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    28 Awesome Performances Of 1980

    From cheeky to reverent, we have 1980 covered. There are no standard music videos here. Every performance and song was released in 1980. As a result, it's like you time-traveled into the audience at the time it was released!

    1. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

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    2. Herb Alpert - Rise

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    3. The B-52's - Private Idaho

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    4. Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

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    5. Blondie - Atomic

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    6. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Fire Lake

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    7. The Clash - Train in Vain

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    8. Devo - Freedom of Choice/Whip It

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    9. Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes

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    10. Sheena Easton - Morning Train (9 to 5)

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    11. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down

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    12. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away

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    13. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles

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    14. Lipps Inc - Funkytown

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    15. Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night

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    16. OMD - Enola Gay

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    17. Olivia Newton-John - Magic

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    18. Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO

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    19. The Police - Don’t Stand So Close To Me

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    20. The Pretenders - Talk of the Town

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    21. Cliff Richard - Dreaming

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    22. Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say

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    23. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House

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    24. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless

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    25. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee

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    26. U2 - I Will Follow/Get It Together

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    27. Ultravox - Sleepwalk

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    28. Joe Walsh - All Night Long

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