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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

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Up by 1

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Down by 1

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 1

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
7

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 2

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 2

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 4

Destination Unknown
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
13 Up by 2

Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 2

Danceway
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
16

It's Raining Again
Supertramp
From the album: Famous Last Words
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 2

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 1

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
19 Up by 2

Rock The Casbah
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Everywhere That I'm Not
Translator
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 1

Let's Go to Bed
The Cure
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 5

Uncertain Smile
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 1

Living on the Ceiling
Blancmange
From the album: Happy Families
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Down by 1

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
25

Rock This Town
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
26

Maneater
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: H₂O
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 1

Dirty Laundry
Don Henley
From the album: I Can't Stand Still
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 1

You Got Lucky
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 11

Get Up and Go
Go-Go's
From the album: Vacation
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 3

Africa
Toto
From the album: Toto IV
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 3

Southern Cross
Crosby & Stills and Nash
From the album: Daylight Again
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32

Does It Make You Remember
Kim Carnes
From the album: Voyeur
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 2

Mickey
Toni Basil
From the album: Word Of Mouth
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 2

Beat Surrender
The Jam
From the album: Snap!
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 10

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

The Other Guy
Little River Band
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 4

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38

Whatcha Gonna Do
Chilliwack
From the album: Opus X
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 8

Da Da Da
Trio
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
40 Up by 6

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 7

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 5

Eaten by the Monster of Love
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 3

Shadows of the Night
Pat Benatar
From the album: Get Nervous
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 14

Reap the Wild Wind
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
45 Debut

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 9

Red Skies
The Fixx
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
47 Up by 3

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 1

Industrial Disease
Dire Straits
From the album: Love Over Gold
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 7

Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)
The Flirts
Peak
33
Weeks
12
Number
50 Debut

Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Who Can It Be Now?
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
44 Dropout

Someday Someway
Marshall Crenshaw
From the album: Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
14
Weeks
22

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Date

January 8, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×4) 13

3 2 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 2 12

2 3 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 16

4 4 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 17

6 5 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 5 8

5 6 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 4 14

7 7 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 6 13

10 8 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 8 11

9 9 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 9 13

12 10 ABC – “The Look of Love, Pt. 1” 10 8

11 11 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 11 10

8 12 Missing Persons – “Destination Unknown” 8 13

15 13 Adam Ant – “Goody Two Shoes” 13 4

14 14 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 14 8

13 15 Blondie – “Danceway” 1(×5) 24

16 16 Supertramp – “It's Raining Again” 16 9

19 17 Yazoo – “Situation” 17 9

17 18 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 33

21 19 The Clash – “Rock The Casbah” 19 6

20 20 Translator – “Everywhere That I'm Not” 20 14

22 21 The Cure – “Let's Go to Bed” 21 7

27 22 The The – “Uncertain Smile” 22 5

24 23 Blancmange – “Living on the Ceiling” 23 9

23 24 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 1(×4) 25

25 25 Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” 24 8

26 26 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Maneater” 25 7

28 27 Don Henley – “Dirty Laundry” 27 6

29 28 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky” 28 5

18 29 Go-Go's – “Get Up and Go” 17 10

33 30 Toto – “Africa” 30 4

34 31 Crosby & Stills and Nash – “Southern Cross” 31 5

32 32 Kim Carnes – “Does It Make You Remember” 32 6

35 33 Toni Basil – “Mickey” 33 4

36 34 The Jam – “Beat Surrender” 34 3

45 35 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 35 2

39 36 Little River Band – “The Other Guy” 36 2

41 37 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 37 2

38 38 Chilliwack – “Whatcha Gonna Do” 38 3

31 39 Trio – “Da Da Da” 4 26

46 40 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 40 2

48 41 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 41 2

47 42 Sparks – “Eaten by the Monster of Love” 42 2

40 43 Pat Benatar – “Shadows of the Night” 40 4

30 44 Ultravox – “Reap the Wild Wind” 18 12

NE 45 Devo – “That's Good” 45 1

37 46 The Fixx – “Red Skies” 6 24

50 47 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 47 2

49 48 Dire Straits – “Industrial Disease” 48 2

42 49 The Flirts – “Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)” 33 12

NE 50 Joe Jackson – “Steppin' Out” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Men at Work – “Who Can It Be Now?” 9 22

44 -- Marshall Crenshaw – “Someday Someway” 14 22

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