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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

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 2

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Down by 2

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
7 Up by 4

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Down by 2

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
10 Down by 1

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
11 Down by 1

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
12

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 2

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 1

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
15 Down by 1

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
16

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 4

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 3

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 6

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 1

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 4

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
24

Spirits In the Material World
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 3

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 3

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 11

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
29 Down by 3

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 6

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 2

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 3

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
34 Up by 2

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 3

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
36 Up by 3

Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 1

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

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
40

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
6
Weeks
20

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Love Is Like a Rock
Donnie Iris
From the album: King Cool
Peak
30
Weeks
8

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Date

March 20, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×2) 10

2 2 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 17

3 3 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 19

6 4 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 4 7

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

4 6 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 24

11 7 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 7 6

8 8 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 18

7 9 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 19

9 10 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 9 14

10 11 Genesis – “Abacab” 10 13

12 12 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 12 11

15 13 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 13 9

13 14 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 17

14 15 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 21

16 16 Prince – “Controversy” 5 18

21 17 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 17 9

18 18 Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 17 11

22 19 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 19 7

20 20 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 20 15

27 21 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 21 5

23 22 Prince – “Let's Work” 22 5

19 23 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 16

24 24 The Police – “Spirits In the Material World” 24 7

28 25 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 25 5

29 26 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 26 5

31 27 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 27 4

17 28 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 1(×2) 24

26 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)” 26 6

33 30 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 30 5

25 31 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 25

34 32 Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 32 4

30 33 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 4 22

36 34 Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 34 4

32 35 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 30

39 36 Stevie Nicks – “Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)” 36 2

NE 37 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 37 1

37 38 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 19 19

38 39 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 11 23

40 40 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 6 20

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Donnie Iris – “Love Is Like a Rock” 30 8

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