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The Year in Music

1980

The songs, the screens, the headlines

Call Me by Blondie — cover art

1980 in music: “Call Me” by Blondie topped the year-end chart; Michael Jackson owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1980

Call Me by Blondie — cover art
Call Me
Blondie1980
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 by Pink Floyd — cover art
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
Pink Floyd1980
Magic by Olivia Newton-John — cover art
Magic
Olivia Newton-John1980
Rock With You by Michael Jackson — cover art
Rock With You
Michael Jackson1980
Do That To Me One More Time by Captain & Tennille — cover art
Do That To Me One More Time
Captain & Tennille1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen — cover art
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen1979
Coming Up by Paul McCartney — cover art
Coming Up
Paul McCartney1980
Funkytown by Lipps, Inc. — cover art
Funkytown
Lipps, Inc.1979
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me by Billy Joel — cover art
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Billy Joel1980
The Rose by Bette Midler — cover art
The Rose
Bette Midler1979
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes — cover art
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes1980
Cars by Gary Numan — cover art
Cars
Gary Numan1979

At the movies

  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Airplane!
  • The Shining

On TV

  • Dallas
  • M*A*S*H
  • The Dukes of Hazzard

Headlines

  • Pac-Man arrives in arcades
  • CNN launches
  • Post-it Notes go on sale
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