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Top 80 Songs of 1980
Whip it good! 1980 was the dawn of a brave new world in rock ‘n’ roll. The year was dominated by two pioneering bands both from the great state of Ohio: Devo and the Pretenders. London was calling in the form of The Clash and David Bowie was the pinnacle of art-rock fa-fa-fashion. The West Coast was flying high, from the Dead Kennedys punk rocking by The Bay while the Go-Go’s and Missing Persons led the SoCal new wave. The party that would become the big, bad ‘80s had started with a pop-tastic bang.
TOP 80 SONGS OF 1980
1. Whip It -- Devo
2. The Wait -- Pretenders
3. Private Idaho -- B- 52’s
4. De Do Do Do De Da Da Da-- Police
5. Heart Of Glass -- Blondie
6. Once In A Lifetime -- Talking Heads
7. Train In Vain -- Clash
8. Only A Lad -- Oingo Boingo
9. Turning Japanese -- Vapors
10. Holiday In Cambodia -- Dead Kennedys
11. Los Angeles -- X
12. Freedom Of Choice -- Devo
13. What I Like About You -- Romantics
14. Mystery Achievement -- Pretenders
15. Ashes To Ashes -- David Bowie
16. Games Without Frontiers -- Peter Gabriel
17. Give Me Back My Man -- B-52’s
18. Tattooed Love Boys -- Pretenders
19. Don’t Stand So Close To Me -- Police
20. Life During Wartime -- Talking Heads
21. Clampdown -- Clash
22. Danger -- Motels
23. Cars -- Gary Numan
24. Fashion -- David Bowie
25. Ain’t This The Life -- Oingo Boingo
26. Girl U Want -- Devo
27. Strobe Light -- B-52’s
28. Talk Of The Town -- Pretenders
29. Canary In A Colemine -- Police
30. Generals & Majors -- XTC
31. Gates Of Steel -- Devo
32. London Calling -- Clash
33. I Can’t Stand Up -- Elvis Costello
34. Christine -- Siouxsie & The Banshees
35. Drivin To Tears -- Police
36. She Talks In Stereo -- Gary Myrick
37. Rock And Roll High School -- Ramones
38. Cuban Slide -- Pretenders
39. Zero Hour -- Plimsoles
40. Pulling Mussels From A Shell -- Squeeze
41. Lust For Life -- Iggy Pop
42. Is She Really Going Out With Him -- Joe Jackson
43. Message In A Bottle -- Police
44. Radio Radio -- Elvis Costello
45. Crosseyed And Painless -- Talking Heads
46. Brass In Pocket -- Pretenders
47. Making Plans For Nigel -- XTC
48. 10:15 Saturday Night -- Cure
49. Are Friends Electric -- Gary Numan
50. Angel Eyes -- Roxy Music
51. Call Me -- Blondie
52. Money (That’s What I Want) -- Flying Lizards
53. Bela Lugosi’s Dead -- Bauhaus
54. Boys Don’t Cry -- Cure
55. Accidents Will Happen -- Elvis Costello
56. Cruel To Be Kind -- Nick Lowe
57. Rock Lobster -- B-52’s
58. Electricity -- OMD
59. What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding -- Elvis Costello
60. I Zimbra -- Talking Heads
61. I Don’t Like Mondays -- Boomtown Rats
62. Let’s Go -- Cars
63. Lost In The Supermarket -- Clash
64. My Sharona -- Knack
65. One Step Beyond -- Madness
66. Pop Muzik -- M
67. Stop Your Sobbing -- Pretenders
68. Smash It Up -- Damned
69. Tears Of A Clown -- English Beat
70. Sunday Papers-- Joe Jackson
71. Atomic -- Blondie
72. Video Killed The Radio Star -- Buggles
73. Walking On The Moon -- Police
74. Love Will Tears Us Apart -- Joy Division
75. I Will Follow -- U2
76. Enola Gay -- OMD
77. Mirror In The Bathroom -- (English) Beat
78. I Got You -- Split Enz
79. Antmusic -- Adam And The Ants
80. Scary Monsters -- David Bowie
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