UK Chart - Week ending 1980/12/06

TW LW LW? Movement Title Artist Songwriter Producer Label Catalogue Number Peak Peak Icon WOC Chart Progress This Week Ultimate Peak Ulimate WOC
1 1 Steady Super Trouper ABBA Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Epic EPC 9089 1 ◄ 4 ██████ 1 12
2 2 Steady The Tide Is High Blondie John Holt Mike Chapman Chrysalis - 1 ↓ 5 ████████ 1 12
3 9 Up 6 Banana Republic The Boomtown Rats Pete Briquette/Bob Geldof Tony Visconti Ensign - 3 ◄ 3 █████ 3 11
4 12 Up 8 Embarrassment Madness Lee Thompson/Mike Barson Unknown Stiff BUY 102 4 ◄ 3 █████ 4 12
5 11 Up 6 To Cut A Long Story Short Spandau Ballet Gary Kemp Unknown Reformation - 5 ◄ 4 ███████ 5 11
6 3 Down 3 I Could Be So Good For You Dennis Waterman Unknown Unknown EMI - 3 ↓ 7 ███████████ 3 12
7 4 Down 3 Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills James Mtume/Reggie Lucas James Mtume/Reggie Lucas 20th Century - 4 ↓ 8 ███████████ 4 14
8 7 Down 1 Celebration Kool & The Gang Ronald Bell/Claydes Smith/George Brown/James ‘J.T.’ Taylor/Robert Mickens/Earl Toon Jr/Dennis Thomas/Robert Bell/Eumir Deodata Eumir Deodata/Kool & The Gang De-Lite KOOL M110 7 ↓ 6 █████████ 7 13
9 15 Up 6 Do You Feel My Love? Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Ensign ENY 45 9 ↑ 4 ███████ 8 11
10 8 Down 2 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Jack Douglas Geffen K 79186 8 ↑ 5 ██████ 1 15
11 10 Down 1 The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream A Lie UB40 UB40 Unknown Graduate - 10 ↓ 6 ██████████ 10 12
12 5 Down 7 Fashion David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie/Tony Visconti RCA - 5 ↓ 6 ██████████ 5 12
13 18 Up 5 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Motown TMG 1210 13 ◄ 4 ████████ 13 10
14 6 Down 8 Woman In Love Barbra Streisand Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb Barry Gibb/Albhy Galuten/Karl Richardson CBS - 1 ↓ 10 ████████████ 1 16
15 69 Up 54 Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Stiff BUY 104 15 ↑ 2 ███ 3 11
16 35 Up 19 There's No One Quite Like Grandma St. Winifred's School Choir Gordon Lorenz Peter Tattersall MFP - 16 ↑ 3 █████ 1 11
17 23 Up 6 Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution AC/DC Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Brian Johnson Robert John "Mutt" Lange Atlantic K 11630 17 ↑ 2 █████ 15 8
18 22 Up 4 Ace Of Spades Motorhead Edward Allan Clarke/Ian Kilmister/Philip John Taylor Unknown Bronze BRO 106 15 ↓ 6 ██████████ 15 12
19 17 Down 2 Passion Rod Stewart Phil Chen/Jim Crehan/Gary Grainger/Kevin Savigar/Rod Stewart Rod Stewart (using the alias Harry The Hook)/Jeremy Andrew Jones/The Rod Stewart Group Riva RIVA 26 17 ↓ 5 ██████████ 17 10
20 20 Steady I Like (What You're Doing To Me) Young And Company B Young/M Hank/M Young B Young/M Young Excalibur EXC 501 20 ◄ 6 ██████████ 20 12
21 26 Up 5 Don't Walk Away Electric Light Orchestra Jeff Lynne Unknown Jet - 21 ◄ 3 ██████ 21 10
22 25 Up 3 Lady Kenny Rogers Lionel Richie Lionel Richie United Artists - 22 ↑ 4 ██████ 12 12
23 49 Up 26 Runaway Boys The Stray Cats Unknown Unknown Arista - 23 ↑ 2 ████ 9 10
24 16 Down 8 The Same Old Scene Roxy Music Unknown Unknown Polydor - 12 ↓ 5 ██████████████ 12 7
25 14 Down 11 Special Brew Bad Manners Paul Hyman/David Farren/Chris Kane/Andrew Marson/Marcus Unknown Magnet - 3 ↓ 11 ████████████████ 3 13
26 13 Down 13 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Andy McCluskey Unknown Dindisc - 8 ↓ 10 █████████████ 8 15
27 31 Up 4 Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond Neil Diamond/Gilbert Becaud Bob Gaudio Capitol - 27 ↑ 4 ██████ 17 12
28 19 Down 9 Dog Eat Dog Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS - 4 ↓ 9 ███████████ 4 16
29 29 Steady Lonely Together Barry Manilow Kenny Nolan Unknown Trojan - 29 ↑ 5 ███████ 21 13
30 N/E New Entry Flash Queen Brian May Unknown EMI EMI 5126 30 ↑ 1 █ 10 13
31 N/E New Entry Antmusic Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS S CBS 9352 31 ↑ 1 █ 2 18
32 21 Down 11 What You're Proposing Status Quo Francis Rossi/Bernie Frost Unknown Vertigo - 2 ↓ 9 ████████████████ 2 11
33 42 Up 9 Looking For Clues Robert Palmer Robert Palmer Unknown Island - 33 ◄ 3 ██████ 33 9
34 N/E New Entry Lies Status Quo Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 34 ↑ 1 ██ 11 10
35 50 Up 15 Blue Moon Showaddywaddy Unknown Unknown Arista - 35 ↑ 2 ████ 32 9
36 33 Down 3 Kiss On My List Daryl Hall & John Oates J Allen/Daryl Hall Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA RCA 15 33 ↓ 4 ██████████ 33 8
37 24 Down 13 If You're Lookin' For A Way Out Odyssey Unknown Unknown RCA - 6 ↓ 13 █████████████████ 6 15
38 72 Up 34 Over The Rainbow - You Belong To Me (Medley) Matchbox Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg Unknown Magnet MAG 192 38 ↑ 2 ███ 15 11
39 N/E New Entry December Will Be Magic Again Kate Bush Unknown Unknown EMI - 39 ↑ 1 ██ 29 7
40 N/E New Entry The Call Up The Clash Unknown Unknown CBS - 40 ◄ 1 ███ 40 6
41 N/E New Entry Israel Siouxsie And The Banshees Unknown Unknown Polydor - 41 ◄ 1 ██ 41 8
42 40 Down 2 Girls Can Get It Dr. Hook Unknown Unknown Mercury MER 51 40 ↓ 3 ████████████ 40 5
43 66 Up 23 Rabbit Chas & Dave Unknown Unknown Rockney - 43 ↑ 2 ███ 8 11
44 28 Down 16 When You Ask About Love Matchbox Allison/El Francis Unknown Magnet MAG 191 4 ↓ 11 ██████████████████ 4 12
45 44 Down 1 Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Unknown CBS - 44 ↓ 3 ███████████████ 44 4
46 60 Up 14 If I Could Only Make You Care Mike Berry Dempsey/Schruick Chas Hodges Polydor POSP 202 46 ↑ 2 ████ 37 9
47 N/E New Entry Die Young Black Sabbath Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 47 ↑ 1 ██ 41 7
48 62 Up 14 White Christmas / Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) Darts Irving Berlin Unknown Magnet - 48 ◄ 2 █████ 48 7
49 N/E New Entry Woman In Winter The Skids Unknown Unknown Virgin - 49 ◄ 1 ██████ 49 3
50 46 Down 4 It's Hard To Be Humble Mac Davis Mac Davis Larry Butler Casablanca CAN 210 46 ↑ 4 █████ 27 16
51 54 Up 3 Whip It Devo Gerald Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh Unknown Virgin - 51 ◄ 3 ████████ 51 7
52 34 Down 18 D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan Daniel Vangarde/Jean Kluger Daniel Vangarde Carrere - 2 ↓ 13 ██████████████ 2 18
53 27 ● Down 26 Suddenly Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard John Farrar Unknown Jet - 15 ↓ 7 ████████████████████ 15 7
54 43 Down 11 Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers Motorhead Unknown Unknown Big Beat SWT 61 43 ↓ 3 ███████████████ 43 4
55 38 Down 17 Falcon The Rah Band Unknown Unknown DJM DJS 10954 35 ↓ 6 █████████████████ 35 7
56 52 Down 4 She's A Groovy Freak The Real Thing Chris Amoo/Eddie Amoo Unknown Calibre CAB 105 52 ↓ 3 ███████████████ 52 4
57 36 Down 21 Bourgie, Bourgie Gladys Knight And The Pips Nicholas Ashford/Valerie Simpson Nicholas Ashford/Valerie Simpson CBS CBS 9081 32 ↓ 5 ████████████████ 32 6
58 45 Down 13 Baggy Trousers Madness Graham "Suggs" McPherson/Chris Foreman Unknown Stiff BUY 84 3 ↓ 13 █████████████ 3 20
59 N/E New Entry Lorraine Bad Manners Unknown Unknown Magnet - 59 ↑ 1 █ 21 12
60 39 Down 21 The Night, The Wine And The Roses Liquid Gold Unknown Unknown Polo - 32 ↓ 6 █████████████████ 32 7
61 37 ● Down 24 All Out Of Love Air Supply Graham Russell/Clive Davis Robie Porter Arista - 11 ↓ 11 ████████████████████ 11 11
62 61 ● Down 1 Life Is For Living Barclay James Harvest Les Holroyd Unknown Polydor - 61 ↓ 3 ████████████████████ 61 3
63 N/E New Entry What A Fool Believes Aretha Franklin Unknown Unknown Arista - 63 ↑ 1 ██ 46 7
64 47 ● Down 17 Feels Like The Right Time Shakatak William Sharpe Nigel Wright/Les McCutcheon Polydor POSP 188 41 ↓ 5 ████████████████████ 41 5
65 51 Down 14 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City Whitesnake Harvey Price/Dan Walsh Unknown Sunburst/Liberty BP 381 51 ↓ 3 ███████████████ 51 4
66 N/E New Entry Who's Gonna Rock You The Nolans Billy Ocean/Ken Gold Unknown Epic - 66 ↑ 1 █ 12 11
67 55 ● Down 12 I Never Go Out In The Rain High Society Unknown Unknown Eagle - 53 ↓ 4 ████████████████████ 53 4
68 N/E New Entry Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Unknown RCA 16 68 ↑ 1 ███ 41 6
69 N/E New Entry Never Mind The Presents The Barron Knights Unknown Unknown Epic - 69 ↑ 1 ██ 17 8
70 N/E New Entry Guilty Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb Unknown CBS - 70 ↑ 1 ██ 34 10
71 75 Up 4 Strong Arm Of The Law Saxon Unknown Unknown Carrere CAR 170 71 ↑ 2 █████████████ 63 3
72 N/E New Entry Boom Boom Black Slate Unknown Unknown Ensign - 72 ↑ 1 ███ 51 6
73 41 ● Down 32 Gotta Pull Myself Together The Nolans Unknown Unknown Epic - 9 ↓ 13 ████████████████████ 9 13
74 N/E New Entry Slip And Dip/I Wanna Be With You Coffee Unknown Unknown De-Lite - 74 ↑ 1 ██████ 57 3
75 N/E New Entry Your Cassette Pet Bow Wow Wow Unknown Unknown EMI - 75 ↑ 1 ███ 58 6