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

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 2

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Down by 1

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
7

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Up by 2

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 2

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 1

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
11 Down by 3

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 6

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Debut

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
13
Weeks
1
Number
14 Down by 2

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
15

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 4

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
18 Down by 4

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
19 Up by 1

Cold Love
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 3

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
21 Down by 2

Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
22 Up by 6

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 1

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
24 Up by 5

Flash
Queen
From the album: Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music by Queen)
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Down by 2

Don't Tell Me No
The Cars
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 5

The Best of Times
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27

Passion
Rod Stewart
From the album: Foolish Behaviour
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 4

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 8

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
30 Down by 4

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
31 Down by 1

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
32 Up by 4

Party Out of Bounds
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 4

Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 10

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
35 Down by 10

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
36 Down by 3

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
37 Debut

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Reward
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Kilimanjaro
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 5

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
14
Weeks
20

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

I Don't Remember
Peter Gabriel
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
38 Dropout

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
39 Dropout

This Wreckage
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
40 Dropout

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
19
Weeks
15

A chart by

Date

January 31, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×3) 12

2 2 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×1) 12

5 3 Ultravox – “Vienna” 3 4

3 4 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 3 9

4 5 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 1(×1) 15

6 6 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 14

7 7 Prince – “Dirty Mind” 7 10

10 8 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 8 7

11 9 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 9 8

9 10 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 14

8 11 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 16

18 12 Visage – “Fade to Grey” 12 6

NE 13 Blondie – “Rapture” 13 1

12 14 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 1(×1) 20

15 15 Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 15 8

16 16 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 16 13

13 17 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 3 17

14 18 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 10 17

20 19 Donna Summer – “Cold Love” 19 4

17 20 Devo – “Whip It” 1(×2) 21

19 21 David Bowie – “Ashes To Ashes” 1(×9) 22

28 22 The Alan Parsons Project – “Games People Play” 22 5

22 23 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 14

29 24 Queen – “Flash” 24 3

23 25 The Cars – “Don't Tell Me No” 23 11

31 26 Styx – “The Best of Times” 26 2

27 27 Rod Stewart – “Passion” 27 8

32 28 David Bowie – “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” 28 2

21 29 Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 23

26 30 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 8 20

30 31 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 8 20

36 32 The B-52's – “Party Out of Bounds” 32 6

37 33 Pat Benatar – “Treat Me Right” 33 3

24 34 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 10 18

25 35 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 10 18

33 36 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 24

NE 37 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 37 1

NE 38 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 38 1

NE 39 The Teardrop Explodes – “Reward” 39 1

35 40 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 14 20

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Peter Gabriel – “I Don't Remember” 31 8

38 -- Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 21 17

39 -- Gary Numan – “This Wreckage” 38 5

40 -- Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 19 15

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