# Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1980 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1980/733953 "2015-10-08T20:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1980/733953/1 "2015-10-08T20:40:49Z")
In 1980 22 different singles topped the charts on Canada’s RPM Singles chart. Which ones would you vote for? No Canadian artist had a #1 song this year. You may vote for more than one song. Older polls: 1964-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767524) 1965-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714) 1966-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890) 1967-[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306) 1968-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597) 1969-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867) 1970-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085) 1971-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769397) 1972-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles: 1972 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769624) 1973-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1973 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769837) 1974-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770060) 1975-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295) 1976-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513) 1977-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753) 1978-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010) 1979-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771209](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771209) ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1980/733953/2 "2015-10-09T00:07:41Z")
Rapper’s Delight, Magic, Another One Bites the Dust, and Just Like Starting Over are the four standouts I voted for. Escape is dead-ass last. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1980/733953/3 "2015-10-09T00:09:09Z")
Good year in my book, lots of good songs. Voted for a bunch with none in particular being first place; pretty equal in terms of my liking. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1980/733953/4 "2015-10-09T04:59:02Z")
Rapper’s Delight Call Me Rock Lobster Funkytown ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1980/733953/5 "2015-10-09T13:55:56Z")
_Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)_ - \*\*Pink Floyd \*\* _Call Me_ - **Blondie** _Cars_ - **Gary Numan** If I had to pick just one, it would be the latter. The cold, plastic 80s have started ! But I have a real fondness for the other two because I distinctly remember watching the videos when they came out, two of the very first songs that I remember from way back when. Lots of nostalgic value, then. Plus, they’re good songs of course. I’m not a fan of the **Stones** but _Emotional Rescue_ may be one of the worst thing they’ve done. It’s barely a song.