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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

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
5 Up by 2

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
7 Down by 1

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 4

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Down by 1

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
10 Down by 1

Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 1

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 2

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 5

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Down by 1

Rock The Casbah
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
15 Down by 4

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
16 Up by 4

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Down by 1

Uncertain Smile
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 3

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 10

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Up by 6

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Down by 4

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
22 Down by 7

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
23 Down by 4

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
24 Down by 2

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
25 Down by 2

Rock This Town
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
26 Down by 2

Maneater
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: H₂O
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 6

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 3

It's Raining Again
Supertramp
From the album: Famous Last Words
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
29 Down by 1

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
38
Number
30 Up by 1

Eaten by the Monster of Love
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Utopia
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 9

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 15

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34

The Other Guy
Little River Band
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 1

On the Loose
Saga
From the album: Worlds Apart
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 9

Let's Go to Bed
The Cure
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
37

Subdivisions
Rush
From the album: Signals
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Down by 3

You Got Lucky
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
39

Old and Wise
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Eye in the Sky
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Hymn
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

I Can't Stand Still
Don Henley
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Up by 4

Winds of Change
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Winds of Change
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 6

Down Under
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 14

Mickey
Toni Basil
From the album: Word Of Mouth
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
45 Up by 2

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 8

Dirty Laundry
Don Henley
From the album: I Can't Stand Still
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
47 Debut

Breaking Us In Two
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 8

Destination Unknown
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
49 Debut

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 6

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
43 Dropout

Southern Cross
Crosby & Stills and Nash
From the album: Daylight Again
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
45 Dropout

Africa
Toto
From the album: Toto IV
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
50 Dropout

Living on the Ceiling
Blancmange
From the album: Happy Families
Peak
23
Weeks
13

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Date

February 12, 1983

Songs

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1 1 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×2) 13

2 2 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×2) 17

3 3 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 18

4 4 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 21

7 5 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 5 7

5 6 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 22

6 7 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 6 16

12 8 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 8 7

8 9 ABC – “The Look of Love, Pt. 1” 8 13

9 10 Adam Ant – “Goody Two Shoes” 9 9

10 11 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 10 13

14 12 Devo – “That's Good” 12 6

18 13 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 13 7

13 14 The Clash – “Rock The Casbah” 13 11

11 15 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 4 19

20 16 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 16 5

16 17 The The – “Uncertain Smile” 16 10

21 18 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 18 7

29 19 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 19 2

26 20 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 20 7

17 21 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 6 18

15 22 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 9 18

19 23 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 11 15

22 24 Yazoo – “Situation” 15 14

23 25 Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” 20 13

24 26 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Maneater” 21 12

33 27 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 27 3

25 28 Supertramp – “It's Raining Again” 16 14

28 29 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 38

31 30 Sparks – “Eaten by the Monster of Love” 30 7

32 31 Utopia – “Feet Don't Fail Me Now” 31 5

41 32 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 32 4

48 33 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 33 2

34 34 Little River Band – “The Other Guy” 34 7

36 35 Saga – “On the Loose” 35 4

27 36 The Cure – “Let's Go to Bed” 20 12

37 37 Rush – “Subdivisions” 37 5

35 38 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky” 26 10

39 39 The Alan Parsons Project – “Old and Wise” 39 2

NE 40 Ultravox – “Hymn” 40 1

NE 41 Don Henley – “I Can't Stand Still” 41 1

46 42 Jefferson Starship – “Winds of Change” 42 3

49 43 Men at Work – “Down Under” 43 2

30 44 Toni Basil – “Mickey” 30 9

47 45 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 45 3

38 46 Don Henley – “Dirty Laundry” 24 11

NE 47 Joe Jackson – “Breaking Us In Two” 47 1

40 48 Missing Persons – “Destination Unknown” 8 18

NE 49 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 49 1

44 50 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 1(×4) 30

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Joe Jackson – “Steppin' Out” 40 5

43 -- Crosby & Stills and Nash – “Southern Cross” 31 9

45 -- Toto – “Africa” 29 8

50 -- Blancmange – “Living on the Ceiling” 23 13

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