POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 27, 1980
1

(Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

2

More Than I Can Say

Leo Sayer

—

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 2

3

Love On The Rocks

Neil Diamond

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 4

4

Lady

Kenny Rogers

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 1

5

Hungry Heart

Bruce Springsteen

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 6

6

Every Woman In The World

Air Supply

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 10

7

Guilty

Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

8

The Tide Is High

Blondie

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 11

9

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Pat Benatar

—

Peak: 9 • 24 wks • Prev: 9

10

Tell It Like It Is

Heart

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

11

Passion

Rod Stewart

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 16

12

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

The Police

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 21 wks • Prev: 14

13

Master Blaster (Jammin')

Stevie Wonder

↓ 8

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 5

14

Another One Bites The Dust

Queen

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 31 wks • Prev: 7

15

It's My Turn

Diana Ross

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

16

I Made It Through The Rain

Barry Manilow

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

17

Celebration

Kool & The Gang

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 30 wks • Prev: 20

18

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

The Korgis

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 19 wks • Prev: 19

19

I Love A Rainy Night

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 26

20

Hey Nineteen

Steely Dan

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 27

21

Time Is Time

Andy Gibb

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

22

Woman In Love

Barbra Streisand

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 13

23

Suddenly

Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 19 wks • Prev: 25

24

I Believe In You

Don Williams

—

Peak: 24 • 20 wks • Prev: 24

25

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 10

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

26

One Step Closer

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

27

Whip It

Devo

↓ 9

Peak: 14 • 25 wks • Prev: 18

28

Giving It Up For Your Love

Delbert McClinton

↑ 10

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 38

29

Together

Tierra

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 21 wks • Prev: 33

30

Miss Sun

Boz Scaggs

↑ 15

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 45

31

Never Be The Same

Christopher Cross

—

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 31

33

9 To 5

Dolly Parton

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 39

34

I'm Coming Out

Diana Ross

↓ 4

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 30

35

Girls Can Get It

Dr. Hook

↓ 1

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

36

The Winner Takes It All

ABBA

↑ 8

Peak: 8 • 26 wks • Prev: 44

37

Same Old Lang Syne

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 22

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 59

38

Sequel

Harry Chapin

↓ 15

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

39

Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 53

40

Killin' Time

Fred Knoblock & Susan Anton

↑ 6

Peak: 28 • 18 wks • Prev: 46

41

Cold Love

Donna Summer

↑ 13

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

42

Turn And Walk Away

The Babys

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

43

He Can't Love You

Michael Stanley Band

↑ 4

Peak: 33 • 16 wks • Prev: 47

44

Need Your Loving Tonight

Queen

↑ 8

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

45

My Mother's Eyes

Bette Midler

↑ 6

Peak: 39 • 13 wks • Prev: 51

46

Shine On

L.T.D.

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 50

47

Gotta Have More Love

Climax Blues Band

↑ 2

Peak: 47 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

48

You

Earth, Wind & Fire

—

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 48

49

I Need Your Lovin'

Teena Marie

↑ 6

Peak: 37 • 14 wks • Prev: 55

50

Smoky Mountain Rain

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 7

Peak: 24 • 21 wks • Prev: 57

51

Heartbreak Hotel

The Jacksons

↑ 9

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 60

52

Love T.K.O.

Teddy Pendergrass

↑ 6

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 58

53

Teacher Teacher

Rockpile

↑ 3

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

54

Games People Play

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 9

Peak: 16 • 23 wks • Prev: 63

55

Seven Bridges Road

Eagles

↑ 9

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 64

56

I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

Stevie Wonder

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 67

57

This Time

John Cougar

↓ 25

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

58

Dreaming

Cliff Richard

↓ 23

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 35

59

Deep Inside My Heart

Randy Meisner

↓ 23

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

60

The Wanderer

Donna Summer

↓ 23

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 37

61

Fool That I Am

Rita Coolidge

↑ 10

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

62

Breakfast In America

Supertramp

↑ 10

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

63

He's So Shy

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 23

Peak: 3 • 26 wks • Prev: 40

64

Who's Making Love

Blues Brothers

↑ 12

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 76

65

A Little In Love

Cliff Richard

↑ 13

Peak: 17 • 22 wks • Prev: 78

66

Never Knew Love Like This Before

Stephanie Mills

↓ 25

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 41

67

The Horizontal Bop

Bob Seger

↓ 25

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

68

Could I Be Dreaming

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 7

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

69

What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?)

The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale

↑ 12

Peak: 69 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

70

Ah! Leah!

Donnie Iris

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 80

71

Back In Black

AC/DC

↑ 11

Peak: 37 • 15 wks • Prev: 82

72

Fashion

David Bowie

↑ 2

Peak: 70 • 9 wks • Prev: 74

73

Set The Night On Fire

Oak

↑ 2

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 75

74

Easy Love

Dionne Warwick

↓ 12

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

75

Turning Japanese

The Vapors

↓ 10

Peak: 36 • 17 wks • Prev: 65

76

Without Your Love

Roger Daltrey

↓ 10

Peak: 20 • 19 wks • Prev: 66

77

Upside Down

Diana Ross

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 29 wks • Prev: 68

78

Lovely One

The Jacksons

↓ 9

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 69

79

Full Of Fire

Shalamar

↑ 10

Peak: 55 • 12 wks • Prev: 89

80

Skateaway

Dire Straits

↑ 10

Peak: 58 • 10 wks • Prev: 90

81

United Together

Aretha Franklin

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 8 wks

82

Merry Christmas In The NFL

Willis "The Guard" & Vigorish

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 3 wks

83

(Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Outlaws

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 15 wks

84

Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On

The Kings

↓ 14

Peak: 43 • 23 wks • Prev: 70

85

Let Me Be Your Angel

Stacy Lattisaw

↓ 6

Peak: 21 • 24 wks • Prev: 79

86

Stop This Game

Cheap Trick

↓ 3

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 83

87

On The Road Again

Willie Nelson

↓ 2

Peak: 20 • 20 wks • Prev: 85

88

Don't Want No-Body

J.D. Drews

★ NEW

Peak: 79 • 6 wks

89

Gypsy Spirit

Pendulum

↑ 2

Peak: 89 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

90

Got To Rock On

Kansas

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 5 wks

91

Spend The Night In Love

The 4 Seasons

↑ 2

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

92

Trickle Trickle

The Manhattan Transfer

↓ 19

Peak: 73 • 8 wks • Prev: 73

93

One-Trick Pony

Paul Simon

↓ 7

Peak: 40 • 11 wks • Prev: 86

94

Remote Control

The Reddings

↑ 2

Peak: 89 • 13 wks • Prev: 96

95

I Can't Stop The Feelin'

Pure Prairie League

↓ 18

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 77

96

Once A Night

Jackie English

↑ 1

Peak: 94 • 4 wks • Prev: 97

97

Help Me!

Marcy Levy & Robin Gibb

↓ 13

Peak: 50 • 10 wks • Prev: 84

98

I'm Happy That Love Has Found You

Jimmy Hall

↓ 11

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 87

99

Out Here On My Own

Irene Cara

↓ 11

Peak: 19 • 23 wks • Prev: 88

100

Jesse

Carly Simon

—

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 100

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