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

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Down by 1

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 4

Danceway
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 1

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
5 Down by 1

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
6 Down by 1

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
7 Down by 1

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
8

Kids in America
Kim Wilde
From the album: Kim Wilde
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 1

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 1

Da Da Da
Trio
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie
From the album: Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Let's Dance
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
12 Up by 1

Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Mirage
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Up by 1

Abracadabra
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Abracadabra
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 2

Words
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 3

Only You
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
16 Up by 4

Red Skies
The Fixx
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 4

Vacation
Go-Go's
From the album: Vacation
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 3

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
19 Down by 2

In the Name of Love
Thompson Twins
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
20 Down by 2

What Do All the People Know
The Monroes (U.S.)
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 3

Who Can It Be Now?
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 3

Keep It Dark
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
23 Down by 1

Through Being Cool
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
24 Down by 1

I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses
From the album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Peak
17
Weeks
18
Number
25 Up by 1

Hot in the City
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 3

Driving in My Car
Madness
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Someday Someway
Marshall Crenshaw
From the album: Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28

The Way Life's Meant to Be
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Down by 4

I Want Candy
Bow Wow Wow
From the album: The Last of the Mohicans (EP)
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
30 Up by 3

Eye in the Sky
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Eye in the Sky
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 1

Rage in the Cage
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Down by 2

Private Joy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 3

Valley Girl
Frank Zappa featuring Moon Zappa
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 1

Take It Away
Paul McCartney
From the album: Tug of War
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 2

Shy Boy
Bananarama
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Favourite Shirts ( Boy Meets Girl )
HAIRCUT 100
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Don't Go
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 11

Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
39 Down by 5

Since You're Gone
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
40

White Boys and Heroes
Gary Numan
From the album: I Assassin
Peak
40
Weeks
2

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Date

September 4, 1982

Songs

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2 1 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 1(×1) 7

1 2 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 15

7 3 Blondie – “Danceway” 3 6

3 4 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 1(×2) 20

4 5 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×5) 22

5 6 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 5 15

6 7 Sparks – “I Predict” 6 13

8 8 Kim Wilde – “Kids in America” 8 16

10 9 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 9 12

11 10 Trio – “Da Da Da” 10 8

9 11 David Bowie – “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” 4 21

13 12 Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” 12 12

14 13 The Steve Miller Band – “Abracadabra” 13 11

16 14 Missing Persons – “Words” 14 9

12 15 Yazoo – “Only You” 7 20

20 16 The Fixx – “Red Skies” 16 6

21 17 Go-Go's – “Vacation” 17 6

15 18 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 1(×10) 34

17 19 Thompson Twins – “In the Name of Love” 8 17

18 20 The Monroes (U.S.) – “What Do All the People Know” 12 14

24 21 Men at Work – “Who Can It Be Now?” 21 5

19 22 Genesis – “Keep It Dark” 13 18

22 23 Devo – “Through Being Cool” 6 21

23 24 The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like” 17 18

26 25 Billy Idol – “Hot in the City” 25 6

29 26 Madness – “Driving in My Car” 26 5

31 27 Marshall Crenshaw – “Someday Someway” 27 5

28 28 Electric Light Orchestra – “The Way Life's Meant to Be” 28 11

25 29 Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy” 21 11

33 30 The Alan Parsons Project – “Eye in the Sky” 30 4

32 31 The J. Geils Band – “Rage in the Cage” 31 6

30 32 Prince – “Private Joy” 30 10

36 33 Frank Zappa ft. Moon Zappa – “Valley Girl” 33 3

35 34 Paul McCartney – “Take It Away” 34 4

37 35 Bananarama – “Shy Boy” 35 3

38 36 HAIRCUT 100 – “Favourite Shirts ( Boy Meets Girl )” 36 2

39 37 Yazoo – “Don't Go” 37 2

27 38 Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” 27 13

34 39 The Cars – “Since You're Gone” 1(×4) 24

40 40 Gary Numan – “White Boys and Heroes” 40 2

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