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 Up by 1

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Up by 2

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Down by 3

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 2

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Up by 2

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 3

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
8 Down by 2

Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 6

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 1

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
11 Down by 1

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
12 Down by 1

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
13 Up by 13

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 3

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
16

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 1

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 5

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 3

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 3

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
21 Down by 2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
22 Up by 3

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 3

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
24 Down by 3

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
25 Down by 2

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
26 Down by 2

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
27 Up by 3

Don't Tell Me No
The Cars
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28

Stereotype
The Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
29

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 8

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
32 Up by 1

Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
From the album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 1

Uptown
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 5

Passion
Rod Stewart
From the album: Foolish Behaviour
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

I Don't Remember
Peter Gabriel
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
37 Up by 3

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Up by 2

Janitor
Suburban Lawns
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 5

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
41 Down by 9

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
20
Weeks
14

Dropouts

Number
27 Dropout

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
23
Weeks
10

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Date

December 20, 1980

Songs

41

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2 1 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 10

3 2 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 2 9

5 3 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 3 11

1 4 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 1(×1) 14

7 5 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 5 8

8 6 David Bowie – “Fashion” 6 6

4 7 Devo – “Whip It” 1(×2) 15

6 8 David Bowie – “Ashes To Ashes” 1(×9) 16

15 9 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 9 6

9 10 Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 17

10 11 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 10 11

11 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 10 12

26 13 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 13 3

14 14 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 10 12

12 15 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 8 14

16 16 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 8

18 17 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 17 8

13 18 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 8 14

22 19 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 19 7

17 20 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 14 14

19 21 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 18

25 22 Prince – “Dirty Mind” 22 4

20 23 Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 19 10

21 24 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 21 12

23 25 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 22 12

24 26 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 3 21

30 27 The Cars – “Don't Tell Me No” 27 5

28 28 The Specials – “Stereotype” 17 14

29 29 The Teardrop Explodes – “When I Dream” 27 14

38 30 Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 30 2

31 31 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 5 19

33 32 Japan – “Gentlemen Take Polaroids” 30 9

34 33 Prince – “Uptown” 31 9

39 34 Rod Stewart – “Passion” 34 2

37 35 Peter Gabriel – “I Don't Remember” 35 3

36 36 Supertramp – “Dreamer” 18 14

40 37 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 37 2

NE 38 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 38 1

41 39 Suburban Lawns – “Janitor” 39 3

35 40 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 4 20

32 41 The Cars – “Touch and Go” 20 14

DROPOUTS:

27 -- Billy Joel – “Sometimes a Fantasy” 23 10

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