40 Years On: Down the Hill Backwards - a 1980 playlist

 As we say goodbye to 1980 (and good riddance to 2020) here's a final playlist of selected tracks from the year, in reverse chronological order:

1. Visage - Visage
2. Spandau Ballet - To Cut a Long Story Short
3. OMD - Enola Gay
4. Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
5. XTC - Towers of London
6. David Bowie - Fashion
7. Madness - Baggy Trousers
8. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
9. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
10. The Skids - Circus Games
11. The Jam - Start!
12. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
13. Gary Numan - I Die: You Die
14. Sheena Easton - Modern Girl
15. Ultravox - Sleepwalk
16. Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90 Go!
17. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
18. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
19. OMD - Messages
20. The Human League - Being Boiled (Holiday '80)
21. John Foxx - Underpass