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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 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Up by 1

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Up by 1

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 3

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 3

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6 Down by 1

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
7 Down by 1

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
8

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
9 Up by 2

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 2

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 5

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 3

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
13 Up by 1

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Down by 4

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
15

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 5

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 5

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 1

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 9

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 1

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 11

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 5

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
26 Down by 3

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

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 2

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 3

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 2

Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 4

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
32 Up by 4

Hang Fire
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Debut

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Down by 5

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 3

Cardiac Arrest
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 8

Spirits In the Material World
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
37 Down by 4

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
38 Down by 4

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
19
Number
39 Debut

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 1

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
33

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
40 Dropout

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

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Date

April 10, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×5) 13

3 2 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 10

4 3 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 14

7 4 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 4 9

2 5 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 20

5 6 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 22

6 7 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 27

8 8 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 21

11 9 Genesis – “Abacab” 9 16

12 10 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 10 14

16 11 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 11 8

9 12 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 22

14 13 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 13 12

10 14 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 9 17

15 15 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 15 10

21 16 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 16 4

17 17 Prince – “Let's Work” 17 8

18 18 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 18 8

19 19 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 19 7

25 20 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 20 3

22 21 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 21 8

13 22 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 13 12

24 23 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 23 8

35 24 Go-Go's – “This Town” 24 2

20 25 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 20 18

23 26 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 24

31 27 Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 27 7

30 28 Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 28 7

26 29 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 20

32 30 Stevie Nicks – “Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)” 30 5

27 31 Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 17 14

36 32 The Rolling Stones – “Hang Fire” 32 3

NE 33 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 33 1

29 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)” 26 9

38 35 Madness – “Cardiac Arrest” 35 2

28 36 The Police – “Spirits In the Material World” 24 10

33 37 Prince – “Controversy” 5 21

34 38 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 19

NE 39 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 39 1

39 40 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 33

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 27

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

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