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

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 1

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
7

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
10 Up by 2

Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 1

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
12 Down by 1

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
13

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 3

Rock The Casbah
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 5

Uncertain Smile
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 5

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 2

It's Raining Again
Supertramp
From the album: Famous Last Words
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 13

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 3

Rock This Town
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 3

Maneater
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: H₂O
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 3

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
35
Number
23 Down by 3

Let's Go to Bed
The Cure
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 1

Dirty Laundry
Don Henley
From the album: I Can't Stand Still
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 10

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 1

You Got Lucky
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 13

Destination Unknown
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
28 Down by 10

Danceway
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
29 Up by 1

Africa
Toto
From the album: Toto IV
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Mickey
Toni Basil
From the album: Word Of Mouth
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 3

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 4

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
33 Up by 5

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 3

Southern Cross
Crosby & Stills and Nash
From the album: Daylight Again
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 1

The Other Guy
Little River Band
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 10

Everywhere That I'm Not
Translator
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
37 Up by 2

Eaten by the Monster of Love
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 10

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 5

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 2

Subdivisions
Rush
From the album: Signals
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41

Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 7

Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Utopia
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 14

Living on the Ceiling
Blancmange
From the album: Happy Families
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
44 Down by 7

Beat Surrender
The Jam
From the album: Snap!
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
45 Down by 5

Does It Make You Remember
Kim Carnes
From the album: Voyeur
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
46 Debut

On the Loose
Saga
From the album: Worlds Apart
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47

Industrial Disease
Dire Straits
From the album: Love Over Gold
Peak
47
Weeks
4
Number
48 Down by 5

Whatcha Gonna Do
Chilliwack
From the album: Opus X
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
49 Down by 3

Shadows of the Night
Pat Benatar
From the album: Get Nervous
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
50 Debut

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Get Up and Go
Go-Go's
From the album: Vacation
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
50 Dropout

Da Da Da
Trio
Peak
4
Weeks
27

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Date

January 22, 1983

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2 1 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×1) 14

1 2 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 15

4 3 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 3 10

3 4 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 18

5 5 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 19

6 6 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 4 16

7 7 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 7 13

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

9 9 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 9 15

12 10 Adam Ant – “Goody Two Shoes” 10 6

10 11 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 6 15

11 12 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 11 12

13 13 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 13 10

17 14 The Clash – “Rock The Casbah” 14 8

15 15 Yazoo – “Situation” 15 11

21 16 The The – “Uncertain Smile” 16 7

22 17 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 17 4

16 18 Supertramp – “It's Raining Again” 16 11

32 19 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 19 4

23 20 Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” 20 10

24 21 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Maneater” 21 9

19 22 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 35

20 23 The Cure – “Let's Go to Bed” 20 9

25 24 Don Henley – “Dirty Laundry” 24 8

35 25 Devo – “That's Good” 25 3

27 26 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky” 26 7

14 27 Missing Persons – “Destination Unknown” 8 15

18 28 Blondie – “Danceway” 1(×5) 26

30 29 Toto – “Africa” 29 6

33 30 Toni Basil – “Mickey” 30 6

34 31 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 31 4

28 32 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 1(×4) 27

38 33 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 33 4

31 34 Crosby & Stills and Nash – “Southern Cross” 31 7

36 35 Little River Band – “The Other Guy” 35 4

26 36 Translator – “Everywhere That I'm Not” 20 16

39 37 Sparks – “Eaten by the Monster of Love” 37 4

48 38 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 38 2

44 39 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 39 4

42 40 Rush – “Subdivisions” 40 2

41 41 Joe Jackson – “Steppin' Out” 41 3

49 42 Utopia – “Feet Don't Fail Me Now” 42 2

29 43 Blancmange – “Living on the Ceiling” 23 11

37 44 The Jam – “Beat Surrender” 34 5

40 45 Kim Carnes – “Does It Make You Remember” 32 8

NE 46 Saga – “On the Loose” 46 1

47 47 Dire Straits – “Industrial Disease” 47 4

43 48 Chilliwack – “Whatcha Gonna Do” 38 5

46 49 Pat Benatar – “Shadows of the Night” 40 6

NE 50 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Go-Go's – “Get Up and Go” 17 11

50 -- Trio – “Da Da Da” 4 27

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