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 4 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 1

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 1

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
9 Down by 2

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
10 Up by 4

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 1

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 1

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 2

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 2

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 4

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 1

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 2

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 4

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Up by 2

Turn It On Again
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 4

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 9

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 1

Generals and Majors
XTC
From the album: Black Sea
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 2

Stereotype
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 6

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
25 Up by 1

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 1

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Debut

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
27
Weeks
1
Number
28 Up by 1

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Debut

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30 Up by 2

Without your love
Roger Daltrey
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Debut

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Down by 12

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
33 Up by 5

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 4

He's So Shy
Pointer Sisters
From the album: Special Things
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 3

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 3

Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
From the album: The Wall
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
37

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Kilimanjaro
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 10

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
26
Weeks
14
Number
39 Up by 3

Baggy Trousers
Madness
From the album: Absolutely
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40

I Die: You Die
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 6

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
42

The History of the World (Pt. 1)
The Damned
From the album: The Black Album
Peak
42
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

You Better Run
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
34 Dropout

Don't Ask Me Why
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
36 Dropout

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
27
Weeks
12

A chart by

Date

October 11, 1980

Songs

42

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1 1 David Bowie – "Ashes to Ashes" 1(×4) 6

2 2 Peter Gabriel – "Games Without Frontiers" 1(×1) 8

3 3 Electric Light Orchestra – "All Over the World" 3 11

4 4 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – "Xanadu" 4 10

6 5 Split Enz – "I Got You" 5 7

5 6 Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust" 5 9

8 7 Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 1(×3) 16

9 8 Kate Bush – "Babooshka" 1(×2) 15

7 9 The Rolling Stones – "Emotional Rescue" 4 15

14 10 Devo – "Whip It" 10 5

10 11 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Messages" 1(×8) 23

13 12 Kenny Loggins – "I'm Alright" 12 10

15 13 Carly Simon – "Jesse" 13 12

16 14 The Vapors – "Turning Japanese" 14 4

11 15 Diana Ross – "Upside Down" 11 10

17 16 The Kings – "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" 16 4

19 17 The Rolling Stones – "She's So Cold" 17 4

22 18 Kate Bush – "Army Dreamers" 18 2

21 19 Genesis – "Turn It On Again" 19 4

24 20 Supertramp – "Dreamer" 20 4

12 21 Pete Townshend – "Let My Love Open the Door" 7 15

23 22 XTC – "Generals and Majors" 22 4

25 23 The Specials – "Stereotype" 23 4

18 24 Billy Joel – "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" 4 20

26 25 The Cars – "Touch and Go" 25 4

27 26 Donna Summer – "The Wanderer" 26 4

NE 27 The Korgis – "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" 27 1

29 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Enola Gay" 28 2

NE 29 Billy Joel – "Sometimes a Fantasy" 29 1

32 30 Roger Daltrey – "Without your love " 30 4

NE 31 Adam and the Ants – "Dog Eat Dog" 31 1

20 32 Olivia Newton-John – "Magic" 3 17

38 33 Leo Sayer – "More Than I Can Say" 33 2

30 34 Pointer Sisters – "He's So Shy" 30 4

38 35 Pat Benatar – "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" 35 2

33 36 Pink Floyd – "Comfortably Numb" 22 16

37 37 The Teardrop Explodes – "When I Dream" 37 4

28 38 The S.O.S. Band – "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" 26 14

42 39 Madness – "Baggy Trousers" 39 2

40 40 Gary Numan – "I Die: You Die" 40 3

35 41 Genesis – "Misunderstanding" 20 14

42 42 The Damned – "The History of the World (Pt. 1)" 42 2

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Pat Benatar – "You Better Run" 31 5

34 -- Billy Joel – "Don't Ask Me Why" 16 8

36 -- Eddie Rabbitt – "Drivin’ My Life Away" 27 12

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