List of number-one singles of 1980 (Ireland) explained

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1980.

Week ending	Song	Artist
5 January	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"	Pink Floyd
12 January
19 January	"Totus Tuus (Totally Yours)"	Dana
26 January	"Brass in Pocket"	The Pretenders
2 February
No charts exist for 34 weeks due to a strike.^[1]
4 October	"Don't Stand So Close to Me"	The Police
11 October
18 October
25 October
1 November	"Woman in Love"	Barbra Streisand
8 November
15 November
22 November
29 November	"Super Trouper"	ABBA
6 December
13 December
20 December	"There's No-one Quite Like Grandma"	St Winifred's School Choir
27 December

Hot Press magazine published fortnightly charts during the strike period. This information is now used by http://www.irishcharts.ie/. The number ones from this period (one every two weeks) were as follows...

• NOTE: Although the official Irish charts recommenced on 5 October (week ending 4 October), the Irish charts website still lists the Hot Press chart for the 26 September - 9 October fortnight. This give the No.1 to be "Feels Like I'm in Love" by Kelly Marie, taking away the first two weeks of The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me". In reality, viewed from the variation on publication dates, this effectively gives Kelly Marie a two-day No.1 (26-27 September).^{[19] [20]}
• 16 Number Ones
• Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Take That Look Off Your Face" - Marti Webb, "What's Another Year" - Johnny Logan, "Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra (6 weeks)
• Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Marti Webb, Johnny Logan, Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra (6)
• Most No.1s: Abba (2)

See also

• 1980 in music
• Irish Singles Chart
• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

Notes and References

1. The Irish Press Feb, 14 1980. "Unfair Advantage claim caused charts row" by Brian Bell
2. Hot Press 1–13 February
3. Hot Press 13–29 February
4. Hot Press 1–13 March
5. Hot Press 14–29 March
6. Hot Press 29 March - 11 April
7. Hot Press 11–25 April
8. Hot Press 25 April - 9 May
9. Hot Press 9–23 May
10. Hot Press 23 May - 6 June
11. Hot Press 6–20 June
12. Hot Press 20 June - 3 July
13. Hot Press 3–17 July
14. Hot Press 17–31 July
15. Hot Press 1–14 August
16. Hot Press 14–28 August
17. Hot Press 28 Aug - 11th Sept
18. Hot Press 11–25 September
19. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/number_one Irish charts - Number Ones
20. Hot Press 26 September - 10 October