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

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 2

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 2

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
7

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Up by 1

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 1

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 2

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 4

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 2

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Down by 6

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 1

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 1

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 3

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23

Rip It Up
Orange Juice
From the album: Rip It Up
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 2

Romanticide
Combo Audio
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 2

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 14

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 10

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 4

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30

Burning Up
Madonna
From the album: Madonna
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
From the album: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 1

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 1

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 1

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 1

Hammer in My Heart
Utopia
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 11

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 18

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
39 Up by 11

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 3

Power and the Passion
Midnight Oil
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 3

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
42 Up by 2

Whistle Down The Wind
Nick Heyward
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Debut

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 2

Wind Him Up
Saga
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Debut

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 24

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
49 Down by 21

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
50 Down by 8

Down Under
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
26
Weeks
11

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

On the Loose
Saga
From the album: Worlds Apart
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
45 Dropout

Winds of Change
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Winds of Change
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
47 Dropout

Sex (I'm A...)
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
49 Dropout

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
51 Dropout

Beat It
Michael Jackson
From the album: Thriller
Peak
51
Weeks
3

A chart by

Date

April 16, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×4) 11

2 2 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 2 16

3 3 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 16

6 4 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 4 13

5 5 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 5 16

4 6 Devo – “That's Good” 4 15

7 7 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 7 14

8 8 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 8 8

9 9 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×6) 22

11 10 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 10 11

12 11 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 11 8

10 12 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 9 16

17 13 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 13 6

14 14 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 14 9

15 15 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 15 8

16 16 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 16 10

19 17 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 17 5

18 18 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 18 12

13 19 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 13 12

21 20 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 20 8

22 21 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 21 5

25 22 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 22 4

23 23 Orange Juice – “Rip It Up” 23 9

26 24 Combo Audio – “Romanticide” 24 4

27 25 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 25 7

40 26 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 26 3

37 27 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 27 2

32 28 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 28 6

29 29 Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 29 8

30 30 Madonna – “Burning Up” 30 8

31 31 Phil Collins – “I Don't Care Anymore” 31 8

33 32 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 32 5

34 33 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 33 4

35 34 Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 34 5

36 35 Utopia – “Hammer in My Heart” 35 4

39 36 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 36 3

48 37 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 37 2

20 38 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 12 16

50 39 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 39 2

43 40 Midnight Oil – “Power and the Passion” 40 5

38 41 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 31

44 42 Nick Heyward – “Whistle Down The Wind” 42 4

NE 43 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 43 1

46 44 Saga – “Wind Him Up” 44 3

NE 45 Planet P – “Why Me” 45 1

NE 47 INXS – “The One Thing” 47 1

NE 47 U2 – “New Year's Day” 47 1

24 48 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×2) 26

28 49 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 27

42 50 Men at Work – “Down Under” 26 11

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Saga – “On the Loose” 19 12

45 -- Jefferson Starship – “Winds of Change” 29 11

47 -- Berlin – “Sex (I'm A...)” 40 6

49 -- Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 29

51 -- Michael Jackson – “Beat It” 51 3

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