Top 100 songs for December 27, 1980
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1980 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon. Meanwhile, “Same Old Lang Syne” by Dan Fogelberg rises from No. 59 to No. 37. 5 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Same Old Lang Syne — Dan Fogelbergup 22 places, No. 59 → No. 37
- Miss Sun — Boz Scaggsup 15 places, No. 45 → No. 30
- Keep On Loving You — REO Speedwagonup 14 places, No. 53 → No. 39
New to this week’s Top 10
- The Tide Is High — BlondieNo. 8
- Tell It Like It Is — HeartNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Miss Sun — Boz ScaggsNo. 30
- The Winner Takes It All — ABBANo. 36
- Same Old Lang Syne — Dan FogelbergNo. 37
- Keep On Loving You — REO SpeedwagonNo. 39
- Killin' Time — Fred Knoblock & Susan AntonNo. 40
First-week entries
- United Together — Aretha FranklinNo. 81
- Merry Christmas In The NFL — Willis "The Guard" & VigorishNo. 82
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky — OutlawsNo. 83
- Don't Want No-Body — J.D. DrewsNo. 88
- Got To Rock On — KansasNo. 90
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.