1980

1980 in pop culture:

Music:

See 1980 in reggae

Singles Literature: Film: Births:
 * Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
 * A Forest The Cure
 * Atmosphere Joy Division
 * Redemption Song Bob Marley
 * Atomic Blondie
 * Ashes to Ashes David Bowie
 * Fade to Grey Visage
 * Going Underground/Dreams of Children The Jam
 * Could You Be Loved Bob Marley
 * Baggy Trousers Madness
 * Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins
 * Army Dreamers Kate Bush
 * Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime The Korgis
 * Train in Vain The Clash
 * Runaway Boys Stray Cats
 * King/Food for Thought UB40
 * Israel Siouxsie and the Banshees
 * Stop the Cavalry Jona Lewie
 * I Will Follow U2
 * Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys
 * Lola The Kinks
 * Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
 * Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
 * Biko Peter Gabriel
 * Master Blaster (Jammin') Stevie Wonder
 * Embarrassment Madness
 * Funkytown Lipps Inc
 * Tunnel of Love Dire Straits
 * Three Little Birds Bob Marley and the Wailers
 * Rescue Echo & the Bunnymen
 * The Bourne Identity Robert Ludlum
 * The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco
 * The Shining
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * January 1 Yibeltal Admassu, Ethopian athlete
 * January 1 Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Polish speed skater