Other #1 songs on October 1, 1980
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Do You Wanna Go to Heaven

T. G. Sheppard

#1 R&B song

Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)

Tom Browne

#1 song in the UK

Don't Stand So Close to Me

The Police

#1 song

Another One Bites the Dust

Queen

Notable October 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1980s

Sarah Drew

Actress

Born October 1, 1980

Beck Bennett

Actor and Comedian

Born October 1, 1984

Jurnee Smollett

Actress

Born October 1, 1986

Matthew Daddario

Actor

Born October 1, 1987

Brie Larson

Actress

Born October 1, 1989

Matt Cain

Baseball Player

Born October 1, 1984