What Was On Top?

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen spent its third consecutive week at number one. It would ultimately spend four weeks at the top.

"Yes, I'm Ready" by Teri DeSario and KC stalled at the #2 spot and would begin its fall the next week.

The next three songs all inched up one position. "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg moved to #3, "Desire" by Andy Gibb climbed to #4, and "On The Radio" by Donna Summer took #5.

What Were The Big Movers?

"Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd made an aggressive jump within the top ten from #10 to #6 and looked poised to do some damage in the coming weeks. "Him" by Rupert Holmes also made an aggressive jump into the top ten from #16 to #9.

"Call Me" by Blondie, after making modest jumps its first few weeks, made a huge statement by leaping from #61 all the way to #28.

No songs made double-digit jumps within the top 40, but quite a few moved at least ten notches below the top 40. The biggest gains were made by "Hold On To My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin (#63 to #52) and "Even It Up" by Heart (#56 to #45).

The biggest dropper of the week was "Don't Do Me Like That." The former top ten song by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tumbled fifty notches from #30 to #80.

What Was New?

There were nine debut songs for the week, led by Paul Davis and his song "Do Right" coming in at #76. Close behind at #79 was "Think About Me" by Fleetwood Mac - the third single from the Tusk album.

None of the other new songs made it as high as the top 40. They included "Love On A Shoestring" by The Captain & Tennille, "A Lesson In Leavin'" by Dottie West, "In It For Love" by England Dan & John Ford Coley, "A Certain Girl" by Warren Zevon, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" by Festival, "Survive" by Jimmy Buffett, and "I Don't Need You Anymore" by Jackie DeShannon.

View the singles chart from March 8, 1980