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

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 1

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 1

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Down by 1

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 1

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 1

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Down by 2

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
10

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
11

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

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 4

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Down by 2

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 1

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
19 Up by 2

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 2

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
21 Up by 3

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 2

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 2

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 2

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 2

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Down by 3

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
27 Down by 5

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
13
Weeks
19
Number
28 Up by 2

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 1

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 2

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 2

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 1

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 1

China
Red Rockers
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 8

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

White Wedding, Pt. 1
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36

Always Something There to Remind Me
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Up by 3

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38

Don't Pay The Ferryman
Chris de Burgh
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39

Don't Talk To Me About Love
Altered Images
From the album: Bite
Peak
39
Weeks
10
Number
40 Up by 1

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 10

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
42 Up by 1

Who's Behind the Door?
Zebra
From the album: Zebra
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Debut

Never Stop
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 7

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
45

Stand Back
Stevie Nicks
From the album: The Wild Heart
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

Whenever You’re On My Mind
Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 2

It's Inevitable
Charlie
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 2

Our Lips Are Sealed
Fun Boy Three
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
50 Debut

AEIOU Sometimes Y
Ēbn-Ōzn
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
46 Dropout

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
28
Weeks
14
Number
50 Dropout

Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
29
Weeks
11

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Date

July 23, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×3) 16

2 2 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 2 15

4 3 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 3 10

3 4 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 17

6 5 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 5 9

5 6 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 20

8 7 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 7 8

9 8 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 8 13

7 9 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 19

10 10 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 6 16

11 11 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 9 12

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

13 13 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 13 11

14 14 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 14 8

19 15 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 15 6

16 16 Berlin – “The Metro” 16 9

15 17 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 15 13

17 18 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 16

21 19 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 19 8

18 20 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 6 19

24 21 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 21 9

20 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 17 11

25 23 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 23 9

26 24 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 24 8

27 25 Prince – “1999” 25 7

23 26 Planet P – “Why Me” 21 15

22 27 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 13 19

30 28 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 28 4

28 29 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 8 18

32 30 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 30 3

29 31 Madness – “Our House” 28 10

33 32 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 32 6

34 33 Red Rockers – “China” 33 6

42 34 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 34 3

35 35 Billy Idol – “White Wedding, Pt. 1” 35 7

36 36 Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” 36 7

40 37 David Bowie – “China Girl” 37 4

38 38 Chris de Burgh – “Don't Pay The Ferryman” 38 4

39 39 Altered Images – “Don't Talk To Me About Love” 39 10

41 40 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 40 4

31 41 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 16 17

43 42 Zebra – “Who's Behind the Door?” 42 5

NE 43 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Never Stop” 43 1

37 44 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 18 18

45 45 Stevie Nicks – “Stand Back” 45 2

48 46 Marshall Crenshaw – “Whenever You’re On My Mind” 46 2

49 47 Charlie – “It's Inevitable” 47 2

NE 48 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rock 'n' Roll Is King” 48 1

47 49 Fun Boy Three – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 35 9

NE 50 Ēbn-Ōzn – “AEIOU Sometimes Y” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

44 -- The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×2) 29

46 -- U2 – “New Year's Day” 28 14

50 -- ZZ Top – “Gimme All Your Lovin” 29 11

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