In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

Compact View

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Number
1 Up by 1

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Up by 1

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Down by 2

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Up by 3

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 6

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Down by 1

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
9 Down by 3

Shake It Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
10

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty and the Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
12 Down by 3

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty and the Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
13 Up by 2

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 2

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 2

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty and the Beat
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 4

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
17 Down by 3

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 1

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Down by 1

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 2

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 4

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 6

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 2

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
24

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
25 Up by 4

Hang Fire
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
27

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 7

Save It For Later
The Beat
From the album: Special Beat Service
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 9

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
30 Up by 3

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 1

Cardiac Arrest
Madness
From the album: 7
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 7

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs at Eric's
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 10

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
From the album: Pinky Blue
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
34 Up by 4

Promise you a miracle
Simple Minds
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 1

Nowhere Girl
B-Movie
From the album: Nowhere Girl
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Down by 5

When All Is Said and Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
37 Up by 3

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 8

Edge of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
39 Down by 5

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
27
Number
40 Debut

Body Language
Queen
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

When It's Over
Loverboy
From the album: Get Lucky
Peak
41
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
20

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Date

May 1, 1982

Songs

41

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