UK Chart - Week ending 1980/12/13

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 ◄ 5 ████████ 1 12
2 16 Up 14 There's No One Quite Like Grandma St. Winifred's School Choir Gordon Lorenz Peter Tattersall MFP - 2 ↑ 4 ███████ 1 11
3 15 Up 12 Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Stiff BUY 104 3 ◄ 3 █████ 3 11
4 4 Steady Embarrassment Madness Lee Thompson/Mike Barson Unknown Stiff BUY 102 4 ◄ 4 ██████ 4 12
5 3 Down 2 Banana Republic The Boomtown Rats Pete Briquette/Bob Geldof Tony Visconti Ensign - 3 ↓ 4 ███████ 3 11
6 5 Down 1 To Cut A Long Story Short Spandau Ballet Gary Kemp Unknown Reformation - 5 ↓ 5 █████████ 5 11
7 2 Down 5 The Tide Is High Blondie John Holt Mike Chapman Chrysalis - 1 ↓ 6 ██████████ 1 12
8 9 Up 1 Do You Feel My Love? Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Ensign ENY 45 8 ◄ 5 █████████ 8 11
9 N/E New Entry De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da The Police Unknown - A&M - 9 ↑ 1 ██ 5 8
10 23 Up 13 Runaway Boys The Stray Cats Unknown Unknown Arista - 10 ↑ 3 ██████ 9 10
11 8 Down 3 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 ↓ 7 ██████████ 7 13
12 22 Up 10 Lady Kenny Rogers Lionel Richie Lionel Richie United Artists - 12 ◄ 5 ████████ 12 12
13 7 Down 6 Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills James Mtume/Reggie Lucas James Mtume/Reggie Lucas 20th Century - 4 ↓ 9 ████████████ 4 14
14 6 Down 8 I Could Be So Good For You Dennis Waterman Unknown Unknown EMI - 3 ↓ 8 █████████████ 3 12
15 17 Up 2 Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution AC/DC Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Brian Johnson Robert John "Mutt" Lange Atlantic K 11630 15 ◄ 3 ███████ 15 8
16 31 Up 15 Antmusic Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS S CBS 9352 16 ↑ 2 ██ 2 18
17 34 Up 17 Lies Status Quo Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 17 ↑ 2 ████ 11 10
18 11 Down 7 The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream A Lie UB40 UB40 Unknown Graduate - 10 ↓ 7 ███████████ 10 12
19 13 Down 6 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Motown TMG 1210 13 ↓ 5 ██████████ 13 10
20 30 Up 10 Flash Queen Brian May Unknown EMI EMI 5126 20 ↑ 2 ███ 10 13
21 10 Down 11 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Jack Douglas Geffen K 79186 8 ↑ 6 ████████ 1 15
22 27 Up 5 Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond Neil Diamond/Gilbert Becaud Bob Gaudio Capitol - 22 ↑ 5 ████████ 17 12
23 21 Down 2 Don't Walk Away Electric Light Orchestra Jeff Lynne Unknown Jet - 21 ↓ 4 ████████ 21 10
24 12 Down 12 Fashion David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie/Tony Visconti RCA - 5 ↓ 7 ███████████ 5 12
25 29 Up 4 Lonely Together Barry Manilow Kenny Nolan Unknown Trojan - 25 ↑ 6 █████████ 21 13
26 20 Down 6 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 ↓ 7 ███████████ 20 12
27 14 Down 13 Woman In Love Barbra Streisand Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb Barry Gibb/Albhy Galuten/Karl Richardson CBS - 1 ↓ 11 █████████████ 1 16
28 19 Down 9 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 ↓ 6 ████████████ 17 10
29 39 Up 10 December Will Be Magic Again Kate Bush Unknown Unknown EMI - 29 ◄ 2 █████ 29 7
30 18 Down 12 Ace Of Spades Motorhead Edward Allan Clarke/Ian Kilmister/Philip John Taylor Unknown Bronze BRO 106 15 ↓ 7 ███████████ 15 12
31 38 Up 7 Over The Rainbow - You Belong To Me (Medley) Matchbox Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg Unknown Magnet MAG 192 31 ↑ 3 █████ 15 11
32 35 Up 3 Blue Moon Showaddywaddy Unknown Unknown Arista - 32 ◄ 3 ██████ 32 9
33 33 Steady Looking For Clues Robert Palmer Robert Palmer Unknown Island - 33 ◄ 4 ████████ 33 9
34 43 Up 9 Rabbit Chas & Dave Unknown Unknown Rockney - 34 ↑ 3 █████ 8 11
35 24 Down 11 The Same Old Scene Roxy Music Unknown Unknown Polydor - 12 ↓ 6 █████████████████ 12 7
36 69 Up 33 Never Mind The Presents The Barron Knights Unknown Unknown Epic - 36 ↑ 2 █████ 17 8
37 59 Up 22 Lorraine Bad Manners Unknown Unknown Magnet - 37 ↑ 2 ███ 21 12
38 36 Down 2 Kiss On My List Daryl Hall & John Oates J Allen/Daryl Hall Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA RCA 15 33 ↓ 5 ████████████ 33 8
39 26 Down 13 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Andy McCluskey Unknown Dindisc - 8 ↓ 11 ██████████████ 8 15
40 66 Up 26 Who's Gonna Rock You The Nolans Billy Ocean/Ken Gold Unknown Epic - 40 ↑ 2 ███ 12 11
41 47 Up 6 Die Young Black Sabbath Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 41 ◄ 2 █████ 41 7
42 40 Down 2 The Call Up The Clash Unknown Unknown CBS - 40 ↓ 2 ██████ 40 6
43 41 Down 2 Israel Siouxsie And The Banshees Unknown Unknown Polydor - 41 ↓ 2 █████ 41 8
44 46 Up 2 If I Could Only Make You Care Mike Berry Dempsey/Schruick Chas Hodges Polydor POSP 202 44 ↑ 3 ██████ 37 9
45 68 Up 23 Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Unknown RCA 16 45 ↑ 2 ██████ 41 6
46 63 Up 17 What A Fool Believes Aretha Franklin Unknown Unknown Arista - 46 ◄ 2 █████ 46 7
47 50 Up 3 It's Hard To Be Humble Mac Davis Mac Davis Larry Butler Casablanca CAN 210 46 ↑ 5 ██████ 27 16
48 28 Down 20 Dog Eat Dog Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS - 4 ↓ 10 ████████████ 4 16
49 25 Down 24 Special Brew Bad Manners Paul Hyman/David Farren/Chris Kane/Andrew Marson/Marcus Unknown Magnet - 3 ↓ 12 ██████████████████ 3 13
50 N/E New Entry Too Nice To Talk To The Beat Andy Cox/Ranking Roger/David Steele/Everett Morton/Dave Wakeling Bob Sargeant Go Feet FEET 4 50 ↑ 1 █ 7 11
51 72 Up 21 Boom Boom Black Slate Unknown Unknown Ensign - 51 ◄ 2 ██████ 51 6
52 48 Down 4 White Christmas / Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) Darts Irving Berlin Unknown Magnet - 48 ↓ 3 ████████ 48 7
53 42 Down 11 Girls Can Get It Dr. Hook Unknown Unknown Mercury MER 51 40 ↓ 4 ████████████████ 40 5
54 70 Up 16 Guilty Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb Unknown CBS - 54 ↑ 2 ████ 34 10
55 51 Down 4 Whip It Devo Gerald Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh Unknown Virgin - 51 ↓ 4 ███████████ 51 7
56 49 Down 7 Woman In Winter The Skids Unknown Unknown Virgin - 49 ↓ 2 █████████████ 49 3
57 74 Up 17 Slip And Dip/I Wanna Be With You Coffee Unknown Unknown De-Lite - 57 ◄ 2 █████████████ 57 3
58 54 ● Down 4 Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers Motorhead Unknown Unknown Big Beat SWT 61 43 ↓ 4 ████████████████████ 43 4
59 32 Down 27 What You're Proposing Status Quo Francis Rossi/Bernie Frost Unknown Vertigo - 2 ↓ 10 ██████████████████ 2 11
60 45 ● Down 15 Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Unknown CBS - 44 ↓ 4 ████████████████████ 44 4
61 37 Down 24 If You're Lookin' For A Way Out Odyssey Unknown Unknown RCA - 6 ↓ 14 ██████████████████ 6 15
62 75 Up 13 Your Cassette Pet Bow Wow Wow Unknown Unknown EMI - 62 ↑ 2 ██████ 58 6
63 71 ● Up 8 Strong Arm Of The Law Saxon Unknown Unknown Carrere CAR 170 63 ◄ 3 ████████████████████ 63 3
64 55 ● Down 9 Falcon The Rah Band Unknown Unknown DJM DJS 10954 35 ↓ 7 ████████████████████ 35 7
65 52 Down 13 D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan Daniel Vangarde/Jean Kluger Daniel Vangarde Carrere - 2 ↓ 14 ███████████████ 2 18
66 58 Down 8 Baggy Trousers Madness Graham "Suggs" McPherson/Chris Foreman Unknown Stiff BUY 84 3 ↓ 14 ██████████████ 3 20
67 44 ● Down 23 When You Ask About Love Matchbox Allison/El Francis Unknown Magnet MAG 191 4 ↓ 12 ████████████████████ 4 12
68 N/E New Entry Love Me To Sleep Hot Chocolate Unknown Unknown RAK RAK 318 68 ↑ 1 ████ 50 5
69 N/E New Entry You're OK Ottawan Unknown Unknown Carrere - 69 ↑ 1 ███ 56 6
70 N/E New Entry Do Nothing The Specials Lynval Golding Unknown 2 Tone CHS TT 16 70 ↑ 1 █ 4 11
71 56 ● Down 15 She's A Groovy Freak The Real Thing Chris Amoo/Eddie Amoo Unknown Calibre CAB 105 52 ↓ 4 ████████████████████ 52 4
72 60 ● Down 12 The Night, The Wine And The Roses Liquid Gold Unknown Unknown Polo - 32 ↓ 7 ████████████████████ 32 7
73 57 ● Down 16 Bourgie, Bourgie Gladys Knight And The Pips Nicholas Ashford/Valerie Simpson Nicholas Ashford/Valerie Simpson CBS CBS 9081 32 ↓ 6 ████████████████████ 32 6
74 65 ● Down 9 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City Whitesnake Harvey Price/Dan Walsh Unknown Sunburst/Liberty BP 381 51 ↓ 4 ████████████████████ 51 4
75 N/E New Entry Heartbreak Hotel The Jacksons Unknown Unknown Epic - 75 ↑ 1 ███ 44 6