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

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Down by 1

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Down by 1

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4 Up by 1

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Down by 1

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
6

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
7

Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Up by 1

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 2

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Down by 3

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
12

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 1

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Down by 1

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
15 Up by 4

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 8

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 19

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 3

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
20

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 7

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
23

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Down by 6

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
25 Up by 3

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 12

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 5

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
28 Down by 4

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
29

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 1

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
30 Down by 3

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
32 Down by 2

Dear Prudence
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Hyæna
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 2

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 2

Can't Shake Loose
Agnetha Fältskog
From the album: Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 4

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36

Mama
Genesis
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 3

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 7

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 5

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Debut

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 15

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
5
Weeks
29
Number
42 Up by 1

Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2
From the album: War
Peak
42
Weeks
6
Number
43 Up by 6

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 2

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 5

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 1

TV Dinners
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
46
Weeks
4
Number
47 Debut

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Love Is a Battlefield
Pat Benatar
From the album: Live From Earth
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

The Romance of the Telescope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
34 Dropout

Masquerade
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
34
Weeks
11
Number
41 Dropout

(It's Not Me) Talking
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
42 Dropout

Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Faster Than the Speed of Night
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
48 Dropout

Legal Tender
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
21
Weeks
15

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Date

December 10, 1983

Songs

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3 1 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 1(×1) 15

1 2 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×5) 14

2 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 20

5 4 ABC – “All of My Heart” 4 11

4 5 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×3) 23

6 6 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 6 20

7 7 Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 7 9

9 8 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 8 14

11 9 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 9 5

10 10 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 10 13

8 11 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 3 17

12 12 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 12 14

14 13 Prince – “Delirious” 13 11

13 14 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 28

19 15 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 15 8

16 16 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 16 10

25 17 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 17 6

37 18 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 18 4

16 19 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 14 15

20 20 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 20 12

21 21 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 21 10

15 22 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 30

23 23 The The – “This is the Day” 23 13

18 24 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 1(×1) 26

28 25 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 25 7

38 26 Eurythmics – “This Is the House” 26 3

22 27 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 29

24 28 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 28

29 29 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 29 5

31 30 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 30 6

27 30 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 10 23

30 32 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence” 30 10

35 33 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 33 5

32 34 Agnetha Fältskog – “Can't Shake Loose” 32 9

39 35 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 35 4

36 36 Genesis – “Mama” 36 5

40 37 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 37 4

45 38 Industry – “State of the Nation” 38 3

44 39 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 39 3

NE 40 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 40 1

26 41 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 5 29

43 42 U2 – “Sunday Bloody Sunday” 42 6

49 43 A Flock of Seagulls – “Nightmares” 43 2

46 44 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 44 2

50 45 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 45 2

47 46 ZZ Top – “TV Dinners” 46 4

NE 47 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 47 1

NE 48 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 48 1

NE 49 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 49 1

NE 50 Pat Benatar – “Love Is a Battlefield” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Romance of the Telescope” 18 15

34 -- Berlin – “Masquerade” 34 11

41 -- A Flock of Seagulls – “(It's Not Me) Talking” 16 14

42 -- Bonnie Tyler – “Total Eclipse of the Heart” 32 12

48 -- The B-52's – “Legal Tender” 21 15

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