1980 in music

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Other significant singles

• "A Forest" - The Cure
• "À ma manière" - Dalida
• "All Night Long" - Rainbow
• "All Out of Love" - Air Supply
• "Another Nail In My Heart" - Squeeze
• "Ant Music" - Adam and the Ants
• "Any Way You Want It" - Journey
• "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
• "Babe" - Styx
• "Back Together Again" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
• "Big Man, Big M.A.N." - Crass
• "Borrowed Time" - Styx
• "Breakfast In America(Live)" - Supertramp
• "Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest
• "Bring It All Home" - Gerry Rafferty
• "Can't Help Myself" - Flowers
• "Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel
• "Dancing With Myself" - Generation X
• "Drivin' My Life Away" - Eddie Rabbitt
• "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - The Korgis
• "Fame" - Irene Cara (US release; UK release postponed until 1982)
• "Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin
• "Freewill" - Rush
• "Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel
• "Get A Move On" - Eddie Money
• "Gigi In Paradisco" - Dalida
• "Give Me The Night" - George Benson
• "Good Morning Girl" - Journey
• "He's So Shy" - Pointer Sisters
• "Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
• "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
• "Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen
• "I Can't Tell You Why" - The Eagles
• "I Got You - Split Enz #1
• "I Hope I Never - Split Enz
• "I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones
• "I'm Alright" - Kenny Loggins
• "Ita" - Cold Chisel
• "It's Different For Girls" - Joe Jackson
• "Je suis toutes les femmes" - Dalida
• "Lay All Your Love On Me" (12") - ABBA
• "Let's Be Lovers Again" - Eddie Money
• "Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest
• "Love The World Away" - Kenny Rogers
• "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
• "Meltdown With The Ramones(EP)" - The Ramones
• "Metal Gods" - Judas Priest
• "Mirror In The Bathroom" - The Beat
• "Misunderstanding" - Genesis
• "My Baby" - Cold Chisel
• "Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills
• "New Amsterdam" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• "No Self Control" - Peter Gabriel
• "On And On And On" - ABBA
• "People" - Mi-Sex
• "Poison Ivy" - The Lambrettas
• "Police And Thieves" - Junior Murvin
• "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" - Squeeze
• "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" - Aerosmith
• "Rev On The Red Line" - Foreigner
• "Rio Do Brasil" - Dalida
• "Running Back" - Eddie Money
• "Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook
• "Simon Templar/Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps" - Splodgenessabounds
• "So Long" - Fischer Z
• "Space Race - Mi-Sex"
• "Spirit Of Radio" - Rush
• "Stay Awhile" - Journey
• "Suddenly" - Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard
• "To Cut A Long Story Short" - Spandau Ballet
• "Too Late" - Journey
• "Touch and Go" - The Cars
• "Tulsa Time" - Eric Clapton
• "Turn It On Again" - Genesis
• "What I Like About You" - The Romantics
• "Why Me" - Styx
• "Women" - Foreigner
• "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel