10 hours ago, Popchartfreak said:

I must crack on with finishing 1980 charts 2 months to go!

Dying to see where Grandma ends up. 🤔

Nice combination of totally different styles in your top 10. Massive ska songs from Madness, Specials and Band Manners along with beautiful pop songs from Air Supply and Barbra Streisand. "You're Lying" is soul at its best - the intro was also sampled for the massive rave tune "The House Is Mine" from the Hypnotist. "Enola Gay" is one of the best songs of all time. Also The Police song is pure gold. Cannot remember the Kate Bush song. Brilliant chart!!!

On 27/11/2025 at 20:56, DaTilt said:

Nice combination of totally different styles in your top 10. Massive ska songs from Madness, Specials and Band Manners along with beautiful pop songs from Air Supply and Barbra Streisand. "You're Lying" is soul at its best - the intro was also sampled for the massive rave tune "The House Is Mine" from the Hypnotist. "Enola Gay" is one of the best songs of all time. Also The Police song is pure gold. Cannot remember the Kate Bush song. Brilliant chart!!!

Ooh thanks for commenting DaTilt, sorry I've not been dipping into 1980 comments due to holiday abroad and xmas preps! Ska was fab in 1980 and very pleased you rate You're Lying, I didnt know it had been sampled, but hooray for Hypnotist! Thanks for the comments and picks and more 1980...right now!

4th November 1980

It's 2 weeks at number one for Air Supply's big ballad, but OMD are nipping at their heels Enola Gay trying to go where Messages went - to number one - after Babs Streisand fails to go where Evergreen went: to number one! Kate Bush grabs a 5th top 5 with Army Dreamers, and Bad Manners reach a new chart peak of 5. Adam & The Ants get a first top 10 as Dog Eats Dog leapfrogs Cliff 'n' Livvie's lovely Suddenly at 10.

Sheena Easton blasts into the 20 with One Man Woman, already outdoing 9 To 5, as 1978's Sharing The Night Together returns for Dr. Hook at 19, a lush melody on that one, and a new peak. New in at 23, it's been 5 years waiting, but John Lennon returns with new material, the retro-50's-rocker (Just Like) Starting Over, as John seems content with his life as House Husband and Father, and occasional pop star - giving him a slot at 23, and his first new song since #9 Dream in early 1975, possibly his greatest solo track. The new one is fun, though.

Kelly Marie gets a second instant charter at 29, more of the same, more or less, and beats out Bowie's follow-up from Scary Monsters, Fashion new at 31, that pounds and throbs and goes right to the New Romantic club culture. At 36, UB40 have the best side of the new double A, the stark The Earth Dies Screaming and at this stage of their career no need to indulge their love of roots reggae songs, social commentary was more the thing.

Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes, pre-Yes-revamped, manage a 4th Buggles entry with Elstree before they go off to bigger things, new at 40, which leaves the plodding singalong Minder TV theme at 68 - not a show I watched, as can be seen by my viewing list of the week. My long-term love of things Star Trek has been borne out with time, I think it's fair to say, and MASH is easily the best US (and UK) sitcom of the 70's. That leaves Motorhead trying to catch up with top 20 track Overkill, as Ace Of Spades debuts at a lowly 71, for now. Both singles are manic, exciting Metal.

1 ( 1 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

2 ( 3 ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3 ( 2 ) WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

4 ( 7 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

5 ( 9 ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners

6 ( 5 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

7 ( 10 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

8 ( 4 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

9 ( 20 ) DOG EAT DOG Adam & The Ants

10 ( 15 ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John

11 ( 21 ) I NEED YOUR LOVING Teena Marie

12 ( 18 ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

13 ( 6 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

14 ( 14 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

15 ( 8 ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo

16 ( 56 ) ONE MAN WOMAN Sheena Easton

17 ( 12 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

18 ( 11 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

19 ( NEW ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook

20 ( 13 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

21 ( 16 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

22 ( 19 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

23 ( NEW ) (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER John Lennon

24 ( 25 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

25 ( 33 ) PASSION Rod Stewart

26 ( 34 ) LOVELY ONE The Jacksons

27 ( 32 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

28 ( 17 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

29 ( NEW ) LOVING JUST FOR FUN Kelly Marie

30 ( 30 ) THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie

31 ( NEW ) FASHION David Bowie

32 ( 39 ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC

33 ( 24 ) CASANOVA Coffee

34 ( 22 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

35 ( 31 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

36 ( NEW ) THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING UB40

37 ( 28 ) AMIGO Black Slate

38 ( 23 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

39 ( 27 ) SHE’S SO COLD The Rolling Stones

40 ( NEW ) ELSTREE (REMEMBER ME) Buggles

41 ( 49 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIK THIS BEFORE Stephanie Mills

42 ( 41 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

43 ( 44 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Billy Joel

44 ( 51 ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band

45 ( 29 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

46 ( 26 ) LOVE X LOVE George Benson

47 ( 35 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan

48 ( 48 ) LET ME TALK Earth, Wind & Fire

49 ( 40 ) METROPOLIS The Motors

50 ( 37 ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING (ET LES OISEAUX CHANTAINENT) Sweet People

51 ( 38 ) AM I NORMAL? Eye To Eye

52 ( 36 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN The Planets

53 ( 63 ) GIVE ME AN INCH Hazel O’Connor

54 ( 43 ) TROUBLE Gillan

55 ( 42 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

56 ( 45 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp

57 ( 61 ) FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL The Blues Band

58 ( 57 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A

LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

59 ( 58 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

60 ( 59 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

61 ( 62 ) LIES (THROUGH THE 80’S) Manfred Mann’s Earthband

62 ( 55 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

63 ( 52 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

64 ( 50 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan

65 ( 54 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC

66 ( 47 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry (Original Soundtrack)

67 ( 67 ) SAILING Christopher Cross

68 ( NEW ) I COULD BE SO GOOD TO YOU Dennis Waterman

69 ( 60 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford

70 ( 53 ) DON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO The Tourists

71 ( NEW ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

72 ( 74 ) TAKING A CHANCE ON YOU Dollar

73 ( 46 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

74 ( 68 ) LONDON TOWN Light Of The World

75 ( 72 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

My TV faves Nov 1st-7th

1 Star Trek: Amok Time

2 M*A*S*H

3 Soap (fri)

4 BBC Presidential Coverage

5 The New Avengers

6 TISWAS

7 Not The 9 O’Clock News

8 Soap (thurs)

9 Top Of The Pops

10 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World

11 The World About Us

12 Parkinson (Wed)

13 Mork And Mindy

14 Film ’80

15 Great Railway Journeys Of The World

16 Doctor Who

17 Friday Night...Saturday Morning

18 Question Time

19 Tomorrow’s World

20 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum

11th November 1980

It's an instant number one and new entry for ABBA s the title track of the forthcoming album, Super Trouper, hits the top spot for their second of the year and their 16th in total, and 15th in a row - both are records way, way ahead of any nearest rivals like ELO. The track is delightfully catchy but with a bit of sweet melancholy to it, lyrics about missing home while touring flagging up that they were already done with live concerts. Forever! Poor OMD miss out on the top spot as a result, with Adam & The Ants, Blondie's reggae cover of The Tide Is High becoming their 10th top 10, as Sheena gets her highest charting track to date at 6. Bowie leaps to 8 with Fashion making it his 3rd top 10 of the year and 8 years-worth of doing the same. Teena Marie gets a second top 10 and UB40 climb fast to 13.

I get to hear what I believe is the next Police single - turns out it isnt the second single off Zenyatta Mondatta, after all, but in the meantime I chart it at new at 20 ahead of the disappointing actual next single. Canary was way better. Roxy Music drop their first exciting new single since the early Glam days in Same Old Scene, at 22 and the best Roxy or Ferry single since 1976. The disco party anthem that changes everything for Kool & The Gang as the hit machine gets into overdrive with much Celebration at 37, still one of their best tracks, and covered later on by Kylie.

Diana Ross manages a 3rd Chic-tastic single, but I'm Coming Out just wasnt as good as the first two for me - though I'm Coming Out is an important track for Gay Rights and Feminism both. I just find it a bit annoying and always have, oops! New at 41. At 50, Geldof goes Reggae/New Wave with the political Banana Republic sounding a lot jollier than it is. It's also their last big hit, stunningly, as they seemed able to do no wrong at this stage. Gladys Knight & The Pips are back with Bourgie Bourgie, but were starting to sound like 70's icons as the 80's moved on, new at 68, Devo feeling part of the new US scene as Whip It gets noticed at 71- except in the UK, where we had much bigger and new New Wave ongoing.

ELO get another Xanadu single, Don't Walk Away turning out to be their lowest-charting in 5 years, it just wasnt quite up to previous ballads they occasionally dropped, in at 73, but still better than UK Subs, who's Party In Paris debuts at 74, and not likely to go much higher based on my general view of the band. Sacre Bleu!

1 ( NEW ) SUPER TROUPER ABBA

2 ( 2 ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3 ( 1 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

4 ( 9 ) DOG EAT DOG Adam & The Ants

5 ( 30 ) THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie

6 ( 16 ) ONE MAN WOMAN Sheena Easton

7 ( 3 ) WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

8 ( 31 ) FASHION David Bowie

9 ( 11 ) I NEED YOUR LOVING Teena Marie

10 ( 10 ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John

11 ( 5 ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners

12 ( 6 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

13 ( 36 ) THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING UB40

14 ( 8 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

15 ( 25 ) PASSION Rod Stewart

16 ( 23 ) (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER John Lennon

17 ( 4 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

18 ( 19 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook

19 ( 7 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

20 ( NEW ) CANARY IN A COALMINE The Police

21 ( 15 ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo

22 ( NEW ) SAME OLD SCENE Roxy Music

23 ( 13 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

24 ( 17 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

25 ( 26 ) LOVELY ONE The Jacksons

26 ( 18 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

27 ( 22 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

28 ( 21 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

29 ( 29 ) LOVING JUST FOR FUN Kelly Marie

30 ( 24 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

31 ( 14 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

32 ( 20 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

33 ( 71 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

34 ( 40 ) ELSTREE (REMEMBER ME) Buggles

35 ( 12 ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

36 ( 66 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry (Original Soundtrack)

37 ( NEW ) CELEBRATION Kool & The Gang

38 ( 44 ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band

39 ( 41 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIK THIS BEFORE Stephanie Mills

40 ( 35 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

41 ( NEW ) I’M COMING OUT Diana Ross

42 ( 32 ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC

43 ( 43 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Billy Joel

44 ( 34 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

45 ( 73 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

46 ( 68 ) I COULD BE SO GOOD TO YOU Dennis Waterman

47 ( 28 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

48 ( 38 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

49 ( 37 ) AMIGO Black Slate

50 ( NEW ) BANANA REPUBLIC The Boomtown Rats

51 ( 42 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

52 ( 33 ) CASANOVA Coffee

53 ( 53 ) GIVE ME AN INCH Hazel O’Connor

54 ( 27 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

55 ( 48 ) LET ME TALK Earth, Wind & Fire

56 ( 72 ) TAKING A CHANCE ON YOU Dollar

57 ( 39 ) SHE’S SO COLD The Rolling Stones

58 ( 58 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A

LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

59 ( 45 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

60 ( 46 ) LOVE X LOVE George Benson

61 ( 59 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

62 ( 60 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

63 ( 47 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan

64 ( 63 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

65 ( 51 ) AM I NORMAL? Eye To Eye

66 ( 55 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

67 ( 62 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

68 ( NEW ) BOURGIE BOURGIE Gladys Knight & The Pips

69 ( 54 ) TROUBLE Gillan

70 ( 64 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan

71 ( NEW ) WHIP IT Devo

72 ( 50 ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING (ET LES OISEAUX CHANTAINENT) Sweet People

73 ( NEW ) DON’T WALK AWAY E.L.O.

74 ( NEW ) PARTY IN PARIS UK Subs

75 ( 49 ) METROPOLIS The Motors

My Tv viewing rating Nov 8th-14th

1 Star Trek: I, Mudd

2 Top Of The Pops

3 M*A*S*H

4 Parkinson (Sat)

5 Soap

6 TISWAS

7 Not The 9 O’Clock News

8 Stone

9 The Goodies

10 Hawaii 5-0

11 Doctor Who

12 Benson

13 Mork And Mindy

14 Newsnight (Wed)

15 Kelly Monteith

Pleasured to see Cliff/Olivia at # 10.

John, did you hear Cindy and Bert cover version of "Paranoid" ?

Ha! No I ve never heard that before, and I rather enjoy it in a bizarre Metal-Schlager sort of way - it keeps what great about the original and makes it more poppy! Thanks for the tip, I was aware of Cindy & Bert back in the day but they never broke into the UK market.

18th November 1980

It's 2 weeks on top for Super Trouper as the challenges from Blondie at 2 and John Lennon at 3 look potnetially threatening, not to exclude Bowie & Roxy fro some Glam-era love to boot. The Tide Is High out-peaks Call Me, Starting Over is John's highest position with new material since Happy Xmas War Is Over 8 years previous, and his 8th top 10 outside The Beatles, and Roxy meanwhile grab a 9th top 10, 13th including solo Ferry stuff. UB40 get their second top 10 of 1980 and The Police new single replaces their shoulda-been single inside the top 20, the slightly annoying De Do Do Do. I mean, I take the point of the song, but it remains annoying anyway. New at 14.

Madness drop single 2 off the new album, and it's an altogether more serious affair than they've shown so far, and a great tune on Embarrassment new in at 33. Wilton Felder at 37 is one I've not heard in decades, I obviously liked it and it fits into the jazz-funk grooves of 1980/81 pleasantly enough, but I still couldnt hum it even as I play it now. Young & Co debut as well, one place lower, and ditto comments, slightly more disco than jazzy. All very easy-listening, and let's go for a third to boot at 40 and The Rah Band - Falcon is their first chart track since The Crunch topped my chart in the summer of '77, Richard Hewson now getting some of that instrumental jazz-funk vibe too, which will pay off in the mid-80's with a proper hit again.

The New Wave-ish Nobody Takes Me Seriously Anymore, follows-up Split-Enz' I Got You at 46 and quite good it is too, not heard it in a while. Tim Finn on songwriting duties, rather than his brother. Just below them, Roy Wood is back under an alias The Helicopters, Rock City didn't fly sadly, but Roy gets a chart span of 11 years with The Move, ELO, Wizzard and solo on his 5th nom-de-plume. It's very Roy, but doesnt quite sound 1980-ish enough. Liquid Gold stretch to a 3rd single, The Night, The Wine & The Roses, s'OK at 49, outdoing the New Romantic frippery debut of Spandau Ballet, on the synth-pulsing of To Cut A Long Story Short, as they become the first spearhead of the New Romantic movement to make it big.

Kenny Rogers' drops his best single since the First Edition days, meanwhile, courtesy of a Lionel Richie donation, Lady. Lionel had already shown he could write country ballads on The Commodore's fab Sail On in 1979, so why not go the whole hog and leave the band entirely and write for whoever you want?! In at 68, and at 71, Robin Scott's M return with Official Secrets, but sadly diminshing returns since Pop Musik. That leaves Slade blowing the roof off the Reading Festival as they reminded everyone of their rocking back catalogue, and bunged out a live EP to get some chart action after a few fallow years. 9 years of charting since Coz I Luv You.

1 ( 1 ) SUPER TROUPER ABBA

2 ( 5 ) THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie

3 ( 16 ) (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER John Lennon

4 ( 8 ) FASHION David Bowie

5 ( 22 ) SAME OLD SCENE Roxy Music

6 ( 2 ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

7 ( 13 ) THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING UB40

8 ( 4 ) DOG EAT DOG Adam & The Ants

9 ( 7 ) WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

10 ( 3 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

11 ( 6 ) ONE MAN WOMAN Sheena Easton

12 ( 15 ) PASSION Rod Stewart

13 ( 11 ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners

14 ( NEW ) DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA The Police

15 ( 12 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

16 ( 10 ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John

17 ( 37 ) CELEBRATION Kool & The Gang

18 ( 18 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook

19 ( 14 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

20 ( 33 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

21 ( 25 ) LOVELY ONE The Jacksons

22 ( 9 ) I NEED YOUR LOVING Teena Marie

23 ( 21 ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo

24 ( 17 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

25 ( 19 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

26 ( 29 ) LOVING JUST FOR FUN Kelly Marie

27 ( 34 ) ELSTREE (REMEMBER ME) Buggles

28 ( 41 ) I’M COMING OUT Diana Ross

29 ( 36 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry (Original Soundtrack)

30 ( 27 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

31 ( 24 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

32 ( 23 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

33 ( NEW ) EMBARRASSMENT Madness

34 ( 30 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

35 ( 68 ) BOURGIE BOURGIE Gladys Knight & The Pips

36 ( 28 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

37 ( NEW ) INHERIT THE WIND Wilton Felder

38 ( NEW ) I LIKE (WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ME) Young & Co

39 ( 50 ) BANANA REPUBLIC The Boomtown Rats

40 ( NEW ) FALCON The Rah Band

41 ( 26 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

42 ( 32 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

43 ( 73 ) DON’T WALK AWAY E.L.O.

44 ( 40 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

45 ( 31 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

46 ( NEW ) NOBODY TAKES ME SERIOUSLY Split-Enz

47 ( NEW ) ROCK CITY The Helicopters

48 ( 71 ) WHIP IT Devo

49 ( NEW ) THE NIGHT, THE WINE & THE ROSES Liquid Gold

50 ( NEW ) TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT Spandau Ballet

51 ( 44 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

52 ( 35 ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

53 ( 46 ) I COULD BE SO GOOD TO YOU Dennis Waterman

54 ( 45 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

55 ( 39 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIK THIS BEFORE Stephanie Mills

56 ( 56 ) TAKING A CHANCE ON YOU Dollar

57 ( 38 ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band

58 ( 58 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A

LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

59 ( 47 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

60 ( 48 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

61 ( 42 ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC

62 ( 51 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

63 ( 54 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

64 ( 62 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

65 ( 61 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

66 ( 74 ) PARTY IN PARIS UK Subs

67 ( 43 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Billy Joel

68 ( NEW ) LADY Kenny Rogers

69 ( 64 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

70 ( 49 ) AMIGO Black Slate

71 ( NEW ) OFFICIAL SECRETS M

72 ( 67 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

73 ( NEW ) SLADE ALIVE AT READING EP Slade

74 ( 59 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

75 ( 66 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

76 ( 20 ) CANARY IN A COALMINE The Police

TV 15th-21st Nov 1980

1 Star Trek: The Paradise Syndrome

2 Soap

3 The New Avengers

4 M*A*S*H

5 Tomorrow’s World

6 Top Of The Pops

7 Not The 9 O’Clock News

8 The Sky At Night

9 The Goodies

10 Doctor Who

11 Film ’80

12 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World

13 Kelly Monteith

14 The South Bank Show

15 Dallas

25th November 1980

It's a 3rd week on top for ABBA in a static top 5, with Kool & The Gang getting a first-ever top 10, and The Police making it a 7th in a row. Rod Stewart also manages to sneak Passion in at 10 to notch up his 12th, the record having largely been forgotten in his back catalogue these days, but it's not bad, it's just not that memorable. Eddy Grant gets the highest new entry at 15, with Do You Feel My Love, set up to be his biggest track since Viva Bobby Joe in 1969 in his Equals days. Throbbing reggae on this one.

Back at 31, Supertramp re-chart Dreamer, their debut number 2 hit from 1975, and country singer Don Williams gets I Believe In You new at 39, 4 years on from I Recall A Gypsy Woman charting, and old fave Dave Edmunds goes all producer on the polished fabness of The Stray Cats' Runaway Boys - Americans getting a leg-up from the still-rock'n'roll-appreciating rockabilly scene in the UK. In at 45, while at 49, Bruce Springsteen finally gets that elusive 2nd chart entry following on from Born To Run going top 20 for me in 1975 (but not in the UK) - Hungry Heart also has Phil Spector vibes about it, and also didnt go top 40 in the UK.

The Nick Straker Band follow-up their hit with a flop, but Leaving On A Midnight Train sneaks in here at 55, ahead of Iron Maiden's Women In Uniform debuting at 63. Carly Simon gets a US hit with Jesse, but she's not due for her 5-yearly UK chart excursion until 1982, so not a hit here sadly. That's 64, with 67 new in for Siouxsie & The Banshees, and a dark Christmas song Israel that got little airplay at the time or since. High Society I need to google right now, in at 68 with I Never Go Out In The Rain, a very 1930's-sounding track, down to the singing style, but it was all-new as far as my recollection goes - I thought it was quite clever and catchy.

At 69, Gary Glitter returns with What Your Mama Don't See, turned out to be a bit of red flag that one, so let's briskly move on, to the great Looking For Clues, Robert Palmer debuting his new sound for the 80's, all synthed-up and far from his rock-US-hit Bad Case Of Loving You, or Ballad soul-rock of Every Kinda People. In at 71, Linx drop their follow-up to You're Lyin', Rise & Shine, which sadly didn't, at 72, and nor did Barclay James Harvest as they moved away from folk/Prog into more AOR pop territory and get rewarded with a belated chart debut, Life Is For Living. At 74, Bauhaus tackle Telegram Sam, but the original T.Rex Glam goodie will top my chart in 2 years time as I get full-on 70's nostalgic. Finally, Queen sneak in with an oddity: taken from the Soundtrack to Flash Gordon, cheesy tongue-in-cheek sci-fi, complete with sounbite snips, Flash was a bit of fun, and promoted the film nicely.

1 ( 1 ) SUPER TROUPER ABBA

2 ( 2 ) THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie

3 ( 3 ) (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER John Lennon

4 ( 4 ) FASHION David Bowie

5 ( 5 ) SAME OLD SCENE Roxy Music

6 ( 7 ) THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING UB40

7 ( 6 ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

8 ( 17 ) CELEBRATION Kool & The Gang

9 ( 14 ) DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA The Police

10 ( 12 ) PASSION Rod Stewart

11 ( 8 ) DOG EAT DOG Adam & The Ants

12 ( 9 ) WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

13 ( 39 ) BANANA REPUBLIC The Boomtown Rats

14 ( 13 ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners

15 ( NEW ) DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE Eddy Grant

16 ( 15 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

17 ( 33 ) EMBARRASSMENT Madness

18 ( 10 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

19 ( 50 ) TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT Spandau Ballet

20 ( 16 ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John

21 ( 38 ) I LIKE (WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ME) Young & Co

22 ( 18 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook

23 ( 20 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

24 ( 37 ) INHERIT THE WIND Wilton Felder

25 ( 19 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

26 ( 28 ) I’M COMING OUT Diana Ross

27 ( 11 ) ONE MAN WOMAN Sheena Easton

28 ( 40 ) FALCON The Rah Band

29 ( 68 ) LADY Kenny Rogers

30 ( 23 ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo

31 ( NEW ) DREAMER Supertramp

32 ( 46 ) NOBODY TAKES ME SERIOUSLY ANYMORE Split-Enz

33 ( 30 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

34 ( 43 ) DON’T WALK AWAY E.L.O.

35 ( 35 ) BOURGIE BOURGIE Gladys Knight & The Pips

36 ( 48 ) WHIP IT Devo

37 ( 25 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

38 ( 24 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

39 ( NEW ) I BELIEVE IN YOU Don Williams

40 ( 22 ) I NEED YOUR LOVING Teena Marie

41 ( 32 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

42 ( 31 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

43 ( 27 ) ELSTREE (REMEMBER ME) Buggles

44 ( 36 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

45 ( NEW ) RUNAWAY BOYS The Stray Cats

46 ( 21 ) LOVELY ONE The Jacksons

47 ( 47 ) ROCK CITY The Helicopters

48 ( 44 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

49 ( NEW ) HUNGRY HEART Bruce Springsteen

50 ( 34 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

51 ( 29 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry (Original Soundtrack)

52 ( 26 ) LOVING JUST FOR FUN Kelly Marie

53 ( 41 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

54 ( 42 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

55 ( NEW ) LEAVING ON A MIDNIGHT TRAIN Nick Straker Band

56 ( 51 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

57 ( 54 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

58 ( 58 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A

LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

59 ( 52 ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

60 ( 73 ) SLADE ALIVE AT READING EP - WHEN I’M DANCING I AIN’T FIGHTING Slade

61 ( 49 ) THE NIGHT, THE WINE & THE ROSES Liquid Gold

62 ( 55 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIK THIS BEFORE Stephanie Mills

63 ( NEW ) WOMEN IN UNIFORM Iron Maiden

64 ( NEW ) JESSE Carly Simon

65 ( 64 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

66 ( 65 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

67 ( NEW ) ISRAEL Siouxsie & The Banshees

68 ( NEW ) I NEVER GO OUT IN THE RAIN High Society

69 ( NEW ) WHAT YOUR MAMA DON’T SEE Gary Glitter

70 ( 71 ) OFFICIAL SECRETS M

71 ( NEW ) LOOKING FOR CLUES Robert Palmer

72 ( NEW ) RISE AND SHINE Linx

73 ( NEW ) LIFE IS FOR LIVING Barclay James Harvest

74 ( NEW ) TELEGRAM SAM Bauhaus

75 ( NEW ) FLASH Queen

TV 22nd Nov-28th Nov

1 Star Trek: Requiem For Methusalah

2 film: Love And Death

3 Soap

4 M*A*S*H

5 Top Of The Pops

6 The Outer Limits

7 Mork And Mindy

8 TISWAS

9 film: What’s New Pussycat?

10 Benson

11 The Goodies

12 Film ’80

13 Steptoe And Son

14 Dallas

15 Not The 9 O’Clock News

On 30/12/2025 at 19:15, Last Dreamer said:

Pleasured to see Cliff/Olivia at # 10.

John, did you hear Cindy and Bert cover version of "Paranoid" ?

Highly unlikely, but I was watching a TV show yesterday called House Of Games, and this very song came up as a question!! They had to mime the British title of the book that Cindy & Bert had a German version of Paranoid hit with! So obviously I got the answer before the celebrities did 😄Spooky!