1980

1980 in pop culture:

Music:

See 1980 in reggae

Singles Albums: Literature:
 * Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
 * Atmosphere Joy Division
 * Train in Vain (Stand by Me) The Clash
 * Ashes to Ashes David Bowie
 * Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys
 * Seventeen Seconds The Cure

Books released: Film: Television: Introductions: Births:
 * The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
 * The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
 * Stardust Memories
 * Moscow does not believe in tears
 * Loulou
 * Somewhere in Time
 * Goliath Awaits
 * Cambodian riel
 * Usenet
 * January 1 Yibeltal Admassu, Ethopian athlete
 * January 1 Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Polish speed skater