Editing 1980 in music (section)

==Notable singles==

[[File:Gary Numan playing.jpg|right|thumb|[[Gary Numan]] in 1980]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
| "[[A Forest]]" || [[The Cure]] || {{Date table sorting|031980}}|March 1980 || 20 (Belgium) - 26 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 100]) - 31 (UK Singles Chart) - 38 (New Zealand) - 47 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs)
|-
| "[[Another Nail in My Heart]]" || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] || {{Date table sorting|011980}}|January 1980 || 10 (Irish Singles Chart) - 17 (UK Singles Chart) - 56 (Canada)
|-
| "[[C·30 C·60 C·90 Go]]" b/w 	"Sun Sea and Piracy" || [[Bow Wow Wow]] || {{Date table sorting|071980}}|July 1980 || 34 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
| "[[Freedom of Choice (song)|Freedom of Choice]]" || [[Devo]] || {{Date table sorting|051980}}|May 1980 || 8 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 71 (Australia) - 103 (US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100)
|- 
| "[[The Breaks (song)|The Breaks]]" || [[Kurtis Blow]] || {{Date table sorting|061980}}|June 1980 || 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 9 (U.S. Billboard Dance chart) - 87 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
| "The Friend Catcher" || [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]] || {{Date table sorting|091980}}|September 1980 || 21 (UK Indie Charts)
|-
| "[[Holiday in Cambodia]]" || [[The Dead Kennedys]] || {{Date table sorting|091980}}|September 1980 || 2 (UK Indie Charts)
|-
| "[[I Will Follow]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|101980}}|October 1980 || 20 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) - 34 (New Zealand) - 71 (Australia) Note: This single charted in 1981.
|-
| "[[Kill the Poor]]" || [[Dead Kennedys]] || {{Date table sorting|101980}}|October 1980 || 1 (UK Indie Chart) - 49 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
| "[[Love Will Tear Us Apart]]" || [[Joy Division]] || {{Date table sorting|061980}}|June 1980 || 1 (New Zealand) - 1 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 13 (UK Singles Chart) - 26 (Australia) - 42 (U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100)
|-
| "[[Rescue (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|Rescue]]" || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || {{Date table sorting|051980}}|May 1980 || 62 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
| "[[Sister Europe]]" || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] || {{Date table sorting|021980}}|February 1980 || 47 (New Zealand) - 100 (Australia)
|-
| "[[Wardance (song)|Wardance]]" || [[Killing Joke]] || {{Date table sorting|021980}}|February 1980 || 50 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs)
|}

===Other notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[After the News]]" – [[The Reels]]
*"[[Girl U Want]]" – [[Devo]] 
*"I Wanna Destroy You" – [[The Soft Boys]]
*"Janitor" – [[Suburban Lawns]]
*"Just Keep Walking" - [[INXS]]
*"Mr. Clarinet" – [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]]
*"Two People Per km" – [[Models (band)|Models]]
*"[[Simple Simon (song)|Simple Simon]]" – [[INXS]]
*"[[Too Many Creeps]]" – [[Bush Tetras]]
}}