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

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
5

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
6

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 1

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 1

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 2

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Up by 2

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 5

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 2

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 3

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 2

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Down by 2

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
17 Up by 3

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 2

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 12

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 4

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 3

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
22 Up by 7

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 4

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
24 Up by 2

Body Language
Queen
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 4

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
26 Up by 6

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 5

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
28 Up by 2

Promise you a miracle
Simple Minds
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 6

Hang Fire
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
30 Down by 5

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
28
Number
31 Up by 2

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 5

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
33 Up by 3

More Than This
Roxy Music
From the album: Avalon
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Cardiac Arrest
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 4

House Of Fun
Madness
From the album: Complete Madness
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 1

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 4

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
39 Debut

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Break It Up
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone
From the album: Tommy Tutone - 2
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
37 Dropout

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
39 Dropout

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
28

A chart by

Date

May 29, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 10

2 2 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 2 8

3 3 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×8) 20

4 4 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 17

5 5 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 11

6 6 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 3 16

8 7 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 7 15

9 8 Go-Go's – “This Town” 8 9

10 9 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 9 7

12 10 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 10 6

13 11 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 11 7

7 12 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 21

15 13 Yazoo – “Only You” 13 6

11 14 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 10 15

17 15 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 15 4

14 16 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 29

20 17 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 17 8

16 18 Prince – “Let's Work” 14 15

31 19 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 19 3

24 20 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 20 6

18 21 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 27

29 22 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 22 4

19 23 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 9 21

26 24 Queen – “Body Language” 24 5

21 25 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 34

32 26 ABBA – “The Visitors” 26 4

22 27 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 18 15

30 28 Simple Minds – “Promise you a miracle” 28 7

23 29 The Rolling Stones – “Hang Fire” 23 10

25 30 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 28

33 31 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 31 4

27 32 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 20 15

36 33 Roxy Music – “More Than This” 33 3

28 34 Madness – “Cardiac Arrest” 28 9

39 35 Madness – “House Of Fun” 35 2

NE 36 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 36 1

38 37 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 37 2

34 38 The J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame” 18 14

NE 39 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 39 1

NE 40 Foreigner – “Break It Up” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Tommy Tutone – “867-5309 / Jenny” 27 13

37 -- XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 13 18

39 -- Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 28

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