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 Up by 2

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 2

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 2

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
7 Down by 1

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
8

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 3

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 1

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 2

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 2

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 3

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
14 Down by 1

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
15

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 5

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 5

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 1

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
20 Down by 3

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 3

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 3

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 2

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
24 Down by 5

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
25 Down by 5

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
26 Up by 1

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 2

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 3

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 1

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
30 Up by 3

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 5

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 2

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 3

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
34 Up by 1

China
Red Rockers
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 2

White Wedding, Pt. 1
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36

Always Something There to Remind Me
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 4

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 2

Don't Pay The Ferryman
Chris de Burgh
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39

Don't Talk To Me About Love
Altered Images
From the album: Bite
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Debut

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 7

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 5

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 3

Who's Behind the Door?
Zebra
From the album: Zebra
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 12

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
28
Weeks
13
Number
45 Down by 7

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
46 Down by 2

Our Lips Are Sealed
Fun Boy Three
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
47 Debut

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 5

The Salt In My Tears
Martin Briley
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
49 Down by 4

Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
50 Down by 1

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
18
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
50 Dropout

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22

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Date

July 9, 1983

Songs

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3 1 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 15

4 3 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 3 13

2 4 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 18

7 5 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 5 8

5 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 17

6 7 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 6 14

8 8 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 8 7

12 9 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 9 6

11 10 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 10 11

9 11 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 9 10

14 12 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 12 10

10 13 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 14

13 14 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 6 17

15 15 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 15 11

16 16 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 16 9

22 17 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 17 6

23 18 Berlin – “The Metro” 18 7

18 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 17 9

17 20 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 13 17

24 21 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 21 4

25 22 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 22 6

21 23 Planet P – “Why Me” 21 13

19 24 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 8 16

20 25 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 16 15

27 26 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 26 7

29 27 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 27 7

31 28 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 28 6

28 29 Madness – “Our House” 28 8

33 30 Prince – “1999” 30 5

26 31 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 18 16

34 32 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 32 2

30 33 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×2) 28

35 34 Red Rockers – “China” 34 4

37 35 Billy Idol – “White Wedding, Pt. 1” 35 5

36 36 Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” 36 5

41 37 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 37 4

40 38 Chris de Burgh – “Don't Pay The Ferryman” 38 2

39 39 Altered Images – “Don't Talk To Me About Love” 39 8

NE 40 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 40 1

48 41 David Bowie – “China Girl” 41 2

47 42 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 42 2

46 43 Zebra – “Who's Behind the Door?” 43 3

32 44 U2 – “New Year's Day” 28 13

38 45 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 3 20

44 46 Fun Boy Three – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 35 7

NE 47 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 47 1

43 48 Martin Briley – “The Salt In My Tears” 40 9

45 49 ZZ Top – “Gimme All Your Lovin” 29 10

49 50 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 18 19

DROPOUTS:

42 -- A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 24

50 -- Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 22

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