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British Number Ones of
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British Number One Hit Singles

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  Date Artist / Song Title Writer(s) Label Weeks at No.1
449 19 January
1980

Brass In Pocket
THE PRETENDERS
written by
CHRISSIE HYNDE and JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT
Real ARE 11
Real Records
ARE 11
2
450 2 February
1980

The Special AKA Live! (EP)
THE SPECIALS
written by
JERRY DAMMERS, LLOYD CHALMERS
Two-Tone TT7
Two-Tone Records
CHS TT7
2
451 16 February
1980

Coward Of The County
KENNY ROGERS
written by
ROGER BOWLING and BILLY ED WHEELER
UP 614
United Artists Records
UP 614
2
452 1 March
1980

Atomic
BLONDIE
written by
DEBBIE HARRY and JIMMY DESTRI
Chrysalis CHS 2410
Chrysalis
CHS 2410
2
453 15 March
1980

Together We Are Beautiful
FERN KINNEY
written by
KEN LERAY
wea K 79111
wea
K 79111
1
454 22 March
1980

Going Underground /
Dreams Of Children

THE JAM
written by
PAUL WELLER

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written by
PAUL WELLER
Release: 14 March 1980
Polydor POSP 113
Polydor
POSP 113
3
455 12 April
1980

Working My Way Back To You
THE DETROIT SPINNERS
written by
DENNY RANDELL & SANDY LINZER,
MICHAEL ZAGER
Release: 15 February 1980
Atlantic K 11432
Atlantic
K 11432
2
456 26 April
1980

Call Me
BLONDIE
written by
DEBBIE HARRY and GIORGIO MORODER
Chrysalis CHS 2414
Chrysalis
CHS 2414
1
457 3 May
1980

Geno
DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
written by
KEVIN ARCHER and KEVIN ROWLAND
Release: 7 March 1980
Late Night Feelings R 6033
Late Night Feelings
R 6033
2
458 17 May
1980

What's Another Year
JOHNNY LOGAN
written by
SHAY HEALY
Release: 25 April 1980
S EPC 8572
Epic
S EPC 8572
2
459 31 May
1980

Theme From MASH (Suicide Is Painless)
THE MASH
music by JOHNNY MANDEL
lyrics by MICHAEL ALTMAN
Release: 25 April 1980
S CBS 8536
CBS
S CBS 8536
3
460 21 June
1980

Crying
DON McLEAN
written by
ROY ORBISON and JOE MELSON
Release: 11 April 1980
EMI 5051
EMI
EMI 5051
3
461 12 July
1980

Xanadu
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN &
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
written by
JEFF LYNNE
Release: 20 June 1980
Jet 185
JET Records
JET 185
1
462 26 July
1980

Use It Up And Wear It Out
ODYSSEY
written by
SANDY LINZER and L. RUSSELL BROWN
Release: 6 June 1980
RCA PB 1962
RCA
PB 1962
2
463 9 August
1980

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
written by
BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS
Release: 25 July 1980
Epic S EPC 8835
Epic
S EPC 8835
2
464 23 August
1980

Ashes To Ashes
DAVID BOWIE
written by
DAVID BOWIE
Release: 8 August 1980
RCA BOW 6
RCA Records
BOW 6
2
465 6 September
1980

Start
THE JAM
written by
PAUL WELLER
Release: 15 August 1980
Polydor 2059 266
Polydor
2059 266
1
466 13 September
1980

Feels Like I'm In Love
KELLY MARIE
written by
RAY DORSET
Release: 5 October 1979
Pye 7P 129
Pye
7P 129
2
467 27 September
1980

Don't Stand So Close To Me
THE POLICE
written by
STING
Release: 15 August 1980
AMS 7584
A&M
AMS 7564
4
468 25 October
1980

Woman In Love
BARBRA STREISAND
written by
BARRY and ROBIN GIBB
USA Release: 2 September 1980
S CBS 8966
CBS
S CBS 8966
3
469 15 November 1980
The Tide Is High
BLONDIE
written by
DUKE REID
CHS 2465
Chrysalis
CHS 2465
2
470 29 November 1980
Super Trouper
ABBA
written by
BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS
Release: 25 July 1980
Epic S EPC 9089
Epic
S EPC 9089
3
471 20 December
1980

(Just Like) Starting Over
JOHN LENNON
written by
JOHN LENNON
USA Release: 24 October 1980
Geffen K 79186
Geffen
K 79186
1
472 27 December
1980

There's No-one Quite Like Grandma
ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR
written by
GORDON LORENZ
Release: 10 October 1980
MFP FP 900
MFP
FP 900
2
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British Number One Hit Albums

  Date Album Details Track Details Weeks at No.1
re 12 Jan ABBA Greatest Hits Volume 2 1
221 19 Jan PRETENDERS Pretenders 4
222 16 Feb Various artist compilation (Motown) The Last Dance 2
223 1 Mar SHADOWS String Of Hits 3
224 22 Mar JOHNNY MATHIS Tears And Laughter 2
225 5 Apr GENESIS Duke 2
226 19 Apr ROSE ROYCE Greatest Hits 2
227 3 May SKY Sky 2 2
228 17 May BONEY M The Magic Of Boney M 2
229 31 May PAUL McCARTNEY McCartney II 2
230 14 Jun PETER GABRIEL Peter Gabriel 2
231 28 Jun ROXY MUSIC Flesh And Blood 1
232 5 Jul ROLLING STONES Emotional Rescue 2
233 19 Jul QUEEN The Game 2
234 2 Aug DEEP PURPLE Deepest Purple 1
235 9 Aug AC/DC Back In Black 2
re 23 Aug ROXY MUSIC Flesh And Blood 3
236 13 Sep GARY NUMAN Telekon 1
237 20 Sep KATE BUSH Never For Ever 1
238 27 Sep DAVID BOWIE Scary Monsters And Super Creeps 2
239 11 Oct POLICE Zenyatta Mondatta 4
240 8 Nov BARBRA STREISAND Guilty 2
241 22 Nov ABBA Super Trouper 9
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