This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1980.
Week ending | Song | Artist |
---|---|---|
5 January | " Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" | Pink Floyd |
12 January | ||
19 January | " Totus Tuus (Totally Yours)" | Dana |
26 January | " Brass in Pocket" | The Pretenders |
2 February | ||
No charts exist for 34 weeks due to a strike. [1] | ||
4 October | " Don't Stand So Close to Me" | The Police |
11 October | ||
18 October | ||
25 October | ||
1 November | " Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand |
8 November | ||
15 November | ||
22 November | ||
29 November | " Super Trouper" | ABBA |
6 December | ||
13 December | ||
20 December | " There's No-one Quite Like Grandma" | St Winifred's School Choir |
27 December |
Hot Press magazine published fortnightly charts during the strike period. This information is now used by http://www.irishcharts.ie/. The number ones from this period (one every two weeks) were as follows...
Fortnight ending | Song | Artist |
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12 February | " Brass in Pocket" | The Pretenders [2] |
26 February | " Coward of the County" | Kenny Rogers [3] |
13 March [4] | ||
27 March | " Take That Look Off Your Face" | Marti Webb [5] |
10 April [6] | ||
24 April [7] | ||
8 May | " Working My Way Back to You" | Detroit Spinners [8] |
22 May | " What's Another Year" | Johnny Logan [9] |
5 June [10] | ||
19 June [11] | ||
2 July | " Theme from MASH" | The MASH [12] |
16 July | " Crying" | Don McLean [13] |
30 July | " Xanadu" | Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra [14] |
13 August [15] | ||
27 August [16] | ||
10 September | " The Winner Takes It All" | ABBA [17] |
25 September | " Start!" | The Jam [18] |
2 October | " Feels Like I'm in Love" | Kelly Marie |