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 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 1

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Down by 1

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 2

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Down by 2

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
8 Up by 5

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 1

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 4

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
12 Down by 3

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
13 Up by 1

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 1

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 6

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Up by 4

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 5

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 12

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Up by 12

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Up by 6

On the Loose
Saga
From the album: Worlds Apart
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Down by 5

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
22 Down by 5

Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
23 Down by 5

Rock The Casbah
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
24 Down by 5

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
25 Up by 3

Eaten by the Monster of Love
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Down by 4

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
27 Down by 4

Uncertain Smile
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 6

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 5

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
30 Up by 8

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 6

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
32

I Can't Stand Still
Don Henley
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 2

Winds of Change
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Winds of Change
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 5

Down Under
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Down by 8

Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Utopia
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 5

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 3

Breaking Us In Two
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 9

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 7

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 5

Rip It Up
Orange Juice
From the album: Rip It Up
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 8

The Other Guy
Little River Band
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
42 Up by 6

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 7

Burning Up
Madonna
From the album: Madonna
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Debut

Sex (I'm A...)
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Up by 4

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
From the album: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 19

Hymn
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
48 Down by 11

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
49 Down by 13

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
50 Down by 6

Old and Wise
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Eye in the Sky
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
51 Debut

Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
From the album: Thriller
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
40
Number
43 Dropout

Subdivisions
Rush
From the album: Signals
Peak
36
Weeks
7

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Date

March 5, 1983

Songs

51

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1 1 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×5) 16

3 2 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 2 10

2 3 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×2) 20

4 4 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 4 10

6 5 Devo – “That's Good” 5 9

8 6 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 6 5

5 7 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 21

13 8 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 8 7

10 9 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 9 10

11 10 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 10 8

7 11 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 24

9 12 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 25

14 13 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 13 10

15 14 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 14 10

21 15 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 15 5

20 16 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 16 6

12 17 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 6 19

30 18 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 18 2

31 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 19 2

26 20 Saga – “On the Loose” 20 7

16 21 ABC – “The Look of Love, Pt. 1” 8 16

17 22 Adam Ant – “Goody Two Shoes” 9 12

18 23 The Clash – “Rock The Casbah” 13 14

19 24 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 10 16

28 25 Sparks – “Eaten by the Monster of Love” 25 10

22 26 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 4 22

23 27 The The – “Uncertain Smile” 16 13

34 28 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 28 6

24 29 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 6 21

38 30 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 30 3

25 31 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 9 21

32 32 Don Henley – “I Can't Stand Still” 32 4

35 33 Jefferson Starship – “Winds of Change” 33 6

39 34 Men at Work – “Down Under” 34 5

27 35 Utopia – “Feet Don't Fail Me Now” 27 8

41 36 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 36 4

40 37 Joe Jackson – “Breaking Us In Two” 37 4

47 38 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 38 2

46 39 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 39 2

45 40 Orange Juice – “Rip It Up” 40 3

33 41 Little River Band – “The Other Guy” 33 10

48 42 Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 42 2

50 43 Madonna – “Burning Up” 43 2

NE 44 Berlin – “Sex (I'm A...)” 44 1

49 45 Phil Collins – “I Don't Care Anymore” 45 2

NE 47 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 47 1

29 48 Ultravox – “Hymn” 29 4

37 48 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 11 18

36 49 Yazoo – “Situation” 15 17

44 50 The Alan Parsons Project – “Old and Wise” 39 5

NE 51 Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 40

43 -- Rush – “Subdivisions” 36 7

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