The #1 song in the UK on October 17, 1980

Don't Stand So Close to Me By The Police

Other #1 songs on October 17, 1980

#1 Hit Song

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen

#1 R&B Song

Funkin’ For Jamaica
Tom Browne

#1 Country Song

I Believe in You
Don Williams

#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