List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
Issue date Song Artist Duration
19 January Where 's Captain Kirk ? Spizzenergi 7 weeks
8 March Food for Thought / King UB40 12 weeks
31 May Bloody Revolutions Crass 5 weeks
5 July Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 10* weeks
30 August Paranoid Black Sabbath 5* weeks
13 September Ca n't Cheat Karma Zounds 2 weeks
18 October Requiem Killing Joke 1 week
25 October Atmosphere Joy Division 2 weeks
8 November Kill the Poor Dead Kennedys 1 week
15 November The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream a Lie UB40 5* weeks
6 December Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Motörhead 1 week
27 December Cartrouble Adam and the Ants 7* weeks
1980
These are The Official UK Charts Company UK Official Indie Chart number-one hits of the 1980s.