List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1980 (U.S.)
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1980.
Top-ten singles[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1979 | |||||
| December 8 | "Deja Vu" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | January 19 | 10 |
| December 15 | "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" | Rita Coolidge | 3 | January 5 | 8 |
| December 22 | "Coward of the Country" | Kenny Rogers | 5 | January 5 | 5 |
| "Looks Like Love Again" | Dann Rogers | 6 | January 5 | 6 | |
| Singles from 1980 | |||||
| January 5 | "Yes, I'm Ready" | Teri DeSario & K.C. | 1 | January 26 | 7 |
| January 19 | "When I Wanted You" | Barry Manilow | 1 | February 16 | 9 |
| January 26 | "September Morn'" | Neil Diamond | 2 | January 26 | 7 |
| "Longer" | Dan Fogelberg | 1 | February 9 | 10 | |
| February 2 | "Daydream Believer" | Anne Murray | 1 | March 1 | 8 |
| February 9 | "Him" | Rupert Holmes | 4 | March 8 | 10 |
| "Working My Way Back to You" | The Spinners | 5 | March 1 | 5 | |
| "Give It All You Got" | Chuck Mangione | 1 | February 23 | 9 | |
| February 16 | "Kiss Me in the Rain" | Barbra Streisand | 9 | February 16 | 1 |
| "Desire" | Andy Gibb | 9 | March 1 | 4 | |
| February 23 | "Three Times in Love" | Tommy James | 1 | March 29 | 9 |
| "Let Me Go, Love" | Nicolette Larson & Michael McDonald | 9 | February 23 | 2 | |
| March 8 | "Lost in Love" | Air Supply | 1 | March 22 | 11 |
| March 15 | "With You I'm Born Again" | Billy Preston & Syreeta | 2 | April 12 | 7 |
| "Sexy Eyes" | Dr. Hook | 6 | April 5 | 6 | |
| "I Can't Tell You Why" | Eagles | 3 | April 19 | 7 | |
| March 22 | "Where Does the Lovin' Go" | David Gates | 9 | March 22 | 1 |
| March 29 | "Pilot of the Airwaves" | Charlie Dore | 4 | April 19 | 5 |
| "Only a Lonely Heart Sees" | Felix Cavaliere | 2 | April 19 | 6 | |
| April 5 | "Fire in the Morning" | Melissa Manchester | 8 | April 12 | 2 |
| April 12 | "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" | Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes | 2 | April 26 | 8 |
| April 19 | "Heart Hotels" | Dan Fogelberg | 3 | May 3 | 7 |
| "After You" | Dionne Warwick | 10 | April 19 | 1 | |
| April 26 | "Do Right" | Paul Davis | 4 | May 3 | 5 |
| "The Rose" | Bette Midler | 1 | May 10 | 13 | |
| "I Can't Help It" | Andy Gibb & Olivia Newton-John | 8 | May 3 | 5 | |
| May 3 | "Gee Whiz" | Bernadette Peters | 3 | May 10 | 5 |
| "Biggest Part of Me" | Ambrosia | 3 | May 17 | 11 | |
| "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" | Barry Manilow | 2 | May 24 | 10 | |
| May 10 | "Lucky Me" | Anne Murray | 8 | May 24 | 3 |
| May 24 | "She's Out of My Life" | Michael Jackson | 4 | June 7 | 9 |
| May 31 | "Little Jeanie" | Elton John | 1 | June 14 | 10 |
| "Should've Never Let You Go" | Neil & Dara Sedaka | 3 | June 14 | 7 | |
| "Theme from New York, New York" | Frank Sinatra | 10 | May 31 | 1 | |
| June 7 | "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" | The Spinners | 3 | June 28 | 9 |
| "Let Me Love You Tonight" | Pure Prairie League | 1 | June 28 | 13 | |
| "Against the Wind" | Bob Seger | 8 | June 14 | 2 | |
| "Steal Away" | Robbie Dupree | 5 | July 19 | 8 | |
| June 21 | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John | 1 | July 19 | 12 |
| July 12 | "Love the World Away" | Kenny Rogers | 8 | July 26 | 5 |
| July 19 | "Stand By Me" | Mickey Gilley | 3 | August 2 | 6 |
| "More Love" | Kim Carnes | 6 | August 2 | 6 | |
| July 26 | "Where Did We Go Wrong" | Frankie Valli & Chris Forde | 4 | August 16 | 5 |
| "Sailing" | Christopher Cross | 10 | July 26 | 2 | |
| August 2 | "Why Not Me" | Fred Knoblock | 1 | August 23 | 7 |
| August 9 | "Take a Little Rhythm" | Ali Thomson | 4 | August 23 | 4 |
| "Love That Got Away" | Firefall | 9 | August 9 | 2 | |
| "All Out of Love" | Air Supply | 5 | August 30 | 6 | |
| August 16 | "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again" | Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris | 10 | August 16 | 2 |
| August 23 | "Drivin' My Life Away" | Eddie Rabbitt | 3 | September 20 | 8 |
| August 30 | "Don't Ask Me Why" | Billy Joel | 1 | September 6 | 9 |
| "No Night So Long" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | September 20 | 9 | |
| "Someone That I Used to Love" | Natalie Cole | 3 | September 6 | 4 | |
| "You're the Only Woman (You & I)" | Ambrosia | 5 | September 13 | 6 | |
| September 6 | "Late in the Evening" | Paul Simon | 7 | September 13 | 5 |
| "Lookin' for Love" | Johnny Lee | 10 | September 6 | 1 | |
| September 13 | "Xanadu" | Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra | 2 | October 11 | 8 |
| "Hey There Lonely Girl" | Robert John | 10 | September 13 | 2 | |
| September 20 | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand | 1 | October 11 | 12 |
| "Jesse" | Carly Simon | 8 | September 27 | 6 | |
| September 27 | "Never Knew Love Like This Before" | Stephanie Mills | 5 | October 4 | 8 |
| "Look What You've Done to Me" | Boz Scaggs | 3 | October 18 | 7 | |
| October 11 | "Could I Have This Dance" | Anne Murray | 3 | November 1 | 6 |
| "Real Love" | The Doobie Brothers | 10 | October 11 | 2 | |
| October 18 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | November 15 | 10 |
| October 25 | "On the Road Again" | Willie Nelson | 7 | November 1 | 5 |
| November 1 | "More Than I Can Say" | Leo Sayer | 1 | December 27 | 12 |
| "Without Your Love" | Roger Daltrey | 4 | November 22 | 7 | |
| "Never Be the Same" | Christopher Cross | 1 | December 13 | 11 | |
| November 8 | "Suddenly" | Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard | 4 | December 27 | 12 |
| November 22 | "I Believe in You" | Don Williams | 8 | December 13 | 5 |
| December 13 | "It's My Turn" | Diana Ross | 9 | December 20 | 6 |
1979 peaks[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 20 | "You're Only Lonely" | J.D. Souther | 1 | November 17 | 13 |
| November 24 | "Do That to Me One More Time" | Captain & Tennille | 4 | December 8 | 11 |
| December 15 | "Cool Change" | Little River Band | 8 | December 22 | 6 |
| "We Don't Talk Anymore" | Cliff Richard | 5 | December 15 | 7 |
1981 peaks[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | "Love on the Rocks" | Neil Diamond | 3 | January 17 | 12 |
| November 22 | "Every Woman in the World" | Air Supply | 2 | January 17 | 11 |
| November 29 | "Guilty" | Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb | 5 | January 17 | 9 |
| December 20 | "I Love a Rainy Night" | Eddie Rabbitt | 1 | January 17 | 9 |
| December 27 | "I Made It Through the Rainbow" | Barry Manilow | 4 | January 24 | 7 |
| "The Winner Takes It All" | ABBA | 1 | February 7 | 11 |
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