Welcome to the Top 40 countdown from this week in 1980! At #40: Real Love by The Doobie Brothers.

This is the song’s debut on the Hot 100 and in the Top 40. It would eventually peak at #5.
This week in 1980, the #39 song was Look What You’ve Done To Me by Boz Scaggs.

This song, from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack, would peak at #14 on the Hot 100 and reach #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
At #38 this week in 1980: No Night So Long by Dionne Warwick.

This song would peak at #23 on the Hot 100 chart and spent three weeks at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart. It was Warwick’s third #1 on the AC chart.
This week in 1980, the #37 song was You’re Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me by Jermaine Jackson.

This song was written by Stevie Wonder and it peaked at #34 on the Hot 100 chart.
At #36 this week in 1980: Make A Little Magic by The Dirt Band.

This song is on its way back down the chart after peaking at #25.
This week in 1980, the #35 song was Why Not Me by Fred Knoblock.

It’s on its way back down the Hot 100 after reaching a peak of #18. It reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
At #34 this week in 1980: JoJo by Boz Scaggs

This is Scaggs' second entry in this week’s Top 40 and it’s on its way back down the chart after reaching a peak of #17 on the Hot 100.
This week in 1980, the #33 song was He’s So Shy by The Pointer Sisters.

This song is working its way up the charts and will reach a peak of #3 on the Hot 100 in the Fall of 1980.
At #32 this week in 1980: Hey There Lonely Girl by Robert John.

This song is one spot away from its peak of #31 on the Hot 100 chart. It’s one of many remakes of the original 1963 single by Ruby and the Romantics Hey There Lonely Boy.
How did Robert John sing this high?
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