In Retrospect

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

Compact View

Filter:

Number
1

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 2

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 1

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
6 Down by 1

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
7

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 3

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 4

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 5

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Down by 4

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
13 Up by 6

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 3

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 1

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 7

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
17 Down by 2

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
18 Down by 6

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
19 Down by 1

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 6

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 4

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 6

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 1

Hang Fire
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 4

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
25 Down by 3

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
26 Down by 5

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
27

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Up by 1

Cardiac Arrest
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 2

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Promise you a miracle
Simple Minds
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 2

Body Language
Queen
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 9

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
33 Up by 4

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 2

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
27
Number
35 Up by 3

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 2

Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
39 Debut

More Than This
Roxy Music
From the album: Avalon
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 6

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
15
Weeks
15

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Juke Box Hero
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
40 Dropout

When It's Over
Loverboy
From the album: Get Lucky
Peak
40
Weeks
2

A chart by

Date

May 15, 1982

Songs

40

Create Chart Card Export chart (CSV)

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/amsvec/in-retrospect-121

1 1 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×2) 8

2 2 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×8) 18

3 3 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 15

6 4 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 4 6

4 5 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 9

5 6 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 3 14

7 7 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 19

11 8 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 8 13

13 9 Go-Go's – “This Town” 9 7

10 10 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 10 13

16 11 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 11 5

8 12 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 27

19 13 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 13 4

17 14 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 14 5

14 15 Prince – “Let's Work” 14 13

9 16 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 25

15 17 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 9 19

12 18 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 32

18 19 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 18 13

26 20 Yazoo – “Only You” 20 4

25 21 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 21 6

28 22 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 22 2

24 23 The Rolling Stones – “Hang Fire” 23 8

20 24 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 26

22 25 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 20 13

21 26 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 18 12

27 27 Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 27 12

29 28 Madness – “Cardiac Arrest” 28 7

31 29 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 29 4

30 30 Simple Minds – “Promise you a miracle” 30 5

33 31 Queen – “Body Language” 31 3

23 32 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 13 17

37 33 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 33 2

32 34 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 27

38 35 ABBA – “The Visitors” 35 2

39 36 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 36 2

NE 37 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 37 1

36 38 Stevie Nicks – “Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)” 30 10

NE 39 Roxy Music – “More Than This” 39 1

34 40 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 15 15

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” 26 11

40 -- Loverboy – “When It's Over” 40 2

Leave the first comment

Leave a comment to share your thoughts about this chart.