The #1 country song on October 17, 1980

I Believe in You By Don Williams

Other #1 songs on October 17, 1980

#1 Hit Song

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen

UK #1 Song

Don't Stand So Close to Me
The Police

#1 R&B Song

Funkin’ For Jamaica
Tom Browne

#1 Dance Track

Can't Fake the Feeling
Geraldine Hunt

Notable October 17 birthdays in the 1980s

Chris Lowell

Born October 17, 1984
Mitch Talbot

Born October 17, 1983
Holly Holm

Born October 17, 1981