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

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
3 Up by 2

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 1

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
6 Up by 2

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 2

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 1

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
9 Down by 3

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 2

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 2

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
13

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 2

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 2

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 3

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
19 Down by 1

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
20

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 1

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 4

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 2

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
24 Up by 1

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 1

Body Language
Queen
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 3

House Of Fun
Madness
From the album: Complete Madness
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 4

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
28 Up by 5

What Do All the People Know
The Monroes (U.S.)
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 5

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30

More Than This
Roxy Music
From the album: Avalon
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 4

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
32 Down by 4

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 4

Island of Lost Souls
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 3

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
35 Down by 3

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
37
Number
36 Up by 4

Early in the Morning
The Gap Band
From the album: Gap Band IV
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 1

Break It Up
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 1

Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Mirage
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Promise you a miracle
Simple Minds
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
36 Dropout

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
18
Weeks
17

A chart by

Date

June 19, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×3) 11

2 2 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×8) 23

5 3 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 3 9

3 4 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 13

4 5 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 20

8 6 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 6 10

9 7 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 7 10

7 8 Go-Go's – “This Town” 7 12

6 9 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 14

12 10 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 10 4

11 11 Yazoo – “Only You” 11 9

10 12 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 7 18

13 13 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 13 7

14 14 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 14 6

17 15 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 15 7

16 16 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 16 11

19 17 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 17 4

15 18 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 3 19

18 19 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 24

20 20 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 20 9

22 21 ABBA – “The Visitors” 21 7

26 22 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 22 5

21 23 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 10 18

25 24 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 24 7

24 25 Queen – “Body Language” 24 8

29 26 Madness – “House Of Fun” 26 5

23 27 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 32

33 28 The Monroes (U.S.) – “What Do All the People Know” 28 3

34 29 Sparks – “I Predict” 29 2

30 30 Roxy Music – “More Than This” 30 6

27 31 Prince – “Let's Work” 14 18

28 32 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 9 24

37 33 Blondie – “Island of Lost Souls” 33 3

31 34 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 1(×2) 30

32 35 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 37

40 36 The Gap Band – “Early in the Morning” 36 2

38 37 Foreigner – “Break It Up” 37 4

39 38 Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” 38 2

NE 39 Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” 39 1

NE 40 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Simple Minds – “Promise you a miracle” 28 9

36 -- Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 18 17

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