In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

Compact View

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Number
1 Up by 1

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 3

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
4
Weeks
3
Number
5 Up by 3

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 3

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Down by 3

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
8 Down by 3

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 3

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
10

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 3

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
11
Weeks
2
Number
12 Down by 1

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
13

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
14 Down by 2

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
15 Up by 10

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
17

Cold Love
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 1

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 3

The Best of Times
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 5

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
21

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 8

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Down by 5

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

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
25 Down by 1

Flash
Queen
From the album: Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music by Queen)
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 7

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 1

Passion
Rod Stewart
From the album: Foolish Behaviour
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
28 Down by 1

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 8

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
30 Up by 1

Party Out of Bounds
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 1

Treat Me Right
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 3

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 4

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 4

Living in a Fantasy
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 7

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
36 Down by 2

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
37 Down by 1

Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
38 Up by 2

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39

Reward
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Kilimanjaro
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 11

Don't Tell Me No
The Cars
Peak
23
Weeks
13

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Date

February 14, 1981

Songs

40

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