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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 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
3

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 1

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 1

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 2

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 1

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 1

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
9 Up by 3

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 2

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 2

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 3

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Up by 5

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 7

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
19 Up by 2

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 4

What Do All the People Know
The Monroes (U.S.)
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 4

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
22 Down by 3

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
23 Down by 3

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 8

Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Mirage
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Up by 8

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26

House Of Fun
Madness
From the album: Complete Madness
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 4

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
28 Down by 3

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
29 Up by 2

Island of Lost Souls
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30

More Than This
Roxy Music
From the album: Avalon
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 3

Early in the Morning
The Gap Band
From the album: Gap Band IV
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 5

Abracadabra
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Abracadabra
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 5

I Want Candy
Bow Wow Wow
From the album: The Last of the Mohicans (EP)
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 7

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
35

Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

The Way Life's Meant to Be
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 1

Break It Up
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
38 Debut

Angel In Blue
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 10

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
40 Debut

Private Joy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
28 Dropout

Body Language
Queen
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
40 Dropout

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
41 Dropout

I Love a Man in a Uniform
Gang of Four
From the album: Songs of the Free
Peak
41
Weeks
5

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Date

July 3, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×5) 13

2 2 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×8) 25

3 3 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 3 11

5 4 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 4 12

4 5 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 15

8 6 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 6 6

6 7 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 6 12

7 8 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 22

12 9 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 9 6

10 10 Yazoo – “Only You” 10 11

9 11 Go-Go's – “This Town” 7 14

14 12 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 12 8

13 13 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 13 9

15 14 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 14 9

18 15 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 15 7

16 16 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 16 13

22 17 Sparks – “I Predict” 17 4

11 18 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 16

21 19 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 19 9

24 20 The Monroes (U.S.) – “What Do All the People Know” 20 5

17 21 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 7 20

19 22 ABBA – “The Visitors” 19 9

20 23 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 20 11

32 24 Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” 24 3

33 25 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 25 3

26 26 Madness – “House Of Fun” 26 7

23 27 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 3 21

25 28 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 26

31 29 Blondie – “Island of Lost Souls” 29 5

30 30 Roxy Music – “More Than This” 30 8

34 31 The Gap Band – “Early in the Morning” 31 4

37 32 The Steve Miller Band – “Abracadabra” 32 2

38 33 Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy” 33 2

27 34 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 10 20

35 35 Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” 35 4

39 36 Electric Light Orchestra – “The Way Life's Meant to Be” 36 2

36 37 Foreigner – “Break It Up” 36 6

NE 38 The J. Geils Band – “Angel In Blue” 38 1

29 39 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 34

NE 40 Prince – “Private Joy” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

28 -- Queen – “Body Language” 24 9

40 -- Prince – “Let's Work” 14 19

41 -- Gang of Four – “I Love a Man in a Uniform” 41 5

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