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

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 2

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6 Down by 1

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 3

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
8 Up by 1

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Down by 3

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 1

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 1

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 2

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
15 Up by 2

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 2

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 3

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 3

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 5

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 12

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
21 Down by 6

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
22 Up by 3

(It's Not Me) Talking
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 4

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
24 Down by 2

Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 1

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 1

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 1

The Romance of the Telescope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 2

Legal Tender
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 2

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 7

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
31 Up by 2

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 3

Friend Or Foe
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 3

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 8

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
38 Down by 4

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
39 Up by 4

Dancing with Myself
Billy Idol
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40

A Million Miles Away
The Plimsouls
From the album: Everywhere at Once
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41 Up by 6

Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Faster Than the Speed of Night
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Debut

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Up by 1

Gone Daddy Gone
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 3

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
45 Up by 5

I Will Run to You
Stevie Nicks featuring Tom Petty
From the album: The Wild Heart
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 11

AEIOU Sometimes Y
Ēbn-Ōzn
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
47 Down by 5

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
48 Debut

Crystal
Elton John
From the album: 2 ↓ 4 0
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 4

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
50 Debut

Masquerade
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

Electric Avenue
Eddy Grant
From the album: Killer on the Rampage
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
48 Dropout

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
49 Dropout

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
24

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Date

September 24, 1983

Songs

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1 1 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 17

2 2 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 2 12

3 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 3 9

4 4 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 4 15

7 5 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 19

5 6 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 18

10 7 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 7 18

9 8 Berlin – “The Metro” 8 18

6 9 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 17

11 10 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 10 12

12 11 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 11 18

13 12 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 12 17

14 13 Prince – “1999” 13 16

16 14 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 14 17

17 15 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 15 9

18 16 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 16 9

20 17 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 17 6

21 18 Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 18 8

24 19 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 19 3

8 20 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 1(×1) 22

15 21 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 8 21

25 22 A Flock of Seagulls – “(It's Not Me) Talking” 22 4

19 23 David Bowie – “China Girl” 18 13

22 24 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rock 'n' Roll Is King” 21 10

26 25 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 25 13

27 26 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 26 4

28 27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Romance of the Telescope” 27 5

30 28 The B-52's – “Legal Tender” 28 5

31 29 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 29 3

23 30 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 1(×2) 24

33 31 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 31 4

32 32 ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man” 32 7

36 33 Adam Ant – “Friend Or Foe” 33 3

37 34 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 34 3

38 35 The The – “This is the Day” 35 2

39 36 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 36 2

29 37 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 22 13

34 38 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 23 15

43 39 Billy Idol – “Dancing with Myself” 39 3

40 40 The Plimsouls – “A Million Miles Away” 40 8

47 41 Bonnie Tyler – “Total Eclipse of the Heart” 41 2

NE 42 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 42 1

44 43 Violent Femmes – “Gone Daddy Gone” 43 3

41 44 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×3) 25

50 45 Stevie Nicks ft. Tom Petty – “I Will Run to You” 45 2

35 46 Ēbn-Ōzn – “AEIOU Sometimes Y” 31 10

42 47 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 26

NE 48 Elton John – “Crystal” 48 1

45 49 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 29

NE 50 Berlin – “Masquerade” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

46 -- Eddy Grant – “Electric Avenue” 40 6

48 -- Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 11 19

49 -- Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 24

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