In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
3

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5 Down by 1

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 4

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 1

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
8 Up by 6

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 2

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 4

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 4

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 3

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Debut

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
15
Weeks
1
Number
16 Up by 2

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
17 Down by 9

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
18 Down by 7

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
19 Up by 1

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Down by 1

Turn It On Again
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 6

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
22 Up by 1

Stereotype
The Specials
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 5

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 1

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 1

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 1

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 5

Generals and Majors
XTC
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 4

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 1

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 9

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
31 Down by 7

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
32 Down by 3

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
33 Debut

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Down by 1

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
35 Down by 1

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 5

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
37 Debut

I'm Happy That Love Has Found You
Jimmy Hall
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 1

Baggy Trousers
Madness
From the album: Absolutely
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
39

I Die, You Die
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Debut

Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Hotter than July
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

He's So Shy
Pointer Sisters
From the album: Special Things
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
36 Dropout

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
26
Weeks
14
Number
38 Dropout

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
40 Dropout

The History of the World (Part 1)
The Damned
Peak
40
Weeks
2

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Date

October 18, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 David Bowie – “Ashes To Ashes” 1(×5) 7

2 2 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 9

3 3 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 3 12

5 4 Split Enz – “I Got You” 4 8

4 5 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 4 11

10 6 Devo – “Whip It” 6 6

6 7 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 5 10

14 8 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 8 5

9 9 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 4 16

12 10 Kenny Loggins – “I'm Alright” 10 11

7 11 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 1(×3) 17

16 12 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 12 5

13 13 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 13 13

17 14 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 14 5

NE 15 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 15 1

18 16 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 16 3

8 17 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 1(×2) 16

11 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 24

20 19 Supertramp – “Dreamer” 19 5

19 20 Genesis – “Turn It On Again” 19 5

15 21 Diana Ross – “Upside Down” 11 11

23 22 The Specials – “Stereotype” 22 5

28 23 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 23 3

25 24 The Cars – “Touch and Go” 24 5

26 25 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 25 5

27 26 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 26 2

22 27 XTC – “Generals and Majors” 22 5

32 28 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 28 3

30 29 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 29 2

21 30 Pete Townshend – “Let My Love Open the Door” 7 16

24 31 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 4 21

29 32 Billy Joel – “Sometimes a Fantasy” 29 2

NE 33 Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 33 1

33 34 The Teardrop Explodes – “When I Dream” 33 5

34 35 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 34 3

31 36 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 3 18

NE 37 Jimmy Hall – “I'm Happy That Love Has Found You” 37 1

37 38 Madness – “Baggy Trousers” 37 3

39 39 Gary Numan – “I Die, You Die” 39 4

NE 40 Stevie Wonder – “Master Blaster (Jammin')” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Pointer Sisters – “He's So Shy” 30 4

36 -- The S.O.S. Band – “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” 26 14

38 -- Genesis – “Misunderstanding” 21 14

40 -- The Damned – “The History of the World (Part 1)” 40 2

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