# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1980 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1980/700748 "2014-10-08T11:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1980/700748/7 "2014-10-08T12:20:35Z")
This vote was tighter than spandex on a 350-pound woman, but I picked “Another One Bites the Dust” over Olivia Newton John’s “Magic.” Other ones I considered were “Rock with You” and “Upside Down.” My post from the 1970 poll: > [@Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1970/698828/17): > > Thus concludes the Beatles’ shocking shutout from the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** vote. Maybe one of the four will manage to win one as a solo act (or as part of Wings). John Lennon’s “Just Like Starting Over” (hitting #1 right after his death) will likely be a strong contender. “Just Like Starting Over” was another one that I strongly considered, but it just couldn’t quite compete with “Another One Bites the Dust” or “Magic.” It looks like “Another Brick in the Wall” will win, but I just don’t like that song at all. In dead-ass last was “Do That to Me One More Time.” There should be prisons for people who sing garbage like that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1980/700748)._