In Retrospect

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

Compact View

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Number
1 Up by 1

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty and the Beat
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Down by 1

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 3

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 1

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 1

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Down by 1

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
8

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 1

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 1

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Up by 4

Shake It Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 4

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 4

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
14 Down by 2

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
15 Down by 1

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 3

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 1

Joan of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 1

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
19 Down by 6

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
20 Up by 1

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 1

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 3

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 15

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
From the album: Pinky Blue
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 3

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: Heavy Metal: Music From the Motion Picture
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
26 Down by 3

Burnin' For You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
27 Down by 1

Girls on Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
28

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 2

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 5

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 2

Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
32 Down by 2

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
33

Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34

Wrack My Brain
Ringo Starr
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Down by 3

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
36

Talking Out of Turn
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37

Young Turks
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 7

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
39 Debut

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

Heart Like A Wheel
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Circle of Love
Peak
40
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
From the album: Waiata
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28

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Date

December 26, 1981

Songs

40

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