What Was On Top?

Pink Floyd stayed on top for a second week with "Another Brick In The Wall." The classic is the band's only number one song as well as their only top ten song.

The medley "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl" by The Spinners looked poised to give Pink Floyd a challenge next week by jumping from #5 to #2, while the former number one song "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen put a pause on its descent by holding at #3.

"Desire" by Andy Gibb spent its fourth consecutive and final week at #4. After starting his career with six consecutive top ten singles, this would be his last.

After making a modest gain the previous week, Blondie made a statement by leaping six notches from #11 up to #5 with "Call Me."

What Were The Big Movers?

"Ride Like The Wind" by Christopher Cross made a nice jump into the top ten from #14 to #9 with his first chart hit. The biggest leap within the top 40 was "Pilot Of The Airwaves" by newcomer Charlie Dore which moved eight notches from #39 to #31.

The biggest jump on the chart for the week belonged to "Stomp!" by The Brothers Johnson. The R&B hit moved up twenty spots from #70 to #50.

A bevy of songs made a ten-notch jump for the week including "The Rose," "Do Right," "Train In Vain," "Heart Hotels," "Wondering Where The Lions Are," and a few more.

What Was New?

There was a whopping thirteen new songs on the chart for the week. The two highest debuts were a couple duets. "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" by Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes came in at #56, while "I Can't Help It" by Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John debuted at #63.

The debut song that would go on to the most chart success came in at #89 - the classic number one hit "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. Another future top ten hit was "Let's Get Serious" by Michael's brother Jermaine Jackson at #83.

Other new songs that would go on to make the top 40 were "Breakdown Dead Ahead" by Boz Scaggs, "Starting Over Again" by Dolly Parton, "The Seduction" by James Last Band, "Gee Whiz" by actress Bernadette Peters, "We Were Meant To Be Lovers" by Photoglo, and "Should've Never Let You Go" - a duet with Neil Sedaka and his daughter Dara. It would be Sedaka's last chart single.

The rest of the debuts were "Borrowed Time" by Styx, "After You" by Dionne Warwick, and "Holiday" by Nazareth.

View the singles chart from March 29, 1980