2

9 August 1980	6	"9 to 5"	Sheena Easton	3	16 August 1980	2

4	"Oops Up Side Your Head"	The Gap Band	6	16 August 1980	1

3	"Oh Yeah (On the Radio)"	Roxy Music	5	16 August 1980	1

3	"Give Me the Night"	George Benson	7	16 August 1980	1

16 August 1980	6	"Ashes to Ashes"	David Bowie	1	23 August 1980	2

1	"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)"	Tom Browne	10	1

23 August 1980	5	"Start!"	The Jam	1	6 September 1980	1

7	"Feels Like I'm in Love" (#3)	Kelly Marie	1	13 September 1980	2

2	"Tom Hark"	The Piranhas	6	30 August 1980	1

30 August 1980	2	"I Die: You Die"	Gary Numan	6	6 September 1980	1

2	"The Sunshine of Your Smile"	Mike Berry	9	6 September 1980	1

6 September 1980	4	"Eighth Day"	Hazel O'Connor	5	6 September 1980	2

3	"Dreamin'"	Cliff Richard	8	13 September 1980	1

13 September 1980	5	"One Day I'll Fly Away"	Randy Crawford	2	20 September 1980	2

4	"It's Only Love"/"Beyond the Reef"	Elvis Presley	3	20 September 1980	1

3	"Modern Girl"	Sheena Easton	8	20 September 1980	1

20 September 1980	5	"Master Blaster (Jammin')"	Stevie Wonder	2	4 October 1980	1

3	"Another One Bites the Dust"	Queen	7	27 September 1980	1

27 September 1980	6	"Don't Stand So Close to Me" (#1)	The Police	1	27 September 1980	4

6	"Baggy Trousers"	Madness	3	11 October 1980	2

7	"D.I.S.C.O." (#5)	Ottawan	2	11 October 1980	3

4 October 1980	3	"My Old Piano"	Diana Ross	5	11 October 1980	1

2	"Amigo"	Black Slate	9	11 October 1980	1

11 October 1980	1	"Stereotype"/"International Jet Set"	The Specials	6	11 October 1980	1

6	"If You're Lookin' for a Way Out"	Odyssey	6	1 November 1980	1

1	"Killer on the Loose"	Thin Lizzy	10	1

18 October 1980	2	"Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And the Birds Were Singing)"	Sweet People	4	18 October 1980	1

6	"What You're Proposing"	Status Quo	2	1 November 1980	2

7	"Woman in Love" (#2)	Barbra Streisand	1	25 October 1980	3

4	"When You Ask About Love"	Matchbox	4	1 November 1980	1

25 October 1980	2	"Gotta Pull Myself Together"	The Nolans	9	25 October 1980	2

1	"Love X Love"	George Benson	10	1

1 November 1980	4	"Special Brew"	Bad Manners	3	8 November 1980	2

4	"Enola Gay"	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	8	2

8 November 1980	3	"Dog Eat Dog"	Adam and the Ants	4	8 November 1980	1

6	"The Tide is High" (#6)	Blondie	1	15 November 1980	2

4	"Fashion"	David Bowie	5	22 November 1980	2

15 November 1980	4	"I Could Be So Good for You (Theme from the TV series Minder)"	Dennis Waterman	3	29 November 1980	1

4	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"	Stephanie Mills	4	29 November 1980	1

22 November 1980	8	"Super Trouper" (#4)	ABBA	1	29 November 1980	3

29 November 1980	2	"Celebration"	Kool & the Gang	7	29 November 1980	1

7	"(Just Like) Starting Over" (#10)	John Lennon	1	20 December 1980	1

4	"Banana Republic"	The Boomtown Rats	3	6 December 1980	1

1	"The Earth Dies Screaming"/"Dream a Lie"	UB40	10	1

6 December 1980	6	"Embarrassment"	Madness	4	6 December 1980	2

3	"To Cut a Long Story Short"	Spandau Ballet	5	1

2	"Do You Feel My Love"	Eddy Grant	8	13 December 1980	1

13 December 1980	5	"There's No One Quite Like Grandma"	St Winifred's School Choir	1	27 December 1980	2

6	"Stop the Cavalry"	Jona Lewie	3	27 December 1980	5

6	"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"	The Police	5	20 December 1980	1

4	"Runaway Boys"	Stray Cats	9	20 December 1980	1

20 December 1980	9	"Antmusic" ♦	Adam and the Ants	2	17 January 1981	2

27 December 1980	4	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" ♦	John Lennon & Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Center Choir	2	10 January 1981	1

8	"Imagine" ♦	John Lennon	1	10 January 1981	4

Sentence(s)

In 1980, "The Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)", was peaked at number 3.
The song Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) was released in 1979 and peaked at number 3 at the start of 1980.
Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) was released in 1979, and peaked at number 3 at the start of 1980.

final_sentence: In 1980, "The Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)", was peaked at number 3.
final_sentence: The song Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) was released in 1979 and peaked at number 3 at the start of 1980.
final_sentence: Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) was released in 1979, and peaked at number 3 at the start of 1980.