Flashback 30 years to the end of the disco era. The Top 25 songs of 1980 in a non-stop CD-length mixshow. The perfect time capsule of the year that ushered in the eighties.
Club Countdown
Top 25 of 1980
Trk Chart
# Pos “Title” (Remix Used) Artist
01 25 “I’m Coming Out” (Original Chic Mix) Diana Ross
02 24 “Ladies’ Night” (12” Remix) Kool & The Gang
03 23 “Give Me The Night” (Extended Version) George Benson
04 22 “Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl” Spinners
05 21 “Xanadu” (Ultrasound Extended Version)* Olivia Newton John & E.L.O.
06 20 “Cars” (Extended Mix) Gary Numan
07 19 “On The Radio” (Radio Version) Donna Summer
08 18 “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” (LP Version) Stevie Wonder
09 17 “Stomp”** Brothers Johnson
10 16 “The Second Time Around” Shalamar
11 15 “And the Beat Goes On” Whispers
12 14 “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” The S.O.S. Band
13 13 “Do That To Me One More Time” (Discodoc Remix) Captain & Tennille
14 12 “Please Don’t Go” (Albert Cabrera Remix/Original) KC & The Sunshine Band
15 11 “Magic” (Extended Mix) Olivia Newton John
16 10 “You Shook Me All Night Long” (Ultimix)* AC/DC
17 09 “Escape (Pina Colada Song)” (Summer Rhythm)** Rupert Holmes
18 08 “Whip It” (Phillip Steir and Ramin Sakurai Remix) Devo
19 07 “Fame” Irene Cara
20 06 “Funkytown” (Original 12”) Lipps, Inc.
21 05 “Upside Down” (Original/Satoshi Tomie & Morales Mix) Diana Ross
22 04 “Rock With You” (Frankie Knuckles/Original Mixes) Michael Jackson
23 03 “Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)” Pink Floyd
24 02 “Another One Bites The Dust”
(Dusted B-boy/Rhythm Scholar Mixes) * Queen
25 01 “Call Me” Blondie

McGraw at the 1980 World Series parade in Philadelphia, PA.