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 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 1

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
7

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

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
9

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
10

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
11

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
12

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 1

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 4

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 4

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 4

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 10

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 3

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 5

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
24 Up by 2

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 12

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Down by 10

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
27 Down by 8

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
28 Down by 4

Spirits In the Material World
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 2

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
30

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 1

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 5

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
34 Down by 5

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
35 Debut

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 3

Hang Fire
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 2

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
38 Debut

Cardiac Arrest
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 3

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
40 Down by 2

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
40 Dropout

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
19
Weeks
20

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Date

April 3, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×4) 12

2 2 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 19

3 3 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 3 9

5 4 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 4 13

4 5 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 21

6 6 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 26

7 7 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 7 8

8 8 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 20

9 9 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 21

10 10 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 9 16

11 11 Genesis – “Abacab” 10 15

12 12 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 12 13

13 13 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 13 11

14 14 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 14 11

15 15 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 15 9

17 16 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 16 7

21 17 Prince – “Let's Work” 17 7

22 18 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 18 7

23 19 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 19 6

20 20 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 20 17

31 21 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 21 3

25 22 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 22 7

18 23 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 23

26 24 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 24 7

37 25 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 25 2

16 26 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 19

19 27 Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 17 13

24 28 The Police – “Spirits In the Material World” 24 9

27 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)” 26 8

30 30 Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 30 6

32 31 Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 31 6

33 32 Stevie Nicks – “Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)” 32 4

28 33 Prince – “Controversy” 5 20

29 34 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 18

NE 35 Go-Go's – “This Town” 35 1

39 36 The Rolling Stones – “Hang Fire” 36 2

35 37 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 27

NE 38 Madness – “Cardiac Arrest” 38 1

36 39 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 32

38 40 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 4 24

DROPOUTS:

34 -- The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 1(×2) 25

40 -- The Kinks – “Destroyer” 19 20

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