This is the first in a series of articles about the number one songs of the 1980s. For each year the number one songs are listed in chronological order with information about the song and/or artist and how many weeks it spent at number one. Let's begin with 1980.
1/5/80 "Please Don't Go" - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (1 week)
K.C. & The Sunshine Band were one of the biggest bands of the disco era with 4 previous number one singles: "Get Down Tonight," "That's The Way (I Like It)," "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Your Booty" and "I'm Your Boogie Man." This was their last number one song, and they had only one more song that made the Top 40 chart, 1983's "Give It Up," which made it to number 18.
1/19/80 "Rock With You" - Michael Jackson (4 weeks)
The most successful artist of the '80s, this was already Jackson's third number one single, following 1972's "Ben" and 1979's "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough.
" 2/16/80 "Do That To Me One More Time" - The Captain & Tennille (1 week)
This was the last charting single for Daryl "The Captain" Dragon and his wife, Toni Tennille, who had a string of hits in the '70s.
2/23/80 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen (4 weeks)
This was the groups third Top 10 single and their first number 1 hit.
3/22/80 "Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)" - Pink Floyd (4 weeks)
Pink Floyd was one of the best selling rock acts of the '70s and '80s. Their 1973 album Dark Side Of The Moon spent a record 591 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Album Chart. Their only singles that made the charts were "Money" from that album and "Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)" from The Wall.
4/19/80 "Call Me" - Blondie (6 weeks)
This was the number two single for 1980. It was also Blondie's second number one single, following 1979's "Heart Of Glass."
5/31/80 "Funkytown" - Lipps, Inc. (4 weeks)
One of the most mispronounced band names of all time. It's "lip-synch," not "lips ink" or "lips incorporated." This one-wonder group was from Minneapolis and was made up of multi-instrumentalist Steven Greenberg with vocals from Cynthia Johnson.
6/28/80 "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney & Wings (3 weeks)
1/5/80 "Please Don't Go" - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (1 week)
K.C. & The Sunshine Band were one of the biggest bands of the disco era with 4 previous number one singles: "Get Down Tonight," "That's The Way (I Like It)," "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Your Booty" and "I'm Your Boogie Man." This was their last number one song, and they had only one more song that made the Top 40 chart, 1983's "Give It Up," which made it to number 18.
1/19/80 "Rock With You" - Michael Jackson (4 weeks)
The most successful artist of the '80s, this was already Jackson's third number one single, following 1972's "Ben" and 1979's "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough.
" 2/16/80 "Do That To Me One More Time" - The Captain & Tennille (1 week)
This was the last charting single for Daryl "The Captain" Dragon and his wife, Toni Tennille, who had a string of hits in the '70s.
2/23/80 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen (4 weeks)
This was the groups third Top 10 single and their first number 1 hit.
3/22/80 "Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)" - Pink Floyd (4 weeks)
Pink Floyd was one of the best selling rock acts of the '70s and '80s. Their 1973 album Dark Side Of The Moon spent a record 591 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Album Chart. Their only singles that made the charts were "Money" from that album and "Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)" from The Wall.
4/19/80 "Call Me" - Blondie (6 weeks)
This was the number two single for 1980. It was also Blondie's second number one single, following 1979's "Heart Of Glass."
5/31/80 "Funkytown" - Lipps, Inc. (4 weeks)
One of the most mispronounced band names of all time. It's "lip-synch," not "lips ink" or "lips incorporated." This one-wonder group was from Minneapolis and was made up of multi-instrumentalist Steven Greenberg with vocals from Cynthia Johnson.
6/28/80 "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney & Wings (3 weeks)
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