Truth in advertising from the good folks over at Rhino: ten tunes from 1980, all but two hit #1 on the Billboard Dance chart. Pro: great tunes. Con: only 3 of the 10 tracks are extended dance mixes, all others are single versions. (Extended versions marked below with an asterisk.) Oddly, two of the alleged "extended dance mixes" - by Kano and Geraldine Hunt - clock in well under four minutes.
One in a series of ten covering the years 1976-1985, not to be confused with The Disco Years series, also issued by Rhino.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks, with chart peaks and links to previous appearances on this blog:
| Song | Artist | Dance | Hot 100 | R&B | Prev. |
| Call Me | Blondie | 2 | 1 | 33 | 1,2,3 |
| Fame | Irene Cara | 1 | 4 | 1,2 | |
| Shoot Your Best Shot | Linda Clifford | 1 | 43 | ||
| It's A War* | Kano | 2 | |||
| Vertigo/Relight My Fire* | Dan Hartman | 1 | 104 | 1 | |
| Stomp! | The Brothers Johnson | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1,2 |
| Can't Fake The Feeling* | Geraldine Hunt | 1 | 58 | ||
| Funkytown | Lipps, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 |
| Upside Down | Diana Ross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2,3 |
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
The overall #1 year-end dance song for 1980, according to Billboard? A Lover's Holiday by Change. I guess Rhino was saving that particular gem for The Disco Years, Volume 4.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None. This was a recent clearance bin pickup.
Previously revisited for the blog:
Billboard Top Dance Hits 1979 (1992)
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