What Was On Top?
Queen was on top for a second week in a row with another chart topper from their album The Game. "Another One Bites The Dust" was written by bassist John Deacon.
Barbra Streisand made a strong jump from #7 all the way up to #2 and looked primed to dethrone Queen at the top with her song "Woman In Love." "Upside Down, the former #1 song by Diana Ross paused for a second week at #3 on its way down.
After spending four weeks in the runner-up spot at #2 Air Supply dropped to #4 with "All Out Of Love." "Drivin' My Life Away," the first top ten pop hit by Eddie Rabbitt, spent a second week at #5.
What Were The Big Movers?
Kenny Rogers appeared to have another big hit on his hand when "Lady" jumped 19 notches from #39 to #20. It was the biggest jump by any song on the chart this week.
"I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross was the only other song to make a double-digit gain in the top 40, moving from #34 to #21.
Songs that moved up double-digits below the top 40 included "More Than I Can Say" by Leo Sayer (#60 to #45), "Hit Me With You Best Shot" by Pat Benatar (#73 to #55), and "Hold On" by Kansas (#68 to #57).
The band Ambrosia had the song that fell the furthest on the chart this week. "You're The Only Woman" slipped 28 notches from #25 to #53.
What Was New?
Christopher Cross had the highest debuting song of the week. "Never Be The Same" came in at #75 and became the third hit single from his self-titled debut album. A little behind him at #78 Billy Joel got the fourth hit single from his Glass Houses album with "Sometimes A Fantasy."
Of the ten new songs this week only three would go on to reach the top 40. The third was "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" by The Korgis. It was their only charting song in the United States.
The other debut songs included Meco's version of "Love Theme From Shogun" (#81), "A Little Is Enough" by Pete Townshend (#82), "Who Were You Thinkin' Of" by The Doolittle Band (#83), "I Could Be Good For You" by 707 (#86), "Midnight Rain" by Poco (#88), "One Life To Live" by Wayne Massey (#93), and "I Love Women" by Jim Hurt (#99).
View the singles chart from October 11, 1980