1980 ROCK Number One Song Calendar |
| red # = weekly rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 1 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 | 1 | 1 | 12-08-79 |
| Pink Floyd |
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| 2 | Walking On The Moon | 1 | 1-05-80 |
| The Police |
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| 3 | Refugee | 1 | 7 | 1-12-80 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 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 |
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| 5 | Cheap Sunglasses | 1 | 2-16-80 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 6 | Rockin' Into The Night | 1 | 2-23-80 |
| 38 Special |
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| 7 | Comfortably Numb | 1 | 3-08-80 |
| Pink Floyd |
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| 8 | You May Be Right | 1 | 1 | 3-15-80 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 9 | Ride Like The Wind | 1 | 2 | 3-29-80 |
| Christopher Cross |
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| 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 |
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| 11 | Love Stinks | 1 | 4-19-80 |
| The J. Geils Band |
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| 12 | Cocaine | 1 | 5-03-80 |
| Eric Clapton And His Band |
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| 13 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | 1 | 1 | 5-10-80 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 14 | Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) | 1 | 1 | 5-17-80 |
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
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| 15 | And The Cradle Will Rock... | 1 | 5-24-80 |
| Van Halen |
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| 16 | Against The Wind | 1 | 2 | 5-31-80 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 17 | Misunderstanding | 1 | 3 | 6-07-80 |
| Genesis |
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| 18 | Rough Boys | 1 | 6-14-80 |
| Pete Townshend |
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| 6-21-80 |
| Misunderstanding by Genesis returns to number one |
| 19 | Let My Love Open The Door | 1 | 4 | 6-28-80 |
| Pete Townshend |
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| 20 | Emotional Rescue | 1 | 1 | 7-05-80 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 21 | Turn It On Again | 1 | 7-26-80 |
| Genesis |
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| 22 | Another One Bites The Dust | 1 | 1 | 8-09-80 |
| Queen |
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| 23 | You Shook Me All Night Long | 1 | 8-23-80 |
| AC/DC |
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| 24 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1 | 4 | 9-06-80 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| 25 | Back In Black | 1 | 9-27-80 |
| AC/DC |
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| 26 | She's So Cold | 1 | 20 | 10-04-80 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 10-11-80 |
| Back In Black by AC/DC returns to number one |
| 27 | Hells Bells | 1 | 10-25-80 |
| AC/DC |
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| 28 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | 1 | 11-01-80 |
| John Lennon |
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| 29 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 | 11-08-80 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 30 | Hey Nineteen | 1 | 3 | 12-06-80 |
| Steely Dan |
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| 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 |
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