05 August 1980

Tuesday 05 August

1980-08-08

Charts

 * as revealed by Paul Burnett at 12.45 on Radio 1
 * Top 40 : NN1 ABBA - The Winner Takes It All, N2 Diana Ross - Upside Down. HNE/N24 ELO - All Over The World.
 * The Winner Takes It All is ABBA's 8th UK no.1 single.
 * Adam & The Ants reach an initial peak of N48 with the single Kings of the Wild Frontier. It would emerge again as the group's third hit single, reaching no.2 in March 1981.