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

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
7

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 2

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 5

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Down by 3

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

What Do All the People Know
The Monroes (U.S.)
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13

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

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 4

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
16 Down by 2

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 1

Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Mirage
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Up by 1

Abracadabra
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Abracadabra
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 4

Da Da Da
Trio
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 3

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
21

I Want Candy
Bow Wow Wow
From the album: The Last of the Mohicans (EP)
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 13

Danceway
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Down by 3

Stand or Fall
The Fixx
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
24 Up by 4

Words
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 3

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
26 Down by 1

Early in the Morning
The Gap Band
From the album: Gap Band IV
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 3

Really Saying Something
Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
28 Up by 2

Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29

Man On The Corner
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
30 Up by 1

The Way Life's Meant to Be
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 5

Red Skies
The Fixx
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32

Private Joy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 5

Vacation
Go-Go's
From the album: Vacation
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 8

This Town
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
35 Up by 4

Hot in the City
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 4

Rage in the Cage
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Driving in My Car
Madness
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 11

House Of Fun
Madness
From the album: Complete Madness
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
39 Debut

Who Can It Be Now?
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Someday Someway
Marshall Crenshaw
From the album: Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
34 Dropout

The Visitors
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
37 Dropout

Crimson and Clover
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
37
Weeks
3

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Date

August 7, 1982

Songs

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2 1 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×1) 11

1 2 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 1(×2) 16

3 3 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×5) 18

4 4 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 4 17

5 5 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 5 11

6 6 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×10) 30

7 7 Yazoo – “Only You” 7 16

10 8 Sparks – “I Predict” 8 9

9 9 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 9 12

15 10 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 10 3

8 11 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 8 13

12 12 The Monroes (U.S.) – “What Do All the People Know” 12 10

13 13 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 13 14

16 14 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 14 8

11 15 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 6 17

14 16 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 20

18 17 Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” 17 8

19 18 The Steve Miller Band – “Abracadabra” 18 7

23 19 Trio – “Da Da Da” 19 4

17 20 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 17 14

21 21 Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy” 21 7

35 22 Blondie – “Danceway” 22 2

20 23 The Fixx – “Stand or Fall” 12 14

28 24 Missing Persons – “Words” 24 5

22 25 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 2 27

25 26 The Gap Band – “Early in the Morning” 25 9

24 27 Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three – “Really Saying Something” 16 18

30 28 Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” 28 9

29 29 Genesis – “Man On The Corner” 4 21

31 30 Electric Light Orchestra – “The Way Life's Meant to Be” 30 7

36 31 The Fixx – “Red Skies” 31 2

32 32 Prince – “Private Joy” 32 6

38 33 Go-Go's – “Vacation” 33 2

26 34 Go-Go's – “This Town” 7 19

39 35 Billy Idol – “Hot in the City” 35 2

40 36 The J. Geils Band – “Rage in the Cage” 36 2

NE 37 Madness – “Driving in My Car” 37 1

27 38 Madness – “House Of Fun” 24 12

NE 39 Men at Work – “Who Can It Be Now?” 39 1

NE 40 Marshall Crenshaw – “Someday Someway” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 7 24

34 -- ABBA – “The Visitors” 19 13

37 -- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “Crimson and Clover” 37 3

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