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

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Up by 2

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Down by 3

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 1

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6 Down by 1

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
7

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
8

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
9

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 1

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 1

Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
12

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
13

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 4

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 4

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
17

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 2

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 4

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 6

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
21 Down by 6

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
22 Down by 1

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
23 Down by 1

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
24

Don't Tell Me No
The Cars
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 5

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Debut

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
26
Weeks
1
Number
27 Down by 2

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
28 Down by 2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
29 Up by 2

Passion
Rod Stewart
From the album: Foolish Behaviour
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Down by 3

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
31 Down by 3

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
32 Down by 3

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
33 Down by 1

I Don't Remember
Peter Gabriel
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
34 Debut

Cold Love
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 2

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
36 Up by 2

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 1

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
38 Up by 2

Party Out of Bounds
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39

Janitor
Suburban Lawns
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 1

This Wreckage
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 7

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
27
Weeks
17

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Stereotype
The Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
37 Dropout

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
18
Weeks
16

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Date

January 10, 1981

Songs

41

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3 1 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×1) 9

4 2 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 2 9

2 3 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 1(×1) 12

1 4 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 11

6 5 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 5 6

5 6 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 13

7 7 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 1(×1) 17

8 8 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 3 14

9 9 Devo – “Whip It” 1(×2) 18

11 10 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 10 11

10 11 David Bowie – “Ashes To Ashes” 1(×9) 19

12 12 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 10 14

13 13 Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 20

18 14 Prince – “Dirty Mind” 14 7

19 15 Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 15 5

16 16 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 11

17 17 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 17 10

20 18 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 18 5

23 19 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 19 4

14 20 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 10 15

15 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 10 15

21 22 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 8 17

22 23 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 8 17

24 24 The Cars – “Don't Tell Me No” 24 8

30 25 Visage – “Fade to Grey” 25 3

NE 26 Ultravox – “Vienna” 26 1

25 27 Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 19 13

26 28 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 21

31 29 Rod Stewart – “Passion” 29 5

27 30 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 14 17

28 31 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 21 15

29 32 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 22 15

32 33 Peter Gabriel – “I Don't Remember” 31 6

NE 34 Donna Summer – “Cold Love” 34 1

33 35 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 3 24

38 36 The Alan Parsons Project – “Games People Play” 36 2

36 37 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 5 22

40 38 The B-52's – “Party Out of Bounds” 38 3

39 39 Suburban Lawns – “Janitor” 39 6

41 40 Gary Numan – “This Wreckage” 40 3

34 41 The Teardrop Explodes – “When I Dream” 27 17

DROPOUTS:

35 -- The Specials – “Stereotype” 17 16

37 -- Supertramp – “Dreamer” 18 16

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