List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1980 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1980.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1979 |
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December 8 |
"Deja Vu" |
Dionne Warwick |
1 |
January 19 |
10 |
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December 15 |
"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" |
Rita Coolidge |
3 |
January 5 |
8 |
|
December 22 |
"Coward of the Country" |
Kenny Rogers |
5 |
January 5 |
5 |
|
"Looks Like Love Again" |
Dann Rogers |
6 |
January 5 |
6 |
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Singles from 1980 |
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January 5 |
"Yes, I'm Ready" |
Teri DeSario & K.C. |
1 |
January 26 |
7 |
|
January 19 |
"When I Wanted You" |
Barry Manilow |
1 |
February 16 |
9 |
|
January 26 |
"September Morn'" |
Neil Diamond |
2 |
January 26 |
7 |
|
"Longer" |
Dan Fogelberg |
1 |
February 9 |
10 |
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February 2 |
"Daydream Believer" |
Anne Murray |
1 |
March 1 |
8 |
|
February 9 |
"Him" |
Rupert Holmes |
4 |
March 8 |
10 |
|
"Working My Way Back to You" |
The Spinners |
5 |
March 1 |
5 |
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"Give It All You Got" |
Chuck Mangione |
1 |
February 23 |
9 |
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February 16 |
"Kiss Me in the Rain" |
Barbara Streisand |
9 |
February 16 |
1 |
|
"Desire" |
Andy Gibb |
9 |
March 1 |
4 |
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February 23 |
"Three Times in Love" |
Tommy James |
1 |
March 29 |
9 |
|
"Let Me Go, Love" |
Nicolette Larson & Michael McDonald |
9 |
February 23 |
2 |
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March 8 |
"Lost in Love" |
Air Supply |
1 |
March 22 |
11 |
|
March 15 |
"With You I'm Born Again" |
Billy Preston & Syreeta |
2 |
April 12 |
7 |
|
"Sexy Eyes" |
Dr. Hook |
6 |
April 5 |
6 |
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"I Can't Tell You Why" |
Eagles |
3 |
April 19 |
7 |
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March 22 |
"Where Does the Lovin' Go" |
David Gates |
9 |
March 22 |
1 |
|
March 29 |
"Pilot of the Airwaves" |
Charlie Dore |
4 |
April 19 |
5 |
|
"Only a Lonely Heart Sees" |
Felix Cavaliere |
2 |
April 19 |
6 |
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April 5 |
"Fire in the Morning" |
Melissa Manchester |
8 |
April 12 |
2 |
|
April 12 |
"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" |
Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes |
2 |
April 26 |
8 |
|
April 19 |
"Heart Hotels" |
Dan Fogelberg |
3 |
May 3 |
7 |
|
"After You" |
Dionne Warwick |
10 |
April 19 |
1 |
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April 26 |
"Do Right" |
Paul Davis |
4 |
May 3 |
5 |
|
"The Rose" |
Bette Midler |
1 |
May 10 |
13 |
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"I Can't Help It" |
Andy Gibb & Olivia Newton-John |
8 |
May 3 |
5 |
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May 3 |
"Gee Whiz" |
Bernadette Peters |
3 |
May 10 |
5 |
|
"Biggest Part of Me" |
Ambrosia |
3 |
May 17 |
11 |
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"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" |
Barry Manilow |
2 |
May 24 |
10 |
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May 10 |
"Lucky Me" |
Anne Murray |
8 |
May 24 |
3 |
|
May 24 |
"She's Out of My Life" |
Michael Jackson |
4 |
June 7 |
9 |
|
May 31 |
"Little Jeanie" |
Elton John |
1 |
June 14 |
10 |
|
"Should've Never Let You Go" |
Neil & Dara Sedaka |
3 |
June 14 |
7 |
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"Theme from New York, New York" |
Frank Sinatra |
10 |
May 31 |
1 |
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June 7 |
"Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" |
The Spinners |
3 |
June 28 |
9 |
|
"Let Me Love You Tonight" |
Pure Prairie League |
1 |
June 28 |
13 |
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"Against the Wind" |
Bob Seger |
8 |
June 14 |
2 |
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"Steal Away" |
Robbie Dupree |
5 |
July 19 |
8 |
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June 21 |
"Magic" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1 |
July 19 |
12 |
|
July 12 |
"Love the World Away" |
Kenny Rogers |
8 |
July 26 |
5 |
|
July 19 |
"Stand By Me" |
Mickey Gilley |
3 |
August 2 |
6 |
|
"More Love" |
Kim Carnes |
6 |
August 2 |
6 |
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July 26 |
"Where Did We Go Wrong" |
Frankie Valli & Chris Forde |
4 |
August 16 |
5 |
|
"Sailing" |
Christopher Cross |
10 |
July 26 |
2 |
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August 2 |
"Why Not Me" |
Fred Knoblock |
1 |
August 23 |
7 |
|
August 9 |
"Take a Little Rhythm" |
Ali Thomson |
4 |
August 23 |
4 |
|
"Love That Got Away" |
Firefall |
9 |
August 9 |
2 |
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"All Out of Love" |
Air Supply |
5 |
August 30 |
6 |
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August 16 |
"That Lovin' You Feelin' Again" |
Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris |
10 |
August 16 |
2 |
|
August 23 |
"Drivin' My Life Away" |
Eddie Rabbitt |
3 |
September 20 |
8 |
|
August 30 |
"Don't Ask Me Why" |
Billy Joel |
1 |
September 6 |
9 |
|
"No Night So Long" |
Dionne Warwick |
1 |
September 20 |
9 |
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"SomeOne That I Used to Love" |
Natalie Cole |
3 |
September 6 |
4 |
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"You're the Only Woman (You & I)" |
Ambrosia |
5 |
September 13 |
6 |
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September 6 |
"Late in the Evening" |
Paul Simon |
7 |
September 13 |
5 |
|
"Lookin' for Love" |
Johnny Lee |
10 |
September 6 |
1 |
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September 13 |
"Xanadu" |
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra |
2 |
October 11 |
8 |
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"Hey There Lonely Girl" |
Robert John |
10 |
September 13 |
2 |
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September 20 |
"Woman in Love" |
Barbara Streisand |
1 |
October 11 |
12 |
|
"Jesse" |
Carly Simon |
8 |
September 27 |
6 |
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September 27 |
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" |
Stephanie Mills |
5 |
October 4 |
8 |
|
"Look What You've Done to Me" |
Boz Scaggs |
3 |
October 18 |
7 |
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October 11 |
"Could I Have This Dance" |
Anne Murray |
3 |
November 1 |
6 |
|
"Real Love" |
The Doobie Brothers |
10 |
October 11 |
2 |
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October 18 |
"Lady" |
Kenny Rogers |
1 |
November 15 |
10 |
|
October 25 |
"On the Road Again" |
Willie Nelson |
7 |
November 1 |
5 |
|
November 1 |
"More Than I Can Say" |
Leo Sayer |
1 |
December 27 |
12 |
|
"Without Your Love" |
Roger Daltrey |
4 |
November 22 |
7 |
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"Never Be the Same" |
Christopher Cross |
1 |
December 13 |
11 |
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November 8 |
"Suddenly" |
Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard |
4 |
December 27 |
12 |
|
November 22 |
"I Believe in You" |
Don Williams |
8 |
December 13 |
5 |
|
December 13 |
"It's My Turn" |
Diana Ross |
9 |
December 20 |
6 |
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1979 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 20 |
"You're Only Lonely" |
J.D. Souther |
1 |
November 17 |
13 |
|
November 24 |
"Do That to Me One More Time" |
Captain & Tennille |
4 |
December 8 |
11 |
|
December 15 |
"Cool Change" |
Little River Band |
8 |
December 22 |
6 |
|
"We Don't Talk Anymore" |
Cliff Richard |
5 |
December 15 |
7 |
1981 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 15 |
"Love on the Rocks" |
Neil Diamond |
3 |
January 17 |
12 |
|
November 22 |
"Every Woman in the World" |
Air Supply |
2 |
January 17 |
11 |
|
November 29 |
"Guilty" |
Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb |
5 |
January 17 |
9 |
|
December 20 |
"I Love a Rainy Night" |
Eddie Rabbitt |
1 |
January 17 |
9 |
|
December 27 |
"I Made It Through the Rainbow" |
Barry Manilow |
4 |
January 24 |
7 |
|
"The Winner Takes It All" |
ABBA |
1 |
February 7 |
11 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)