What Was On Top?
Queen spent a third week at number one with their second number one hit from their album The Game. "Another One Bites The Dust" was written by Queen bassist John Deacon.
After making an aggressive jump to #2 Barbra Streisand paused there for a second week with "Woman In Love" - a song penned by Barry and Robin Gibb. The former number one hit "Upside Down" by Diana Ross spent another week at #3 on its way down.
Air Supply also was making a slow descent down the chart pausing for a second week at #4 with "All Out Of Love." The Pointer Sisters made a big jump from #12 up to #5 with "He's So Shy."
What Were The Big Movers?
Donna Summer made a nice jump from #18 to #11 with "The Wanderer." Stevie Wonder also made a nice jump of eight notches with "Master Blaster (Jammin)." But the biggest mover within the top 40 was "Lovely One by The Jacksons which jumped ten spots from #38 to #28.
Three songs made double-digit jumps to reach the top 40. They were "That Girl Could Sing" by Jackson Browne (#44 to #33), "More Than I Can Say" by Leo Sayer (#45 to #35), and "Hit Me With You Best Shot" by Pat Benatar (#55 to #40).
Christopher Cross made the biggest jump on the entire chart. "Never Be The Same" moved up twenty notches in its second week from #75 to #55. Billy Joel's "Sometimes A Fantasy" wasn't far behind climbing 18 notches from #78 to #60.
The Electric Light Orchestra made the biggest drop on the chart for the week as "All Over The World" tumbled 32 notches from #13 to #45.
What Was New?
Randy Meisner, former member of the Eagles, had the highest debuting song of the week with "Deep Inside My Heart" at #79.
Of the seven new songs, Meisner's was the only one that would eventually make the top 40. George Benson came in at #81 with "Love X Love" and Eddie Money was right behind at #82 with "Let's Be Lovers Again."
The rest of the debut songs were "Private Idaho" by The B-52s, "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" by Mac Davis, "Let's Do Something Cheap And Superficial" by Burt Reynolds, and "Brite Eyes" by Robbin Thompson Band.
View the singles chart from October 18, 1980