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 7 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 1

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 2

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
6

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
7

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
8 Up by 5

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Down by 1

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
10

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 2

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 1

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
13 Up by 11

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 2

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 5

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 2

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 8

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
21 Down by 6

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
22 Up by 1

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Down by 3

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
24 Down by 5

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 8

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 6

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29

Hang Fire
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30

Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 6

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
32

Cardiac Arrest
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
35 Debut

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Down by 5

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
37 Up by 2

Promise you a miracle
Simple Minds
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 1

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
40 Debut

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
37 Dropout

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
40 Dropout

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

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Date

April 24, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×7) 15

2 2 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 12

4 3 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 3 11

5 4 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 4 5

3 5 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 16

6 6 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 22

7 7 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 24

13 8 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 8 6

8 9 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 29

10 10 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 10 10

9 11 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 9 16

11 12 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 23

24 13 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 13 3

14 14 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 13 14

17 15 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 15 10

16 16 Prince – “Let's Work” 16 10

22 17 Go-Go's – “This Town” 17 4

18 18 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 18 9

21 19 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 19 10

12 20 Genesis – “Abacab” 9 18

15 21 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 24

23 22 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 22 10

20 23 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 9 19

19 24 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 15 12

33 25 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 25 2

26 26 Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 26 9

27 27 Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 27 9

34 28 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 28 2

29 29 The Rolling Stones – “Hang Fire” 29 5

30 30 Stevie Nicks – “Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)” 30 7

25 31 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 13 14

32 32 Madness – “Cardiac Arrest” 32 4

36 33 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 33 3

28 34 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 26

NE 35 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 35 1

31 36 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 20 20

39 37 Simple Minds – “Promise you a miracle” 37 2

NE 38 Yazoo – “Only You” 38 1

38 39 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)” 26 11

NE 40 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 21

37 -- Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 17 15

40 -- The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 20

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