Thanks to Craig M. Smith for these year-end CHUM lists.
1980
| No. | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another Brick In The Wall (pt2) | Pink Floyd |
| 2 | Emotional Rescue | Rolling Stones |
| 3 | Misunderstanding | Genesis |
| 4 | Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) | Pretenders |
| 5 | Another One Bites The Dust | Queen |
| 6 | Don't Stand So Close To Me | Police |
| 7 | Dreamer | Supertramp |
| 8 | Let My Love Open The Door | Peter Townsend |
| 9 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Queen |
| 10 | (Just Like) Starting Over | John Lennon |
| 11 | Call Me | Blondie |
| 12 | Cocaine | Eric Clapton |
| 13 | I Got You | Split Enz |
| 14 | Making Plans For Nigel | XTC |
| 15 | Fire Lake | Bob Seger |
| 16 | De Do Da Da De Da Da Da | Police |
| 17 | Turning Japanese | Vapours |
| 18 | Fool In The Rain | Led Zeppelin |
| 19 | All Night Long | Joe Walsh |
| 20 | Don't Do Me Like That | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
| 21 | Touch & Go | Cars |
| 22 | Ride Like The Wind | Christopher Cross |
| 23 | Hungry Heart | Bruce Springsteen |
| 24 | Come Back | J. Geils Band |
| 25 | Rock Lobster | B-52's |
| 26 | It's Still Rock & Roll To Me | Billy Joel |
| 27 | Boulevard | Jackson Browne |
| 28 | Whip It | Devo |
| 29 | Coming Up | Paul McCartney |
| 30 | Against The Wind | Bob Seger |
| 31 | Breakdown Dead Ahead | Boz Scaggs |
| 32 | Tired Of Toein' The Line | Rocky Burnette |
| 33 | You'll Acompany Me | Bob Seger |
| 34 | Romeo's Tune | Steve Forbert |
| 35 | You May Be Right | Billy Joel |
| 36 | Little Jeannie | Elton John |
| 37 | Sara | Fleetwood Mac |
| 38 | Drugs In My Pocket | Monks |
| 39 | She's So Cold | Rolling Stones |
| 40 | Don't Ask Me Why | Billy Joel |
| 41 | Cars | Gary Numan |
| 42 | Cool Change | Little River Band |
| 43 | Sometimes A Fantasy | Billy Joel |
| 44 | Real Love | Doobie Brothers |
| 45 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar |
| 46 | Set Me Free | Utopia |
| 47 | Echo Beach | Martha & The Muffins
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| 48 | Love Stinks | J. Geils Band |
| 49 | Head Games | Foreigner |
| 50 | This Is It | Kenny Loggins |
| 51 | Message In A Bottle | Police |
| 52 | All Over The World | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 53 | Back On My Feet Again | Babys |
| 54 | Late In The Evening | Paul Simon |
| 55 | Play The Game | Queen |
| 56 | 99 | Toto |
| 57 | We Don't Talk Anymore | Cliff Richard |
| 58 | And The Cradle Will Rock | Van Halen |
| 59 | Refugee | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
| 60 | Baby Talks Dirty | Knack |
| 61 | Jo Jo | Boz Scaggs |
| 62 | I'm Alright | Kenny Loggins |
| 63 | Babe | Styx |
| 64 | Holiday | Nazareth |
| 65 | Anyway You Want It | Journey |
| 66 | Games Without Frontiers | Peter Gabriel |
| 67 | Jane | Jefferson Starship |
| 68 | I Don't Like Mondays | Boomtown Rats |
| 69 | Free Me | Roger Daltrey |
| 70 | I Can't Tell You Why | Eagles |
| 71 | Sprit Of Radio | Rush
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| 72 | The Tide Is High | Blondie |
| 73 | Keep The Fire | Kenny Loggins |
| 74 | Stop This Game | Cheap Trick |
| 75 | Under My Thumb | Streetheart
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| 76 | Biggest Part Of Me | Ambrosia |
| 77 | Damned If I Do | Alan Parsons Project |
| 78 | Clones (We're All) | Alice Cooper |
| 79 | The Long Run | Eagles |
| 80 | Money | Flying Lizards |
| 81 | This Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide | Kings
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| 82 | Dreaming | Cliff Richard |
| 83 | I'm Alive | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 84 | He's So Shy | Pointer Sisters |
| 85 | Deep Inside My Heart | Randy Meisner |
| 86 | Take The Long Way Home | Supertramp |
| 87 | Remember (Walking In The Sand) | Aerosmith |
| 88 | Into The Night | Benny Mardones |
| 89 | Ashes To Ashes | David Bowie |
| 90 | Dream Police | Cheap Trick |
| 91 | We Live For Love | Pat Benatar |
| 92 | How Do I Make You | Linda Ronstadt |
| 93 | Johnny & Mary | Robert Palmer |
| 94 | I Thank You | ZZ Top |
| 95 | Young & Restless | Prism
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| 96 | Third Time Lucky | Foghat |
| 97 | Teacher Teacher | Rockpile |
| 98 | Train In Vain | Clash |
| 99 | Something On My Mind | Teenage Head
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| 100 | Run Like Hell | Pink Floyd |