▸ the year you arrived
1980
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You will be 46 this year — a child of the '80s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Your generation
Xennial
1980 belonged to
Eagles
4 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1980
- 1
Call Me
Blondie
- 2
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
Pink Floyd
- 3
Magic
Olivia Newton-John
- 4
Rock With You
Michael Jackson
- 5
Do That To Me One More Time
Captain & Tennille
- 6
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
- 7
Coming Up
Paul McCartney
- 8
Funkytown
Lipps, Inc.
- 9
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Billy Joel
- 10
The Rose
Bette Midler
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsPink Floyd — The Wall
AC/DC — Back in Black
Queen — The Game
At the MoviesThe Empire Strikes Back
Airplane!
The Shining
On TVDallas
M*A*S*H
The Dukes of Hazzard
In the HeadlinesPac-Man arrives in arcades
CNN launches
Post-it Notes go on sale
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