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 2

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
3 Down by 1

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
6

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 1

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Down by 1

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 1

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
11

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 2

What Do All the People Know
The Monroes (U.S.)
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 2

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
17

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19

Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Mirage
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 2

Abracadabra
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Abracadabra
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 1

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
22 Up by 4

I Want Candy
Bow Wow Wow
From the album: The Last of the Mohicans (EP)
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 2

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
24

House Of Fun
Madness
From the album: Complete Madness
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Down by 2

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 1

Early in the Morning
The Gap Band
From the album: Gap Band IV
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 11

Da Da Da
Trio
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 3

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 1

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
30

Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

The Way Life's Meant to Be
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

Words
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 2

Private Joy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 5

Heat of the Moment
Asia
From the album: Asia
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
35 Down by 4

Island of Lost Souls
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
36

Angel In Blue
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
36 Debut

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 3

Crimson and Clover
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 5

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
29
Number
40 Down by 1

Break It Up
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
36
Weeks
9

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

More Than This
Roxy Music
From the album: Avalon
Peak
30
Weeks
10

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Date

July 24, 1982

Songs

40

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3 1 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×10) 28

2 3 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×5) 16

5 4 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 4 9

4 5 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 4 15

6 6 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 6 9

8 7 Yazoo – “Only You” 7 14

7 8 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 6 15

10 9 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 9 11

9 10 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 18

11 11 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 11 10

12 12 Sparks – “I Predict” 12 7

13 13 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 13 12

16 14 The Monroes (U.S.) – “What Do All the People Know” 14 8

15 15 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 12 12

14 16 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 25

17 17 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 17 12

18 18 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 18 6

19 19 Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” 19 6

22 20 The Steve Miller Band – “Abracadabra” 20 5

20 21 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 16 16

26 22 Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy” 22 5

21 23 Go-Go's – “This Town” 7 17

24 24 Madness – “House Of Fun” 24 10

23 25 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 19

27 26 The Gap Band – “Early in the Morning” 26 7

38 27 Trio – “Da Da Da” 27 2

25 28 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 7 23

28 29 ABBA – “The Visitors” 19 12

30 30 Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” 30 7

32 31 Electric Light Orchestra – “The Way Life's Meant to Be” 31 5

33 32 Missing Persons – “Words” 32 3

35 33 Prince – “Private Joy” 33 4

29 34 Asia – “Heat of the Moment” 20 14

31 35 Blondie – “Island of Lost Souls” 29 8

36 36 The J. Geils Band – “Angel In Blue” 36 4

NE 36 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 36 1

40 37 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “Crimson and Clover” 37 2

34 39 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 3 29

39 40 Foreigner – “Break It Up” 36 9

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Roxy Music – “More Than This” 30 10

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