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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 2

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3 Down by 1

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
4 Up by 8

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 6

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 2

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
7

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 6

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
12 Down by 6

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 1

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 4

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 2

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
16 Down by 1

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
17

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Up by 6

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 3

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
20

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 1

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 1

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 4

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
24 Down by 3

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
25

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 1

Spirits In the Material World
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 1

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 1

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 5

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 1

Love Is Like a Rock
Donnie Iris
From the album: King Cool
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 5

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
32 Up by 4

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 4

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 4

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
35 Down by 3

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
36 Up by 2

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 2

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
35 Dropout

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
40 Dropout

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
25

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Date

February 27, 1982

Songs

40

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3 1 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 16

2 3 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 21

12 4 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 4 7

11 5 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 5 8

4 6 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 14

7 7 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 16

8 8 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 15

9 9 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 9 11

10 10 Genesis – “Abacab” 10 10

5 11 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 18

6 12 Prince – “Controversy” 5 15

14 13 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 13 8

18 14 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 14 4

13 15 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 1(×2) 21

15 16 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 13

17 17 Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 17 8

24 18 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 18 3

16 19 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 22

20 20 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 20 12

22 21 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 21 6

23 22 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 22 6

19 23 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 4 19

21 24 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 27

25 25 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 19 16

27 26 The Police – “Spirits In the Material World” 26 4

28 27 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 27 4

29 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)” 28 3

34 29 Prince – “Let's Work” 29 2

31 30 Donnie Iris – “Love Is Like a Rock” 30 6

26 31 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 11 20

36 32 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 32 2

37 33 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 33 2

30 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 6 17

32 35 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 30

38 36 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 36 2

NE 36 Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 36 1

39 37 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 37 2

NE 38 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 38 1

NE 40 Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Ultravox – “The Voice” 20 16

35 -- The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 1(×2) 26

40 -- Rick James – “Super Freak” 7 25

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