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Framed Birthday Number One Records from 1980
Find out what was top of the UK charts in 1980 in the list below.
We'll find and frame an original copy of the vinyl record or sheet music, with your own personal message printed and mounted beneath.
It's the perfect birthday gift idea for music lovers. From including delivery.
No.1 from:
Song title & artist:
December 9th 1979
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
Pink Floyd
Number One for 5 weeks
January 13th 1980
Brass in Pocket
The Pretenders
Number One for 2 weeks
January 27th 1980
Too Much Too Young
The Specials
Number One for 2 weeks
February 10th 1980
Coward of the County
Kenny Rogers
Number One for 2 weeks
February 24th 1980
Atomic
Blondie
Number One for 2 weeks
March 9th 1980
Together We Are Beautiful
Fern Kinney
Number One for 1 week
March 16th 1980
Going Underground
The Jam
Number One for 3 weeks
April 6th 1980
Working My Way Back to You
Detroit Spinners
Number One for 2 weeks
April 20th 1980
Call Me
Blondie
Number One for 1 week
April 27th 1980
Geno
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Number One for 2 weeks
May 11th 1980
What's Another Year
Johnny Logan
Number One for 2 weeks
May 25th 1980
Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
The Mash
Number One for 3 weeks
June 15th 1980
Crying
Don McLean
Number One for 3 weeks
July 6th 1980
Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra
Number One for 2 weeks
July 20th 1980
Use It Up And Wear It Out
Odyssey
Number One for 2 weeks
August 3rd 1980
The Winner Takes It All
Abba
Number One for 2 weeks
August 17th 1980
Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie
Number One for 2 weeks
August 31st 1980
Start!
The Jam
Number One for 1 week
September 7th 1980
Feels Like I'm in Love
Kelly Marie
Number One for 2 weeks
September 21st 1980
Don't Stand so Close to Me
The Police
Number One for 4 weeks
October 19th 1980
Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
Number One for 3 weeks
November 9th 1980
The Tide Is High
Blondie
Number One for 2 weeks
November 23rd 1980
Super Trouper
Abba
Number One for 3 weeks
December 14th 1980
(Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon
Number One for 1 week
December 21st 1980
There's No-One Quite Like Grandma
St. Winifred's School Choir
Number One for 2 weeks
See Number One songs for a different year
The charts we use from November 1952 onwards are compiled by the Official Charts Company which produces the UK Singles Chart for the music industry, including the BBC. Their information can differ from that shown in reference guides such as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (now The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles). We explain this more fully here and you can find even more detail on the history of the charts on the Official Charts Company website.

The official UK pop charts based on record sales did not start until 14th November 1952. For earlier dates than this, we have used the weekly pop chart based on the sales of sheet music, which was published by Melody Maker and broadcast by Radio Luxembourg from May 1947. (Sheet music outsold records in the United Kingdom until the early 1950s.)