UK Chart - Week ending 1980/12/20

TW LW LW? Movement Title Artist Songwriter Producer Label Catalogue Number Peak Peak Icon WOC Chart Progress This Week Ultimate Peak Ulimate WOC
1 21 Up 20 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Jack Douglas Geffen K 79186 1 ◄ 7 █████████ 1 15
2 2 Steady There's No One Quite Like Grandma St. Winifred's School Choir Gordon Lorenz Peter Tattersall MFP - 2 ↑ 5 █████████ 1 11
3 3 Steady Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Stiff BUY 104 3 ◄ 4 ███████ 3 11
4 1 Down 3 Super Trouper ABBA Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Epic EPC 9089 1 ↓ 6 ██████████ 1 12
5 9 Up 4 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da The Police Unknown - A&M - 5 ◄ 2 █████ 5 8
6 4 Down 2 Embarrassment Madness Lee Thompson/Mike Barson Unknown Stiff BUY 102 4 ↓ 5 ████████ 4 12
7 5 Down 2 Banana Republic The Boomtown Rats Pete Briquette/Bob Geldof Tony Visconti Ensign - 3 ↓ 5 █████████ 3 11
8 6 Down 2 To Cut A Long Story Short Spandau Ballet Gary Kemp Unknown Reformation - 5 ↓ 6 ██████████ 5 11
9 10 Up 1 Runaway Boys The Stray Cats Unknown Unknown Arista - 9 ◄ 4 ████████ 9 10
10 16 Up 6 Antmusic Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS S CBS 9352 10 ↑ 3 ███ 2 18
11 8 Down 3 Do You Feel My Love? Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Ensign ENY 45 8 ↓ 6 ██████████ 8 11
12 20 Up 8 Flash Queen Brian May Unknown EMI EMI 5126 12 ↑ 3 ████ 10 13
13 12 Down 1 Lady Kenny Rogers Lionel Richie Lionel Richie United Artists - 12 ↓ 6 ██████████ 12 12
14 7 Down 7 The Tide Is High Blondie John Holt Mike Chapman Chrysalis - 1 ↓ 7 ███████████ 1 12
15 17 Up 2 Lies / Don't Drive My Car Status Quo Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 15 ↑ 3 ██████ 11 10
16 11 Down 5 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 ↓ 8 ████████████ 7 13
17 15 Down 2 Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution AC/DC Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Brian Johnson Robert John "Mutt" Lange Atlantic K 11630 15 ↓ 4 ██████████ 15 8
18 34 Up 16 Rabbit Chas & Dave Unknown Unknown Rockney - 18 ↑ 4 ███████ 8 11
19 22 Up 3 Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond Neil Diamond/Gilbert Becaud Bob Gaudio Capitol - 19 ↑ 6 ██████████ 17 12
20 13 Down 7 Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills James Mtume/Reggie Lucas James Mtume/Reggie Lucas 20th Century - 4 ↓ 10 ██████████████ 4 14
21 19 Down 2 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Motown TMG 1210 13 ↓ 6 ████████████ 13 10
22 18 Down 4 The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream A Lie UB40 UB40 Unknown Graduate - 10 ↓ 8 █████████████ 10 12
23 23 Steady Don't Walk Away Electric Light Orchestra Jeff Lynne Unknown Jet - 21 ↓ 5 ██████████ 21 10
24 31 Up 7 Over The Rainbow - You Belong To Me (Medley) Matchbox Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg Unknown Magnet MAG 192 24 ↑ 4 ███████ 15 11
25 25 Steady Lonely Together Barry Manilow Kenny Nolan Unknown Trojan - 25 ↑ 7 ██████████ 21 13
26 14 Down 12 I Could Be So Good For You Dennis Waterman Unknown Unknown EMI - 3 ↓ 9 ███████████████ 3 12
27 36 Up 9 Never Mind The Presents The Barron Knights Unknown Unknown Epic - 27 ↑ 3 ███████ 17 8
28 26 Down 2 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 ↓ 8 █████████████ 20 12
29 28 Down 1 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 ↓ 7 ██████████████ 17 10
30 29 Down 1 December Will Be Magic Again Kate Bush Unknown Unknown EMI - 29 ↓ 3 ████████ 29 7
31 50 Up 19 Too Nice To Talk To The Beat Andy Cox/Ranking Roger/David Steele/Everett Morton/Dave Wakeling Bob Sargeant Go Feet FEET 4 31 ↑ 2 ███ 7 11
32 32 Steady Blue Moon Showaddywaddy Unknown Unknown Arista - 32 ◄ 4 ████████ 32 9
33 33 Steady Looking For Clues Robert Palmer Robert Palmer Unknown Island - 33 ◄ 5 ███████████ 33 9
34 70 Up 36 Do Nothing The Specials Lynval Golding Unknown 2 Tone CHS TT 16 34 ↑ 2 ███ 4 11
35 N/E New Entry This Wreckage Gary Numan Gary Numan Unknown Beggars Banquet - 35 ↑ 1 ██ 20 7
36 47 Up 11 It's Hard To Be Humble Mac Davis Mac Davis Larry Butler Casablanca CAN 210 36 ↑ 6 ███████ 27 16
37 30 Down 7 Ace Of Spades Motorhead Edward Allan Clarke/Ian Kilmister/Philip John Taylor Unknown Bronze BRO 106 15 ↓ 8 █████████████ 15 12
38 37 Down 1 Lorraine Bad Manners Unknown Unknown Magnet - 37 ↑ 3 █████ 21 12
39 40 Up 1 Who's Gonna Rock You The Nolans Billy Ocean/Ken Gold Unknown Epic - 39 ↑ 3 █████ 12 11
40 44 Up 4 If I Could Only Make You Care Mike Berry Dempsey/Schruick Chas Hodges Polydor POSP 202 40 ↑ 4 ████████ 37 9
41 45 Up 4 Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Unknown RCA 16 41 ◄ 3 ██████████ 41 6
42 24 Down 18 Fashion David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie/Tony Visconti RCA - 5 ↓ 8 █████████████ 5 12
43 27 Down 16 Woman In Love Barbra Streisand Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb Barry Gibb/Albhy Galuten/Karl Richardson CBS - 1 ↓ 12 ███████████████ 1 16
44 75 Up 31 Heartbreak Hotel The Jacksons Unknown Unknown Epic - 44 ◄ 2 ██████ 44 6
45 R/E Re-entry Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir John Lennon/Yoko Ono Phil Spector/John Lennon/Yoko Ono Apple R 5970 4 ↑ 10 ██████ 2 30
46 41 Down 5 Die Young Black Sabbath Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 41 ↓ 3 ████████ 41 7
47 54 Up 7 Guilty Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb Unknown CBS - 47 ↑ 3 ██████ 34 10
48 43 Down 5 Israel Siouxsie And The Banshees Unknown Unknown Polydor - 41 ↓ 3 ███████ 41 8
49 42 Down 7 The Call Up The Clash Unknown Unknown CBS - 40 ↓ 3 ██████████ 40 6
50 68 Up 18 Love Me To Sleep Hot Chocolate Unknown Unknown RAK RAK 318 50 ◄ 2 ████████ 50 5
51 39 Down 12 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Andy McCluskey Unknown Dindisc - 8 ↓ 12 ████████████████ 8 15
52 38 Down 14 Kiss On My List Daryl Hall & John Oates J Allen/Daryl Hall Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA RCA 15 33 ↓ 6 ███████████████ 33 8
53 46 Down 7 What A Fool Believes Aretha Franklin Unknown Unknown Arista - 46 ↓ 3 ████████ 46 7
54 51 Down 3 Boom Boom Black Slate Unknown Unknown Ensign - 51 ↓ 3 ██████████ 51 6
55 52 Down 3 White Christmas / Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) Darts Irving Berlin Unknown Magnet - 48 ↓ 4 ███████████ 48 7
56 69 Up 13 You're OK Ottawan Unknown Unknown Carrere - 56 ◄ 2 ██████ 56 6
57 N/E New Entry My Girl Rod Stewart Unknown Unknown Riva 28 57 ↑ 1 ██ 32 7
58 62 Up 4 Your Cassette Pet Bow Wow Wow Unknown Unknown EMI - 58 ◄ 3 ██████████ 58 6
59 N/E New Entry I Am The Beat The Look Mick Bass/Jonny Whetstone - MCA MCA 647 59 ↑ 1 █ 6 12
60 N/E New Entry Clubland Elvis Costello Unknown Unknown F. Beat - 60 ◄ 1 █████ 60 4
61 N/E New Entry Runaround Sue Racey Dion Dimucci/Ernie Maresca Mickie Most RAK RAK 325 61 ↑ 1 ██ 13 10
62 56 ● Down 6 Woman In Winter The Skids Unknown Unknown Virgin - 49 ↓ 3 ████████████████████ 49 3
63 48 Down 15 Dog Eat Dog Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS - 4 ↓ 11 █████████████ 4 16
64 55 Down 9 Whip It Devo Gerald Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh Unknown Virgin - 51 ↓ 5 ██████████████ 51 7
65 57 ● Down 8 Slip And Dip/I Wanna Be With You Coffee Unknown Unknown De-Lite - 57 ↓ 3 ████████████████████ 57 3
66 35 ● Down 31 The Same Old Scene Roxy Music Unknown Unknown Polydor - 12 ↓ 7 ████████████████████ 12 7
67 49 ● Down 18 Special Brew Bad Manners Paul Hyman/David Farren/Chris Kane/Andrew Marson/Marcus Unknown Magnet - 3 ↓ 13 ████████████████████ 3 13
68 N/E New Entry Fade To Grey Visage Billy Currie/Midge Ure/Christopher Payne Unknown Polydor POSP 194 68 ↑ 1 █ 8 15
69 N/E New Entry I'm In Love Again Sad Cafe Unknown Unknown RCA - 69 ↑ 1 ███ 40 6
70 66 Down 4 Baggy Trousers Madness Graham "Suggs" McPherson/Chris Foreman Unknown Stiff BUY 84 3 ↓ 15 ███████████████ 3 20
71 61 ● Down 10 If You're Lookin' For A Way Out Odyssey Unknown Unknown RCA - 6 ↓ 15 ████████████████████ 6 15
72 59 ● Down 13 What You're Proposing Status Quo Francis Rossi/Bernie Frost Unknown Vertigo - 2 ↓ 11 ████████████████████ 2 11
73 53 ● Down 20 Girls Can Get It Dr. Hook Unknown Unknown Mercury MER 51 40 ↓ 5 ████████████████████ 40 5
74 65 Down 9 D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan Daniel Vangarde/Jean Kluger Daniel Vangarde Carrere - 2 ↓ 15 ████████████████ 2 18
75 N/E New Entry Back On The Road Earth, Wind & Fire Unknown Unknown CBS - 75 ↑ 1 █████ 63 4