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

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 2

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Down by 1

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
4 Down by 1

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 5

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Up by 1

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 3

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 3

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 3

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
11 Up by 3

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 6

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 4

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
14 Down by 4

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
15 Up by 4

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Down by 3

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 1

Romanticide
Combo Audio
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 3

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
19 Up by 3

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 4

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 1

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 4

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 4

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 8

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 3

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 1

Change
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 2

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 2

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 9

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
31 Up by 1

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 3

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Down by 10

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
34

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 2

Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 7

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 1

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 3

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 7

Hammer in My Heart
Utopia
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
41 Up by 6

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Debut

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Up by 1

Mr. Roboto
Styx
From the album: Kilroy Was Here
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 6

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
45 Up by 5

The Salt In My Tears
Martin Briley
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 5

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
47 Down by 7

Whistle Down The Wind
Nick Heyward
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
48 Down by 3

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
49 Down by 1

Power and the Passion
Midnight Oil
Peak
40
Weeks
10
Number
50 Debut

Don't Talk To Me About Love
Altered Images
From the album: Bite
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
46 Dropout

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
49 Dropout

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
29
Weeks
12

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Date

May 21, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×2) 11

4 2 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 2 8

2 3 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×2) 21

3 4 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 3 13

6 5 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 5 10

11 6 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 6 7

8 7 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 7 10

5 8 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 16

12 9 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 9 7

7 10 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 18

14 11 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 11 9

18 12 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 12 6

9 13 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 21

10 14 Devo – “That's Good” 4 20

19 15 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 15 7

13 16 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 13 13

16 17 Combo Audio – “Romanticide” 16 9

15 18 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 7 19

22 19 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 19 10

24 20 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 20 8

20 21 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 19 12

26 22 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 22 9

27 23 Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 23 10

25 24 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 24 11

17 25 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 9 16

29 26 Planet P – “Why Me” 26 6

28 27 Tears for Fears – “Change” 27 5

30 28 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 28 3

31 29 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 29 4

21 30 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 10 13

32 31 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 31 4

35 32 U2 – “New Year's Day” 32 6

23 33 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×6) 27

34 34 INXS – “The One Thing” 34 6

37 35 ZZ Top – “Gimme All Your Lovin” 35 3

43 36 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 36 2

NE 37 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 37 1

39 38 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 38 2

36 39 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 5 21

33 40 Utopia – “Hammer in My Heart” 33 9

47 41 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 41 3

NE 42 Madness – “Our House” 42 1

44 43 Styx – “Mr. Roboto” 43 4

38 44 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 16 15

50 45 Martin Briley – “The Salt In My Tears” 45 2

41 46 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 14 14

40 47 Nick Heyward – “Whistle Down The Wind” 40 9

45 48 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 20 13

48 49 Midnight Oil – “Power and the Passion” 40 10

NE 50 Altered Images – “Don't Talk To Me About Love” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 18 16

46 -- Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 13 16

49 -- Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 29 12

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