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

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Down by 1

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 1

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 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
17
Number
8

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
9

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 1

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 1

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
13

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 2

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Down by 1

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 5

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 2

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 1

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 1

Joan of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
20 Down by 1

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
21 Up by 4

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
23

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
24

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 5

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 11

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 2

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
29 Down by 2

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
30

Young Turks
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 7

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 6

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
33 Down by 2

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
34 Up by 5

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 3

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
36

Talking Out of Turn
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
37 Down by 3

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
17
Weeks
20
Number
38 Down by 3

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
39 Up by 1

Love Is Like a Rock
Donnie Iris
From the album: King Cool
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Joan Crawford
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
23
Weeks
18

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Date

January 30, 1982

Songs

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2 1 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×1) 12

1 2 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 17

3 3 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 10

4 4 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 14

5 5 Prince – “Controversy” 5 11

7 6 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 6 10

6 7 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 1(×2) 17

8 8 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 18

9 9 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 9 12

10 10 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 10 11

12 11 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 11 7

11 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 23

13 13 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 9

16 14 Genesis – “Abacab” 14 6

14 15 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 4 15

21 16 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 16 4

15 17 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 6 13

17 18 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 11 16

18 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Joan of Arc” 17 13

19 20 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 1(×2) 23

25 21 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 21 4

22 22 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 26

23 23 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 23 12

24 24 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 24 8

20 25 Ultravox – “The Voice” 20 13

37 26 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 26 3

29 27 Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 27 4

28 28 Genesis – “No Reply at All” 22 14

27 29 Rick James – “Super Freak” 7 22

30 30 Rod Stewart – “Young Turks” 30 8

38 31 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 31 2

26 32 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 28

31 33 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 11 21

39 34 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 34 2

32 35 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 6 20

36 36 The Moody Blues – “Talking Out of Turn” 35 8

34 37 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 17 20

35 38 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 15 19

40 39 Donnie Iris – “Love Is Like a Rock” 39 2

NE 40 Blue Öyster Cult – “Joan Crawford” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 23 18

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