Top 40 Hits of October 1980
| 1 | The Police | Don't Stand So Close To Me |
| 2 | Ottawan | DISCO |
| 3 | Barbra Streisand | Woman In Love |
| 4 | Madness | Baggy Trousers |
| 5 | Stevie Wonder | Masterblaster (Jammin') |
| 6 | Status Quo | What You're Proposing |
| 7 | Odyssey | If You're Looking For A Way Out |
| 8 | Diana Ross | My Old Piano |
| 9 | Matchbox | When You Ask About Love |
| 10 | The Sweet People | Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And The Birds Were Singing) |
| 11 | Black Slate | Amigo |
| 12 | Randy Crawford | One Day I'll Fly Away |
| 13 | The Nolans | Gotta Pull Myself Together |
| 14 | Thin Lizzy | Killer On The Loose |
| 15 | Coffee | Casanova |
| 16 | Change | Searching |
| 17 | Bad Manners | Special Brew |
| 18 | George Benson | Love X Love |
| 19 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Enola Gay |
| 20 | Kelly Marie | Feels Like I'm In Love |
| 21 | The Specials | Stereotype / International Jet Set |
| 22 | Linx | You're Lying |
| 23 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Three Little Birds |
| 24 | Queen | Another One Bites The Dust |
| 25 | Gillan | Trouble |
| 26 | Sheena Easton | Modern Girl |
| 27 | Air Supply | All Out Of Love |
| 28 | Elvis Presley | It's Only Love / Beyond The Reef |
| 29 | Shalamar | I Owe You One |
| 30 | Split Enz | I Got You |
| 31 | Kate Bush | Army Dreamers |
| 32 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | What's In A Kiss |
| 33 | Adam & The Ants | Dog Eat Dog |
| 34 | Showaddywaddy | Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts |
| 35 | The Gap Band | Party Lights |
| 36 | Hazel O'Connor | Eighth Day |
| 37 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid |
| 38 | Billy Joel | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me |
| 39 | The Rolling Stones | She's So Cold |
| 40 | Teena Marie | I Need Your Lovin' |