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 Up by 1

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
2 Down by 1

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
7

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 1

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

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

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
11 Up by 1

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 1

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 1

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 1

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 2

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 6

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 1

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 1

What Do All the People Know
The Monroes (U.S.)
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 2

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 4

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 2

Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Mirage
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 2

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
24 Down by 2

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 1

House Of Fun
Madness
From the album: Complete Madness
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 3

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 5

Abracadabra
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Abracadabra
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 3

Early in the Morning
The Gap Band
From the album: Gap Band IV
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 4

I Want Candy
Bow Wow Wow
From the album: The Last of the Mohicans (EP)
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 1

Island of Lost Souls
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 3

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
32 Down by 2

More Than This
Roxy Music
From the album: Avalon
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 2

Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 2

The Way Life's Meant to Be
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 8

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
36 Up by 2

Angel In Blue
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Private Joy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 1

Break It Up
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
39 Down by 5

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
40 Debut

Words
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

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

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Date

July 10, 1982

Songs

40

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2 1 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×9) 26

1 2 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×5) 14

3 3 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 3 12

4 4 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 4 13

6 5 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 5 7

5 6 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 16

7 7 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 6 13

9 8 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 8 7

10 9 Yazoo – “Only You” 9 12

8 10 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 23

12 11 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 11 9

13 12 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 12 10

14 13 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 13 10

15 14 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 14 8

17 15 Sparks – “I Predict” 15 5

16 16 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 16 14

11 17 Go-Go's – “This Town” 7 15

19 18 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 18 10

20 19 The Monroes (U.S.) – “What Do All the People Know” 19 6

18 20 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 17

25 21 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 21 4

24 22 Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” 22 4

21 23 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 7 21

22 24 ABBA – “The Visitors” 19 10

26 25 Madness – “House Of Fun” 25 8

23 26 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 20 12

32 27 The Steve Miller Band – “Abracadabra” 27 3

31 28 The Gap Band – “Early in the Morning” 28 5

33 29 Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy” 29 3

29 30 Blondie – “Island of Lost Souls” 29 6

28 31 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 27

30 32 Roxy Music – “More Than This” 30 9

35 33 Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” 33 5

36 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “The Way Life's Meant to Be” 34 3

27 35 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 3 22

38 36 The J. Geils Band – “Angel In Blue” 36 2

40 37 Prince – “Private Joy” 37 2

37 38 Foreigner – “Break It Up” 36 7

34 39 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 10 21

NE 40 Missing Persons – “Words” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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