List of Top 25 singles for 1980 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1980. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1980. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached weeks at No. 1
1. "I Got You" Split Enz 1 8
2. "Turning Japanese" The Vapours 1 2
3. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen 1 7
4. "Another Brick in the Wall part 2" Pink Floyd 2
5. "Brass in Pocket" The Pretenders 2
6. "Can't Stop the Music" Village People 1 4
7. "I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" Jimmy Hall 3
8. "More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer 1 2
9. "Funkytown" Lipps Inc. 1 2
10. "Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band 1 2
11. "Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette 1 2
12. "Don't Stop til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson 1 3
13. "What I Like About You" The Romantics 2
14. "Dreaming My Dreams With You" Colleen Hewett 2
15. "Upside Down" Diana Ross 1 4
16. "Moscow" Genghis Khan 1 6
17. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" Long John Baldry & Kathi McDonald 2
18. "He's my Number One" Christie Allen 4
19. "Call Me" Blondie 4
20. "Babooshka" Kate Bush 2
21. "Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand 1 2
22. "Coming Up" Paul McCartney 2
23. "Shandi" Kiss 5
24. "Blame It on the Boogie" The Jacksons 4
25. "Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie 3


These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"