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

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2 Up by 4

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Down by 2

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 4

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 2

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 2

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 2

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 3

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
12 Down by 1

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
13

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 8

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Up by 3

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 1

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
17

Romanticide
Combo Audio
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 1

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 1

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 6

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 5

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
22 Up by 4

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 2

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 10

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 2

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 2

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 2

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 2

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 6

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 1

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Down by 6

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
32

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
33 Up by 2

Hammer in My Heart
Utopia
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 4

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 9

Change
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 3

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 8

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 5

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 10

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 1

Whistle Down The Wind
Nick Heyward
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Down by 1

Power and the Passion
Midnight Oil
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
42 Down by 9

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
43 Debut

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Debut

Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 8

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
46 Down by 22

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
47 Up by 3

Mr. Roboto
Styx
From the album: Kilroy Was Here
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 3

Burning Up
Madonna
From the album: Madonna
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
50 Down by 14

Rip It Up
Orange Juice
From the album: Rip It Up
Peak
23
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
From the album: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
47 Dropout

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
48 Dropout

Wind Him Up
Saga
Peak
44
Weeks
5

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Date

May 7, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×2) 19

6 2 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 2 9

2 3 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 14

4 4 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 4 11

3 5 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 16

10 6 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 6 6

5 7 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 19

9 8 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 8 8

7 9 Devo – “That's Good” 4 18

12 10 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 10 8

8 11 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 7 17

11 12 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 9 14

13 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 13 11

22 14 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 14 5

18 15 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 15 5

15 16 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×6) 25

17 17 Combo Audio – “Romanticide” 17 7

19 18 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 18 7

20 19 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 19 10

14 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 10 11

16 21 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 5 19

26 22 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 22 5

21 23 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 16 13

34 24 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 24 4

27 25 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 25 9

28 26 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 26 8

29 27 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 27 7

30 28 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 28 6

23 29 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 14 12

31 30 Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 30 8

25 31 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 18 15

32 32 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 20 11

35 33 Utopia – “Hammer in My Heart” 33 7

38 34 Planet P – “Why Me” 34 4

44 35 Tears for Fears – “Change” 35 3

39 36 INXS – “The One Thing” 36 4

45 37 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 37 2

43 38 U2 – “New Year's Day” 38 4

49 39 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 39 2

41 40 Nick Heyward – “Whistle Down The Wind” 40 7

40 41 Midnight Oil – “Power and the Passion” 40 8

33 42 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 13 15

NE 43 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 43 1

NE 44 ZZ Top – “Gimme All Your Lovin” 44 1

37 45 Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 29 11

24 46 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 9 19

50 47 Styx – “Mr. Roboto” 47 2

NE 48 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 48 1

46 49 Madonna – “Burning Up” 30 11

36 50 Orange Juice – “Rip It Up” 23 12

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Phil Collins – “I Don't Care Anymore” 31 10

47 -- The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 12 18

48 -- Saga – “Wind Him Up” 44 5

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