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

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Shake It Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty and the Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
5

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
8

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
From the album: Pinky Blue
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 3

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 1

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 2

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
14 Down by 2

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
15 Up by 3

When All Is Said and Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 1

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
17 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
23
Number
18 Down by 1

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
19

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
20

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 2

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24

Spirits in the Material World
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 2

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
26

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 2

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty and the Beat
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 2

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 3

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 3

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
31 Up by 3

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 4

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
33 Up by 2

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 2

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 4

Love Is Like a Rock
Donnie Iris
From the album: King Cool
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 2

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 4

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
19
Weeks
18
Number
38 Down by 1

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
22
Number
39 Debut

Edge of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 1

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
6
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
31

A chart by

Date

March 13, 1982

Songs

40

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2 1 Soft Cell – "Tainted Love" 1(×1) 9

1 2 The Cars – "Shake It Up" 1(×2) 16

3 3 Devo – "Beautiful World" 1(×4) 18

4 4 Go-Go's – "Our Lips Are Sealed" 1(×5) 23

5 5 Electric Light Orchestra – "Here is The News" 5 10

6 6 Tom Tom Club – "Genius of Love" 6 6

7 7 Fun Boy Three – "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" 7 18

8 8 Eurythmics – "Revenge" 8 17

9 9 Altered Images – "I Could Be Happy" 9 13

10 10 Genesis – "Abacab" 10 12

14 11 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – "I Love Rock 'n Roll" 11 5

13 12 The Stranglers – "Golden Brown" 12 10

11 13 Queen & David Bowie – "Under Pressure" 3 16

12 14 Lindsey Buckingham – "Trouble" 4 20

18 15 ABBA – "When All Is Said and Done" 15 8

15 16 Prince – "Controversy" 5 17

16 17 The Police – "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" 1(×2) 23

17 18 Lindsey Buckingham – "That's How We Do It in L.A." 17 10

19 19 The J. Geils Band – "Centerfold" 13 15

20 20 Quarterflash – "Harden My Heart" 20 14

21 21 XTC – "Senses Working Overtime" 21 8

22 22 Rod Stewart – "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" 22 6

25 23 Prince – "Let's Work" 23 4

24 24 The Police – "Spirits in the Material World" 24 6

23 25 Grauzone – "Eisbär" 1(×1) 24

26 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" 26 5

29 27 Go-Go's – "We Got the Beat" 27 4

30 28 Electric Light Orchestra – "Rain Is Falling" 28 4

32 29 Eurythmics – "She's Invisible Now" 29 4

27 30 The Human League – "Open Your Heart" 4 21

34 31 The J. Geils Band – "Freeze-Frame" 31 3

28 32 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Souvenir" 1(×8) 29

35 33 The Jam – "Town Called Malice" 33 4

36 34 Tommy Tutone – "867-5309 / Jenny" 34 3

31 35 Donnie Iris – "Love Is Like a Rock" 30 8

38 36 Foreigner – "Juke Box Hero" 36 3

33 37 The Kinks – "Destroyer" 19 18

37 38 Altered Images – "Happy Birthday" 11 22

NE 39 Stevie Nicks – "Edge of Seventeen" 39 1

39 40 Electric Light Orchestra – "Twilight" 6 19

DROPOUTS:

40 -- The Human League – "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" 1(×4) 31

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