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 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 5

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Up by 1

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 1

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

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
9

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 4

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
11

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
13 Up by 3

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 1

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 2

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
16 Down by 4

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 5

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 4

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
19

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 3

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
22 Up by 4

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 16

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Up by 1

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 1

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 4

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 9

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 9

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 2

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 7

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
31 Up by 2

Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 4

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
33 Up by 1

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 4

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 6

Romanticide
Combo Audio
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
36 Up by 6

Our Lips Are Sealed
Fun Boy Three
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 16

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
38 Down by 11

Change
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
39 Debut

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

Mr. Roboto
Styx
From the album: Kilroy Was Here
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 4

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 2

The Salt In My Tears
Martin Briley
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Debut

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 9

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
45 Up by 1

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 1

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 1

Don't Talk To Me About Love
Altered Images
From the album: Bite
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Debut

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 18

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
7
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
43 Dropout

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
49 Dropout

Whistle Down The Wind
Nick Heyward
Peak
40
Weeks
10
Number
50 Dropout

Hammer in My Heart
Utopia
Peak
33
Weeks
10

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Date

June 4, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×4) 13

2 2 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 2 10

3 3 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 3 9

4 4 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 12

10 5 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 5 8

7 6 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 6 12

8 7 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 7 9

5 8 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×2) 23

9 9 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 9 11

6 10 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 3 15

11 11 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 11 9

17 12 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 12 3

16 13 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 13 5

15 14 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 14 12

13 15 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 20

12 16 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 18

22 17 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 17 6

14 18 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 23

19 19 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 19 10

20 20 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 20 11

18 21 Devo – “That's Good” 4 22

26 22 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 22 6

39 23 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 23 2

25 24 Planet P – “Why Me” 24 8

24 25 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 24 13

30 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 26 4

36 27 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 27 4

37 28 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 28 5

31 29 U2 – “New Year's Day” 29 8

23 30 Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 23 12

33 31 ZZ Top – “Gimme All Your Lovin” 31 5

28 32 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 13 15

34 33 INXS – “The One Thing” 33 8

38 34 Madness – “Our House” 34 3

29 35 Combo Audio – “Romanticide” 16 11

42 36 Fun Boy Three – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 36 2

21 37 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 19 14

27 38 Tears for Fears – “Change” 27 7

NE 39 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 39 1

40 40 Styx – “Mr. Roboto” 40 6

45 41 Berlin – “The Metro” 41 2

44 42 Martin Briley – “The Salt In My Tears” 42 4

NE 43 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 43 1

35 44 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 9 18

46 45 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 45 2

47 46 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 46 2

48 47 Altered Images – “Don't Talk To Me About Love” 47 3

NE 48 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 48 1

NE 49 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 49 1

32 50 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 7 21

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 10 14

43 -- Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 5 22

49 -- Nick Heyward – “Whistle Down The Wind” 40 10

50 -- Utopia – “Hammer in My Heart” 33 10

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