MUSIC
OF 1980
A listing of some of the single releases in the year
Mercia Sound went on air-
Can you add to it?
| ARTIST | TITLE |
| ABBA | Super trouper |
| ABBA | Winner takes it all - The |
| Adam and the Ants | Ant music |
| Average White Band - The | Let's go round again |
| Azymuth | Jazz carnival |
| Bee Gees | Spirit's (having flown) |
| Benson - George | Breezin' |
| Benson - George | Love X love |
| Benson - George | On Broadway |
| Blondie | Atomic |
| Blondie | Call me |
| Blondie | Tide is high - The |
| Bowie - David | Ashes to ashes |
| Brothers Johnson | Stomp |
| Browne - Tom | Funkin' for Jamaica |
| Bush - Kate | December will be magic again |
| Chandler - Gene | Does she have a friend? |
| Change | Searching |
| Coffee | Casanova |
| Cross - Christopher | Ride like the wind |
| Crown Heights Affair | You gave me love |
| Crusaders | Burning up the carnival |
| Crusaders | Rodeo drive |
| Crusaders with Randy Crawford | Street life |
| Detroit Spinners | Working my way back to you |
| Dexy's Midnight Runners | Geno |
| Dickson - Barbara | In the Night |
| Dolly Dots - The | Radio |
| Duke - George | Brazillian love affair |
| Earth, Wind and Fire | Back on the road |
| Earth, Wind and Fire | In the stone |
| Easton - Sheena | 9 to 5 |
| Easton - Sheena | Modern girl |
| Easton - Sheena | One man woman |
| Electric Light Orchestra | All over the world |
| Electric Light Orchestra | I'm alive |
| Flack - Roberta | Don't make me wait too long |
| Flack and Donny Hathaway - Roberta | Back together again |
| Franklin - Aretha | What a fool believes |
| Franklin - Rodney | The groove |
| Gap Band - The | Burn rubber on me |
| Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five | Adventures on the wheels of steel |
| Hall and John Oats - Daryl | Running from paradise |
| Haywood - Leon | Don't push it, don't force it |
| Hines - Marcia | Your love still brings me to my knees |
| Holmes - Rupert | Adventure |
| Holmes - Rupert | Him |
| Hyman - Phyllis | You know how to love me |
| Jackson - Joe | It's different for girls |
| Jackson - Michael | Rock with you |
| Jam | Going underground |
| Jam | Start |
| Jankle - Chas | Questionnaire |
| Jones Girls | Nights over Egypt |
| Joy Division | Love will tear us apart |
| Kinney - Fern | Together we are beautiful |
| Knight and the Pips - Gladys | Bourgie bourgie |
| Korgis - The | Rovers return |
| Kool and the Gang | Too hot |
| Labrettas - The | D-A-A-ANCE |
| Last Band - The James | The seduction |
| Lattisaw - Stacy | Jump to the beat |
| Lennon - John | (Just like) Starting over |
| Lewie - Jona | Stop the Cavalry |
| Lewie - Jona | You'll always find me in the kitchen |
| Light of the World | London town |
| Linx | You're lying |
| Lipps Inc. | Funky town |
| Liquid Gold | Dance yourself dizzy |
| Liquid Gold | Substitute |
| Logan - Johnny | What's another year |
| M | Official secrets |
| M | That's the way the money goes |
| Manhattan Transfer - The | Twilight zone / twilight tone |
| Marie - Kelly | Feels like I'm in love |
| Marie - Teena | Behind the groove |
| Marie - Teena | Portugese love |
| MASH | Theme from MASH |
| McLean - Don | Crying |
| Mills - Stephanie | I never knew love like this before |
| Newton-John - Olivia | Magic |
| Newton-John and Cliff Richard - Olivia | Suddenly |
| Newton-John and E.L.O. - Olivia | Xanadu |
| Nolans - The | Gotta pull myself together |
| Nolans - The | Who' gonna rock you |
| Numan - Gary | I die, you die |
| Numan - Gary | We are glass |
| Odyssey | Use it up and wear it out |
| OMD | Enola Gay |
| Ottawan | D.I.S.C.O. |
| Palmer - Robert | Looking for clues |
| Police | Don't stand so close to me |
| Pretenders | Brass in pocket |
| RAH Band - The | Falcon |
| Rallo and the Midnight Band - Tony | Holdin' on |
| Robertson - B A | To be or not to be |
| Rogers - Kenny | Coward of the county |
| Ross - Diana | I'm coming out |
| Ross - Diana | Upside down |
| Ruffin - Jimmy | Hold on to my love |
| Russell - Brenda | In the thick of it |
| Spandau Ballet | To cut a long story short |
| Specials | Special AKA live - The |
| Split Enz | I got you |
| Springfield - Dusty | Your love still brings me to my knees |
| St Winifred's School Choir | There's no-one quite like Grandma |
| Stevens - Ray | Hey There |
| Stewart - Amii | Paradise bird |
| Stewart - Amii | The letter |
| Straker Band - The Nick | A walk in the park |
| Stray Cats | Runaway boys |
| Streisand - Barbara | Woman in love |
| Streisand and Barry Gibb - Barbara | Guilty |
| Summer - Donna | On the radio |
| Summer - Donna | Sunset people |
| Thurston - Bobby | Check out the groove |
| Undertones - The | My perfect cousin |
| Vapors - The | Turning Japanese |
| Valli - Frankie | Passion for Paris (American in Paris) |
| Village People | Can't stop the music |
| Visage | Fade to grey |
| Visage | Night train |
| Walden - Nirada Michael | I shoulda loved ya |
| Whispers - The | And the beat goes on |
| Yarborough and Peoples | Don't stop the music |
