80s Number 1 Singles Part 1

Number 1 Singles from The 1980s

Part One- 1980-1984

Date	Artist/s	Title	Label	Weeks At #1
19th January	Pretenders	Brass In Pocket	Mercury	3
2nd February	Specials	The Special AKA Live	2 Tone	2
16th February	Kenny Rogers	Coward Of The County	United Artists	2
1st March	Blondie	Atomic	Chrysalis	2
15th March	Fern Kinney	Together We Are Beautiful	WEA	1
22nd March	Jam	Going Underground	Polydor	3
12th April	Detroit Spinners	Working My Way Back To You	Atlantic	2
26th April	Blondie	Call Me	Chrysalis	1
3rd May	Dexy’s Midnight Runners	Geno	Parlophone	2
17th May	Johnny Logan	What’s Another Year	Epic	2
31st May	MASH	Theme From	CBS	3
21st June	Don McLean	Crying	EMI	3
12th July	Olivia Newton John	Xanadu	Jet	2
26th July	Odyssey	Use It Up And Wear It Out	RCA	2
9th August	ABBA	The Winner Takes It All	Epic	2
23rd August	David Bowie	Ashes To Ashes	RCA	2
6th September	Jam	Start	Polydor	1
13th September	Kelly Marie	Feel’s Like I’m In Love	Calibre	2
27th September	Police	Don’t Stand So Close To Me	A&M	4
25th October	Barbra Streisand	Woman In Love	CBS	3
15th November	Blondie	The Tide Is High	Chrysalis	2
29th November	ABBA	Super Trouper	Epic	3
20th December	John Lennon	(Just Like) Starting Over	Geffen	1
27th December	St Winifrid’s School Choir	There’s No One Quite Like Grandma	MFP	2

Date	Artist/s	Title	Label	Weeks At #1
10th January	John Lennon	Imagine	Parlophone	4
7th February	John Lennon	Woman	Geffen	2
21st February	Joe Dolce	Shaddup You Face	Epic	3
14th March	Roxy Music	Jealous Guy	Polydor/ EG	2
28th March	Shakin’ Stevens	This Ole House	Epic	3
18th April	Bucks Fizz	Making Your Mind Up	RCA	3
9th May	Adam And The Ants	Stand And Deliver	CBS	5
13th June	Smokey Robinson	Being With You	Motown	2
27th June	Michael Jackson	One day In Your Life	Motown	2
11th July	Specials	Ghost Town	2 Tone	3
1st August	Shakin’ Stevens	Green Door	Epic	4
29th August	Aneka	Japanese Boy	Hansa/ Ariola	1
5th September	Soft Cell	Tainted Love	Some Bizzare	2
19th September	Adam And The Ants	Prince Charming	CBS	4
17th October	Dave Stewrt & Barbara Gaskin	It’s My Party	Stiff/ Broken	4
14th November	Police	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	A&M	1
21st November	Queen & David Bowie	Under Pressure	EMI	2
5th December	Julio Iglesias	Begine The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)	CBS	1
12th December	Human League	Don’t You Want Me	Virgin	5

Date	Artist/s	Title	Label	Weeks At #1
16th January	Bucks Fizz	The Land Of Make Believe	RCA	2
30th January	Shakin’ Stevens	Oh Julie	Epic	1
6th February	Kraftwerk	The Model	EMI	1
13th February	Jam	A Town Called Malice	Polydor	3
6th March	Tight Fit	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Jive	3
27th March	Goombay Dance Band	Seven Tears	Epic	3
17th April	Bucks Fizz	My Camera Never Lies	RCA	1
24th April	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Ebony And Ivory	Parlophone	3
15th May	Nicole	A Little Peace	CBS	2
29th May	Madness	House Of Fun	Stiff	2
12th June	Adam Ant	Goody Two Shoes	CBS	2
26th June	Charlene	I’ve Never Been To Me	Motown	1
3rd July	Captain Sensible	Happy Talk	A&M	2
17th July	Irene Cara	Fame	RSO	3
7th August	Dexy’s Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen	Mercury/ Phonogram	4
4th September	Survivor	Eye Of The Tiger	Scotti Bros	4
2nd October	Musical Youth	Pass The Dutchie	MCA	3
23rd October	Culture Club	Do You Really Want To Hurt Me	Virgin	3
13th November	Eddy Grant	I Don’t Wanna Dance	Ice	3
4th December	Jam	Beat Surrender	Polydor	2
18th December	Renee And Ronato	Save Your Love	Hollywood	4

Date	Artist/s	Title	Label	Weeks At #1
15th January	Phil Collins	You Can’t Hurry Love	Virgin	2
29th January	Men At Work	Down Under	Epic	3
19th February	Kajagoogoo	Too Shy	EMI	2
5th March	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	Epic	1
12th March	Bonnie Tyler	Total Eclipse Of The Heart	CBS	2
26th March	Duran Duran	Is There Something I Should Know?	EMI	2
9th April	David Bowie	Let’s Dance	EMI America	3
30th April	Spandau Ballet	True	Chrysalis	4
28th May	New Edition	Candy Girl	London	1
4th June	Police	Every Breath You Take	A&M	4
2nd July	Rod Stewart	Baby Jane	Warner Bros	3
23rd July	Paul Young	Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)	CBS	3
13th August	KC And The Sunshine Band	Give It Up	Epic	3
3rd September	UB40	Red Red Wine	Dep Int’l	3
24th September	Culture Club	Karma Chameleon	Virgin	6
5th November	Billy Joel	Uptown Girl	CBS	5
10th December	Flying Pickets	Only You	10 Records/ Virgin	5