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

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Up by 1

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 2

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5

Danceway
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6 Up by 4

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Down by 1

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
8 Down by 1

Da Da Da
Trio
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
9 Up by 2

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 2

Red Skies
The Fixx
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
11 Down by 2

Who Can It Be Now?
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 3

Destination Unknown
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 1

Machinery
Sheena Easton
From the album: Madness, Money and Music
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 2

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 2

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 2

Someday Someway
Marshall Crenshaw
From the album: Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 5

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 5

Save It for Later
The Beat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
19 Down by 1

Words
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
20 Up by 8

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 2

Reap the Wild Wind
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 3

Vacation
Go-Go's
From the album: Vacation
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
23 Down by 3

Voyeur
Kim Carnes
From the album: Voyeur
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
24

Never Say Never
Romeo Void
From the album: Benefactor
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

Everywhere That I'm Not
Translator
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Down by 5

Eye in the Sky
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Eye in the Sky
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
27 Down by 2

You Dropped A Bomb on Me
The Gap Band
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 8

It's Raining Again
Supertramp
From the album: Famous Last Words
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 5

Get Up and Go
Go-Go's
From the album: Vacation
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 1

Johnny Can't Read
Don Henley
From the album: I Can't Stand Still
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 2

Annie Get Your Gun
Squeeze
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 8

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 4

Driving in My Car
Madness
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
34 Debut

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Up by 4

Pressure
Billy Joel
From the album: The Nylon Curtain
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37

Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)
The Flirts
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 3

Living on the Ceiling
Blancmange
From the album: Happy Families
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 3

Take the L
The Motels
From the album: All Four One
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

Rock This Town
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 12

Don't You Want Me
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
43 Down by 16

Love Plus One
HAIRCUT 100
From the album: Pelican West Plus
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
44 Down by 6

I Eat Cannibals
Toto Coelo
From the album: Man o' War
Peak
33
Weeks
9

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

I Predict
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
35 Dropout

Don't Go
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
43 Dropout

Your Imagination
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
44 Dropout

Shy Boy
Bananarama
From the album: Deep Sea Skiving
Peak
28
Weeks
13

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Date

November 20, 1982

Songs

44

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1 1 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×3) 10

3 2 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 2 9

4 3 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 3 6

2 4 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 1(×4) 18

5 5 Blondie – “Danceway” 1(×5) 17

10 6 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 6 7

6 7 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 26

7 8 Trio – “Da Da Da” 4 19

11 9 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 9 6

8 10 The Fixx – “Red Skies” 6 17

9 11 Men at Work – “Who Can It Be Now?” 9 16

15 12 Missing Persons – “Destination Unknown” 12 6

12 13 Sheena Easton – “Machinery” 12 10

16 14 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 14 6

17 15 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 15 5

14 16 Marshall Crenshaw – “Someday Someway” 14 16

22 17 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 17 4

13 18 The Beat – “Save It for Later” 1(×2) 31

18 19 Missing Persons – “Words” 9 20

28 20 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 20 3

23 21 Ultravox – “Reap the Wild Wind” 21 5

19 22 Go-Go's – “Vacation” 12 17

20 23 Kim Carnes – “Voyeur” 16 11

24 24 Romeo Void – “Never Say Never” 24 9

26 25 Translator – “Everywhere That I'm Not” 25 7

21 26 The Alan Parsons Project – “Eye in the Sky” 17 15

25 27 The Gap Band – “You Dropped A Bomb on Me” 22 11

36 28 Supertramp – “It's Raining Again” 28 2

34 29 Go-Go's – “Get Up and Go” 29 3

31 30 Don Henley – “Johnny Can't Read” 30 7

33 31 Squeeze – “Annie Get Your Gun” 31 4

40 32 Yazoo – “Situation” 32 2

29 33 Madness – “Driving in My Car” 15 16

NE 34 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 34 1

39 35 Billy Joel – “Pressure” 35 3

NE 36 ABC – “The Look of Love, Pt. 1” 36 1

37 37 The Flirts – “Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)” 37 5

41 38 Blancmange – “Living on the Ceiling” 38 2

42 39 The Motels – “Take the L” 39 2

NE 40 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 40 1

NE 41 Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” 41 1

30 42 The Human League – “Don't You Want Me” 1(×5) 33

27 43 HAIRCUT 100 – “Love Plus One” 5 26

38 44 Toto Coelo – “I Eat Cannibals” 33 9

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Sparks – “I Predict” 6 23

35 -- Yazoo – “Don't Go” 20 12

43 -- Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Your Imagination” 9 22

44 -- Bananarama – “Shy Boy” 28 13

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