UK Chart - Week ending 1980/12/27

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 There's No One Quite Like Grandma St. Winifred's School Choir Gordon Lorenz Peter Tattersall MFP - 1 ◄ 6 ██████████ 1 11
2 1 Down 1 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Jack Douglas Geffen K 79186 1 ↓ 8 ██████████ 1 15
3 3 Steady Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Jona Lewie Stiff BUY 104 3 ◄ 5 █████████ 3 11
4 45 Up 41 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 ↑ 11 ███████ 2 30
5 4 Down 1 Super Trouper ABBA Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Epic EPC 9089 1 ↓ 7 ███████████ 1 12
6 5 Down 1 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da The Police Unknown - A&M - 5 ↓ 3 ███████ 5 8
7 10 Up 3 Antmusic Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS S CBS 9352 7 ↑ 4 ████ 2 18
8 6 Down 2 Embarrassment Madness Lee Thompson/Mike Barson Unknown Stiff BUY 102 4 ↓ 6 ██████████ 4 12
9 R/E Re-entry Imagine John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Phil Spector Apple R 6009 6 ↑ 12 ██████████ 1 24
10 9 Down 1 Runaway Boys The Stray Cats Unknown Unknown Arista - 9 ↓ 5 ██████████ 9 10
11 7 Down 4 Banana Republic The Boomtown Rats Pete Briquette/Bob Geldof Tony Visconti Ensign - 3 ↓ 6 ██████████ 3 11
12 15 Up 3 Lies / Don't Drive My Car Status Quo Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 12 ↑ 4 ████████ 11 10
13 18 Up 5 Rabbit Chas & Dave Unknown Unknown Rockney - 13 ↑ 5 █████████ 8 11
14 13 Down 1 Lady Kenny Rogers Lionel Richie Lionel Richie United Artists - 12 ↓ 7 ███████████ 12 12
15 12 Down 3 Flash Queen Brian May Unknown EMI EMI 5126 12 ↑ 4 ██████ 10 13
16 8 Down 8 To Cut A Long Story Short Spandau Ballet Gary Kemp Unknown Reformation - 5 ↓ 7 ████████████ 5 11
17 27 Up 10 Never Mind The Presents The Barron Knights Unknown Unknown Epic - 17 ◄ 4 ██████████ 17 8
18 19 Up 1 Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond Neil Diamond/Gilbert Becaud Bob Gaudio Capitol - 18 ↑ 7 ███████████ 17 12
19 24 Up 5 Over The Rainbow - You Belong To Me (Medley) Matchbox Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg Unknown Magnet MAG 192 19 ↑ 5 █████████ 15 11
20 14 Down 6 The Tide Is High Blondie John Holt Mike Chapman Chrysalis - 1 ↓ 8 █████████████ 1 12
21 11 Down 10 Do You Feel My Love? Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Eddy Grant Ensign ENY 45 8 ↓ 7 ████████████ 8 11
22 25 Up 3 Lonely Together Barry Manilow Kenny Nolan Unknown Trojan - 22 ↑ 8 ████████████ 21 13
23 31 Up 8 Too Nice To Talk To The Beat Andy Cox/Ranking Roger/David Steele/Everett Morton/Dave Wakeling Bob Sargeant Go Feet FEET 4 23 ↑ 3 █████ 7 11
24 34 Up 10 Do Nothing The Specials Lynval Golding Unknown 2 Tone CHS TT 16 24 ↑ 3 █████ 4 11
25 16 Down 9 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 ↓ 9 █████████████ 7 13
26 23 Down 3 Don't Walk Away Electric Light Orchestra Jeff Lynne Unknown Jet - 21 ↓ 6 ████████████ 21 10
27 17 Down 10 Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution AC/DC Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Brian Johnson Robert John "Mutt" Lange Atlantic K 11630 15 ↓ 5 ████████████ 15 8
28 35 Up 7 This Wreckage Gary Numan Gary Numan Unknown Beggars Banquet - 28 ↑ 2 █████ 20 7
29 36 Up 7 It's Hard To Be Humble Mac Davis Mac Davis Larry Butler Casablanca CAN 210 29 ↑ 7 ████████ 27 16
30 26 Down 4 I Could Be So Good For You Dennis Waterman Unknown Unknown EMI - 3 ↓ 10 ████████████████ 3 12
31 39 Up 8 Who's Gonna Rock You The Nolans Billy Ocean/Ken Gold Unknown Epic - 31 ↑ 4 ███████ 12 11
32 30 Down 2 December Will Be Magic Again Kate Bush Unknown Unknown EMI - 29 ↓ 4 ███████████ 29 7
33 33 Steady Looking For Clues Robert Palmer Robert Palmer Unknown Island - 33 ◄ 6 █████████████ 33 9
34 32 Down 2 Blue Moon Showaddywaddy Unknown Unknown Arista - 32 ↓ 5 ███████████ 32 9
35 21 Down 14 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers Motown TMG 1210 13 ↓ 7 ██████████████ 13 10
36 38 Up 2 Lorraine Bad Manners Unknown Unknown Magnet - 36 ↑ 4 ██████ 21 12
37 40 Up 3 If I Could Only Make You Care Mike Berry Dempsey/Schruick Chas Hodges Polydor POSP 202 37 ◄ 5 ███████████ 37 9
38 22 Down 16 The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream A Lie UB40 UB40 Unknown Graduate - 10 ↓ 9 ███████████████ 10 12
39 20 Down 19 Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills James Mtume/Reggie Lucas James Mtume/Reggie Lucas 20th Century - 4 ↓ 11 ███████████████ 4 14
40 61 Up 21 Runaround Sue Racey Dion Dimucci/Ernie Maresca Mickie Most RAK RAK 325 40 ↑ 2 ████ 13 10
41 57 Up 16 My Girl Rod Stewart Unknown Unknown Riva 28 41 ↑ 2 █████ 32 7
42 37 Down 5 Ace Of Spades Motorhead Edward Allan Clarke/Ian Kilmister/Philip John Taylor Unknown Bronze BRO 106 15 ↓ 9 ███████████████ 15 12
43 59 Up 16 I Am The Beat The Look Mick Bass/Jonny Whetstone - MCA MCA 647 43 ↑ 2 ███ 6 12
44 28 Down 16 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 ↓ 9 ███████████████ 20 12
45 29 Down 16 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 ↓ 8 ████████████████ 17 10
46 41 Down 5 Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Unknown RCA 16 41 ↓ 4 █████████████ 41 6
47 44 Down 3 Heartbreak Hotel The Jacksons Unknown Unknown Epic - 44 ↓ 3 ██████████ 44 6
48 43 Down 5 Woman In Love Barbra Streisand Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb Barry Gibb/Albhy Galuten/Karl Richardson CBS - 1 ↓ 13 ████████████████ 1 16
49 47 Down 2 Guilty Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb Unknown CBS - 47 ↑ 4 ████████ 34 10
50 N/E New Entry Don't Stop The Music Yarbrough & Peoples Alisa Peoples/Jonah Ellis/Lonnie Simmons Unknown Mercury - 50 ↑ 1 █ 7 12
51 N/E New Entry Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) The Gap Band Unknown Unknown Mercury - 51 ↑ 1 █ 22 11
52 N/E New Entry White Christmas / Two Risky Jim Davidson Irving Berlin Unknown Scratch - 52 ◄ 1 █████ 52 4
53 68 Up 15 Fade To Grey Visage Billy Currie/Midge Ure/Christopher Payne Unknown Polydor POSP 194 53 ↑ 2 ██ 8 15
54 46 Down 8 Die Young Black Sabbath Unknown Unknown Vertigo - 41 ↓ 4 ███████████ 41 7
55 N/E New Entry I Ain't Gonna Stand For It Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Unknown Motown - 55 ↑ 1 ██ 10 10
56 42 Down 14 Fashion David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie/Tony Visconti RCA - 5 ↓ 9 ███████████████ 5 12
57 54 Down 3 Boom Boom Black Slate Unknown Unknown Ensign - 51 ↓ 4 █████████████ 51 6
58 48 Down 10 Israel Siouxsie And The Banshees Unknown Unknown Polydor - 41 ↓ 4 ██████████ 41 8
59 55 Down 4 White Christmas / Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) Darts Irving Berlin Unknown Magnet - 48 ↓ 5 ██████████████ 48 7
60 53 Down 7 What A Fool Believes Aretha Franklin Unknown Unknown Arista - 46 ↓ 4 ███████████ 46 7
61 50 Down 11 Love Me To Sleep Hot Chocolate Unknown Unknown RAK RAK 318 50 ↓ 3 ████████████ 50 5
62 56 Down 6 You're OK Ottawan Unknown Unknown Carrere - 56 ↓ 3 ██████████ 56 6
63 75 Up 12 Back On The Road Earth, Wind & Fire Unknown Unknown CBS - 63 ◄ 2 ██████████ 63 4
64 60 Down 4 Clubland Elvis Costello Unknown Unknown F. Beat - 60 ↓ 2 ██████████ 60 4
65 51 Down 14 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Andy McCluskey Unknown Dindisc - 8 ↓ 13 █████████████████ 8 15
66 69 Up 3 I'm In Love Again Sad Cafe Unknown Unknown RCA - 66 ↑ 2 ██████ 40 6
67 70 Up 3 Baggy Trousers Madness Graham "Suggs" McPherson/Chris Foreman Unknown Stiff BUY 84 3 ↓ 16 ████████████████ 3 20
68 58 Down 10 Your Cassette Pet Bow Wow Wow Unknown Unknown EMI - 58 ↓ 4 █████████████ 58 6
69 49 Down 20 The Call Up The Clash Unknown Unknown CBS - 40 ↓ 4 █████████████ 40 6
70 N/E New Entry Merry Xmas Everybody Slade & The Reading Choir Noddy Holder/Jim Lea Unknown Cheapskate - 70 ◄ 1 ██████████ 70 2
71 52 Down 19 Kiss On My List Daryl Hall & John Oates J Allen/Daryl Hall Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA RCA 15 33 ↓ 7 █████████████████ 33 8
72 63 Down 9 Dog Eat Dog Adam & The Ants Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni Chris Hughes CBS - 4 ↓ 12 ███████████████ 4 16
73 74 Up 1 D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan Daniel Vangarde/Jean Kluger Daniel Vangarde Carrere - 2 ↓ 16 █████████████████ 2 18
74 64 Down 10 Whip It Devo Gerald Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh Unknown Virgin - 51 ↓ 6 █████████████████ 51 7
75 N/E New Entry Young Parisians Adam & The Ants Adam Ant Unknown Decca F 13808 75 ↑ 1 █ 9 13