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Top Rock Songs of 1980

1979 <-

1980

-> 1981

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

12/1980

Rapture by Blondie

from Autoamerican

352

✫1
US

✫1
dance

33
R&B

35
rock

5
UK

charted as Rapture / The Tide Is High in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 2485]
written by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein

11/1980

Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon

from Hi Infidelity

309

✫1
US

9
rock

7
UK

[Epic 50953]
written by Kevin Cronin

09/1980

Don't Stand So Close to Me by The Police

from Zenyatta Mondatta

282

10
US

11
rock

✫1
UK

written by Sting

07/1980

Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones

from Emotional Rescue

240

3
US

9
dance

9
UK

charted as Emotional Rescue / Dance / She's So Cold is US dance charts
[Rolling Stones 20001]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

11/1980

Kiss on My List by Hall & Oates

from Voices

236

✫1
US

16
AC

54
rock

33
UK

[RCA 12142]
written by Janna Allen & Daryl Hall

10/1980

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police

from Zenyatta Mondatta

198

10
US

5
UK

written by Sting

12/1980

Antmusic by Adam and the Ants

from Kings of the Wild Frontier

180

19
dance

14
rock

2
UK

charted as Dog Eat Dog / Antmusic / Kings of the Wild Frontier in US dance charts
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni

10/1980

Dog Eat Dog by Adam and the Ants

from Kings of the Wild Frontier

145

19
dance

15
rock

4
UK

charted as Dog Eat Dog / Antmusic / Kings of the Wild Frontier in US dance charts
written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni

08/1980

All Over the World by Electric Light Orchestra

from Xanadu: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

141

13
US

46
AC

11
UK

[MCA 41289]
written by Jeff Lynne

10.

09/1980

Real Love by The Doobie Brothers

from One Step Closer

140

5
US

10
AC

70
dance

40
R&B

[Warner 49503]
written by Michael McDonald & Patrick Henderson

11.

11/1980

To Cut a Long Story Short by Spandau Ballet

from Journeys to Glory

122

28
dance

5
UK

[Chrysalis 2473]
written by Gary Kemp

12.

02/1980

So Lonely by The Police

from Outlandos d'Amour

107

6
UK

written by Sting

13.

05/1980

I'm Alive by Electric Light Orchestra

from Xanadu: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

105

16
US

48
AC

20
UK

[MCA 41246]
written by Jeff Lynne

14.

11/1980

Tell It Like It Is by Heart

from Greatest Hits Live

8
US

43
AC

[live]
[Epic 19-50950]
written by George Davis & Lee Diamond

15.

11/1980

Runaway Boys by Stray Cats

from Built for Speed

79
dance

9
UK

charted as Rock This Town/Runaway Boys in US dance charts
written by Brian Setzer & Slim Jim Phantom

16.

02/1980

How Do I Make You by Linda Ronstadt

from Mad Love

10
US

[Elektra 46602 (Asylum)]
written by Billy Steinberg

17.

07/1980

She's So Cold by The Rolling Stones

from Emotional Rescue

26
US

9
dance

33
UK

charted as Emotional Rescue / Dance / She's So Cold is US dance charts
[Rolling Stones 21001]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

18.

03/1980

Think About Me by Fleetwood Mac

from Tusk

20
US

39
AC

[Warner 49196]
written by Christine McVie

19.

11/1980

One Step Closer by The Doobie Brothers

from One Step Closer

24
US

21
AC

[Warner 49622]
written by Keith Knudsen, Carlene Carter & John McFee

20.

03/1980

Any Way You Want It by Journey

from Departure

23
US

[Columbia 11213]
written by Steve Perry & Neal Schon

21.

12/1980

Ah! Leah! by Donnie Iris

from Back on the Streets

29
US

19
rock

written by Mark Avsec & Donnie Iris (as Dominic Ierace)

22.

12/1980

Skateaway by Dire Straits

from Making Movies

58
US

31
rock

37
UK

written by Mark Knopfler

23.

12/1980

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky by The Outlaws [US band]

from Ghost Riders

31
US

15
rock

#1 hit for Vaughn Monroe in 1949
written by Stan Jones

24.

10/1980

Looking for Clues by Robert Palmer

from Clues

105
US

18
dance

33
UK

charted as Johnny and Mary / Looking for Clues in US dance charts
[Island 49620]
written by Robert Palmer

25.

06/1980

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC

4
rock

47
UK

[recorded in 1976]
written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young & Bon Scott

26.

09/1980

Generals and Majors by XTC

from Black Sea

104
US

28
rock

32
UK

charted as Generals and Majors / Don't Lose Your Temper in UK charts
[RSO/Virgin 300]
written by Colin Moulding

27.

06/1980

I Can't Let Go by Linda Ronstadt

from Mad Love

31
US

48
AC

[Asylum 46654]
written by Chip Taylor & Al Gorgoni

28.

09/1980

Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

from Blizzard of Ozz

106
US

9
rock

49
UK

as Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz
[Jet 02079]
written by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads & Bob Daisley

29.

04/1980

A Forest by The Cure

from Seventeen Seconds

47
dance

31
UK

written by Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley, Simon Gallup & Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst)

30.

02/1980

Come Back by J. Geils Band

from Love Stinks

32
US

69
dance

[EMI America 8032]
written by Seth Justman

31.

05/1980

Walks Like a Lady by Journey

from Departure

32
US

[Columbia 11275]
written by Steve Perry

32.

02/1980

Even It Up by Heart

from Bebe Le Strange

33
US

[Epic]
written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson [rock musician] & Sue Ennis

33.

01/1980

I Thank You by ZZ Top

from Degüello

34
US

[Warner 49163]
written by Isaac Hayes & David Porter

34.

12/1980

Back in Black by AC/DC

from Back in Black

37
US

51
rock

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #187]
[Atlantic 3787]
written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young & Brian Johnson

35.

09/1980

Touch and Go by The Cars

from Panorama

37
US

[Elektra 47039]
written by Ric Ocasek

36.

04/1980

Love Stinks by J. Geils Band

from Love Stinks

38
US

[EMI America 8039]
written by Seth Justman

37.

02/1980

Women by Foreigner

from Head Games

41
US

[Atlantic 3651]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner]

38.

12/1980

The Call Up by The Clash

from Sandinista!

40
UK

written by Mick Jones [The Clash], Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon & Topper Headon

39.

02/1980

What I Like About You by The Romantics

from The Romantics

49
US

[Nemperor 7527]
written by Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Rich Cole & Jimmy Marinos

40.

02/1980

Victims of the Fury by Robin Trower

from Victims of the Fury

61
UK

written by Robin Trower & Keith Reid

41.

07/1980

Just Can't Wait by J. Geils Band

from Love Stinks

78
US

[EMI America 8047]
written by Seth Justman

42.

11/1980

People Who Died by Jim Carroll Band

from Catholic Boy

103
US

51
dance

50
rock

[Atco 7314]
written by Jim Carroll, Brian Linsley, Stephen Linsley, Terrell Winn & Wayne Woods

43.

07/1980

Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top

from Degüello

89
US

[Warner 49220]
written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard

44.

06/1980

Bebe Le Strange by Heart

from Bebe Le Strange

109
US

[Epic 50892]
written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson [rock musician], Sue Ennis & Roger Fisher

45.

07/1980

Boys Don't Cry by The Cure

from Boys Don't Cry

70
dance

charted as Boys Don't Cry/Jumping Someone Else's Train in US dance charts
written by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey & Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst)

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