UK Chart - Week ending 1980/05/17

TW LW LW? Movement Title Artist Songwriter Producer Label Catalogue Number Peak Peak Icon WOC Chart Progress This Week Ultimate Peak Ulimate WOC
1 2 Up 1 What's Another Year Johnny Logan Shay Healy Bill Whelan/Dave Pennefather Epic - 1 ◄ 3 ███████ 1 8
2 1 Down 1 Geno Dexy's Midnight Runners Archer/Rowland Unknown Late Night Feelings - 1 ↓ 9 ██████████ 1 18
3 3 Steady Coming Up Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Unknown Parlophone - 2 ↓ 5 ███████████ 2 9
4 17 Up 13 Mirror In The Bathroom The Beat Roger Charlery/Andy Cox/Everett Morton/David Steele/Dave Wakeling Unknown Go Feet - 4 ◄ 3 ██████ 4 9
5 25 Up 20 She's Out Of My Life Michael Jackson Tom Bahler Unknown Epic - 5 ↑ 3 ██████ 3 9
6 9 Up 3 No Doubt About It Hot Chocolate Burns/Glen/Most Unknown RAK RAK 310 6 ↑ 3 █████ 2 11
7 14 Up 7 Hold On To My Love Jimmy Ruffin Robin Gibb/Derek "Blue" Weaver Unknown RSO - 7 ◄ 3 ███████ 7 8
8 11 Up 3 I Shoulda Loved Ya Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden/Stevens/Willis Unknown Atlantic - 8 ◄ 4 ████████ 8 9
9 10 Up 1 My Perfect Cousin The Undertones Unknown Unknown Sire - 9 ◄ 7 ██████████████ 9 10
10 5 Down 5 Silver Dream Machine David Essex David Essex Unknown Mercury - 4 ↓ 7 ████████████ 4 11
11 7 Down 4 The Groove Rodney Franklin Unknown Unknown CBS - 7 ↓ 5 ███████████ 7 9
12 8 Down 4 Golden Years (EP) (Dead Men Tell No Tales / Too Late Is Too Late / Leaving Here / Stone Dead Forever) Motorhead Unknown Unknown Bronze BRO 92 8 ↓ 3 ████████ 8 7
13 15 Up 2 Don't Make Waves The Nolans Ben Findon/Mike Myers/Robert Puzey Ben Findon Epic - 13 ↑ 6 ██████████ 12 11
14 4 Down 10 Call Me Blondie Debbie Harry/Giorgio Moroder Giorgio Moroder Chrysalis - 1 ↓ 6 █████████████ 1 9
15 6 Down 9 Toccata Sky Johann Sebastian Bach/arr. Kevin Peek/Leroy Holmes Unknown Ariola - 5 ↓ 7 ████████████ 5 11
16 12 Down 4 Check Out The Groove Bobby Thurston Unknown Unknown Epic - 10 ↓ 8 ████████████████ 10 10
17 28 Up 11 Let's Go Round Again The Average White Band Unknown Unknown RCA - 17 ↑ 4 ███████ 12 11
18 N/E New Entry Over You Roxy Music Phil Manzanera/Bryan Ferry Unknown Polydor - 18 ↑ 1 ██ 5 9
19 26 Up 7 Breathing Kate Bush Kate Bush Unknown EMI - 19 ↑ 4 ███████████ 16 7
20 21 Up 1 Fool For Your Loving Whitesnake David Coverdale/Bernie Marsden/Mike Moody Unknown United Artists BP 352 20 ↑ 4 ████████ 13 9
21 23 Up 2 The Greatest Cockney Ripoff Cockney Rejects Jeff Geggus/Vince Riordan/Pursey Unknown Zonophone - 21 ◄ 4 ███████████ 21 7
22 27 Up 5 Staring At The Rude Boys The Ruts Paul Fox/John 'Segs' Jennings/Malcolm Owen/Dave Ruffy Unknown Virgin - 22 ◄ 5 ████████████ 22 8
23 42 Up 19 Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) The Mash Johnny Mandel/Michael Altman Thomas Z Shepard CBS 8536 23 ↑ 2 ███ 1 12
24 30 Up 6 Just Can't Give You Up Mystic Merlin Unknown Unknown Capitol - 24 ↑ 4 ████████ 20 9
25 35 Up 10 You Gave Me Love Crown Heights Affair Unknown Unknown De-Lite - 25 ↑ 3 █████ 10 12
26 36 Up 10 The Bucket Of Water Song The Four Bucketeers Unknown Unknown CBS - 26 ◄ 3 ██████████ 26 6
27 20 Down 7 Wheels Of Steel Saxon Bill Byford/Graham Oliver/Steve Dawson/Paul Quinn/Pete Gill Unknown Carrere CAR 143 20 ↓ 9 ████████████████ 20 11
28 19 Down 9 Don't Push It Don't Force It Leon Haywood Unknown Unknown 20th Century - 12 ↓ 10 ██████████████████ 12 11
29 33 Up 4 Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu Bad Manners Unknown Unknown Magnet - 28 ↓ 12 █████████████████ 28 14
30 73 Up 43 You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties Jona Lewie Jona Lewie/Keith Trussell Bob Andrews Stiff - 30 ↑ 2 ████ 16 9
31 32 Up 1 A Forest The Cure Laurence Tolhurst/Matthieu Hartley/Simon Gallup Unknown Fiction - 31 ◄ 6 ███████████████ 31 8
32 31 Down 1 This World Of Water New Musik Unknown Unknown GTO - 31 ↓ 4 ███████████ 31 7
33 67 Up 34 Midnite Dynamos Matchbox Unknown Unknown Magnet MAG 169 33 ↑ 2 ███ 14 12
34 16 Down 18 Sexy Eyes Dr. Hook Chris Waters/Keith Stegall/Bob Mather Ron Haffkine Capitol CL 16127 4 ↓ 8 █████████████████ 4 9
35 13 Down 22 King / Food For Thought UB40 UB40 Bob Lamb/UB40 Graduate - 4 ↓ 11 ████████████████ 4 13
36 22 Down 14 Talk Of The Town The Pretenders Unknown Unknown Real - 8 ↓ 7 █████████████████ 8 8
37 61 Up 24 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson Lee Garrett/Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Motown - 37 ↑ 2 ███ 8 11
38 39 Up 1 Police And Thieves Junior Murvin Unknown Unknown Island - 38 ↑ 3 ██████ 23 9
39 N/E New Entry Teenage UK Subs Unknown Unknown Gem - 39 ↑ 1 ████ 32 5
40 41 Up 1 Crying Don McLean Roy Orbison/Joe Melson Larry Butler EMI - 40 ↑ 2 ██ 1 14
41 53 Up 12 Messages Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Andy McCluskey/Paul Humphreys Unknown Dindisc - 41 ↑ 2 ███ 13 11
42 18 Down 24 Working My Way Back To You - Forgive Me Girl (Medley) The Detroit Spinners Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell/Michael Zager Unknown Atlantic - 1 ↓ 13 ██████████████████ 1 14
43 37 ● Down 6 Missing Words Selecter Unknown Unknown 2 Tone - 23 ↓ 8 ████████████████████ 23 8
44 58 Up 14 No Self Control Peter Gabriel Unknown Unknown Charisma - 44 ↑ 2 ██████ 33 6
45 51 Up 6 Platinum Blonde Prelude Unknown Unknown EMI 5046 45 ◄ 4 ███████████ 45 7
46 69 Up 23 Body Language The Detroit Spinners Unknown Unknown Atlantic - 46 ↑ 2 █████ 40 7
47 52 Up 5 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) Squeeze Unknown Unknown A&M - 47 ↑ 2 ██████ 44 6
48 34 Down 14 Take Good Care Of My Baby Smokie Gerry Goffin/Carole King Unknown RAK RAK 309 34 ↓ 5 ██████████████ 34 7
49 29 Down 20 Work Rest And Play (EP) (Night Boat To Cairo / Deceives The Eye / The Young And The Old / Don't Quote Me On That) Madness Unknown Unknown Stiff BUY 71 6 ↓ 7 █████████████████ 6 8
50 N/E New Entry Duchess Genesis Unknown Unknown Charisma - 50 ↑ 1 ████ 46 5
51 N/E New Entry Back Together Again Roberta Flack With Donny Hathaway James Mtume/Reggie Lucas Unknown Atlantic - 51 ↑ 1 █ 3 11
52 N/E New Entry I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Cockney Rejects John Kellette/James Brockman/James Kendis/Nat Vincent Unknown Zonophone - 52 ↑ 1 ████ 35 5
53 24 Down 29 My Oh My Sad Cafe Unknown Unknown RCA - 14 ↓ 10 ██████████████████ 14 11
54 40 Down 14 Dance Yourself Dizzy Liquid Gold Adrian Baker/Eddie Seago Unknown Polo - 2 ↓ 13 ██████████████████ 2 14
55 48 Down 7 The Seduction (Love Theme) James Last Band Giorgio Moroder Unknown Polydor - 48 ↓ 3 ███████████████ 48 4
56 72 Up 16 Holiday 80 (Double Single) The Human League Unknown Unknown Virgin - 56 ↑ 3 ██████ 46 10
57 63 Up 6 My Friend Jack Boney M Unknown Unknown Atlantic/Hansa - 57 ◄ 4 ████████████████ 57 5
58 75 Up 17 Lady The Whispers Unknown Unknown Solar - 58 ↑ 2 █████████████ 55 3
59 N/E New Entry Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone The Manhattan Transfer Unknown Unknown Atlantic - 59 ↑ 1 ██ 25 8
60 N/E New Entry Rudi Got Married Laurel Aitken And The Unitone Unknown Unknown I-Spy - 60 ◄ 1 ██████ 60 3
61 N/E New Entry Shante Mass Production Unknown Unknown Atlantic - 61 ↑ 1 █████ 59 4
62 N/E ● New Entry Rescue Echo & The Bunnymen Pete de Freitas/Les Pattinson/Ian McCulloch/Will Sergeant Unknown Korova KOW 1 62 ◄ 1 ████████████████████ 62 1
63 47 ● Down 16 Poison Ivy Lambrettas Unknown Unknown Rocket - 7 ↓ 12 ████████████████████ 7 12
64 50 ● Down 14 Love Enough For Two Prima Donna Unknown Unknown Ariola - 48 ↓ 4 ████████████████████ 48 4
65 64 ● Down 1 So Good, So Right / In The Thick Of It Brenda Russell Brenda Russell Andre Fischer A&M AMS 7515 51 ↓ 5 ████████████████████ 51 5
66 46 ● Down 20 January February Barbara Dickson Alan Tarney Alan Tarney Epic - 11 ↓ 10 ████████████████████ 11 10
67 N/E New Entry Irene The Photos The Photos Unknown Epic EPC 8517 67 ↑ 1 █████ 56 4
68 N/E New Entry The Eyes Have It Karel Fialka Unknown Unknown Blueprint - 68 ↑ 1 █████ 52 4
69 38 ● Down 31 Kool In The Kaftan B.A. Robertson Unknown Unknown Asylum - 17 ↓ 12 ████████████████████ 17 12
70 N/E New Entry Funkytown Lipps, Inc. Steven Greenberg Steven Greenberg Casablanca - 70 ↑ 1 █ 2 13
71 45 Down 26 In The City The Jam Unknown Unknown Polydor 5876117 40 ↓ 10 ██████████████ 40 14
72 49 ● Down 23 Going Underground/Dreams Of Children The Jam Paul Weller Unknown Polydor - 1 ↓ 9 ████████████████████ 1 9
73 70 ● Down 3 Turn It On Again Genesis Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford Unknown Charisma - 8 ↓ 10 ████████████████████ 8 10
74 44 ● Down 30 Strange Town The Jam Paul Weller Unknown Polydor - 15 ↓ 13 ████████████████████ 15 13
75 N/E New Entry Calibre Cuts Calibre Cuts Unknown Unknown Calibre - 75 ◄ 1 ██████████ 75 2