The #1 dance song on October 17, 1980

Can't Fake the Feeling By Geraldine Hunt

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 Country Song

I Believe in You
Don Williams

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