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

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
4

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
7 Up by 2

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 5

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 1

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 2

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
12 Down by 4

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
13 Up by 1

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 2

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 9

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 1

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 1

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 3

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 1

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 1

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
22 Up by 7

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 6

Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 1

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 2

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 2

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 5

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 6

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 4

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 5

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 5

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
32 Up by 8

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 10

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
34 Up by 5

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 11

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 7

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 6

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
38

Mama
Genesis
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
39 Down by 9

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
40 Up by 4

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 4

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Debut

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 7

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
44 Down by 7

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
45 Up by 1

TV Dinners
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
45
Weeks
6
Number
46 Debut

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 1

Shooting Shark
Blue Öyster Cult
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 2

The Politics of Dancing
Re-Flex
From the album: The Politics of Dancing
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

Union of the Snake
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

The Sign Of Fire
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
24
Number
42 Dropout

Can't Shake Loose
Agnetha Fältskog
From the album: Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
47 Dropout

Dear Prudence
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Hyæna
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
49 Dropout

Love Is a Battlefield
Pat Benatar
From the album: Live From Earth
Peak
49
Weeks
2

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Date

December 24, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×7) 16

2 2 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 1(×1) 17

3 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 22

4 4 ABC – “All of My Heart” 4 13

6 5 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 5 7

5 6 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 5 22

9 7 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 7 15

13 8 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 8 6

10 9 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 9 16

12 10 Prince – “Delirious” 10 13

11 11 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 3 19

8 12 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×3) 25

14 13 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 13 10

16 14 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 14 8

15 15 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 15 12

7 16 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 7 16

18 17 Eurythmics – “This Is the House” 17 5

19 18 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 18 12

22 19 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 19 3

21 20 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 20 9

20 21 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 20 14

29 22 Industry – “State of the Nation” 22 5

17 23 Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 7 11

25 24 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 24 7

27 25 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 25 8

28 26 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 26 7

32 27 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 27 6

34 28 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 28 4

33 29 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 29 6

35 30 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 30 5

26 31 The The – “This is the Day” 23 15

40 32 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 32 3

23 33 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 30

39 34 A Flock of Seagulls – “Nightmares” 34 4

24 35 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 14 17

43 36 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 36 4

31 37 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 30

38 38 Genesis – “Mama” 36 7

30 39 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 32

44 40 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 40 3

45 41 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 41 3

NE 42 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 42 1

36 43 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 1(×1) 28

37 44 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 31

46 45 ZZ Top – “TV Dinners” 45 6

NE 46 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 46 1

48 47 Blue Öyster Cult – “Shooting Shark” 47 2

50 48 Re-Flex – “The Politics of Dancing” 48 2

NE 49 Duran Duran – “Union of the Snake” 49 1

NE 50 The Fixx – “The Sign Of Fire” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 10 24

42 -- Agnetha Fältskog – “Can't Shake Loose” 32 10

47 -- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence” 30 11

49 -- Pat Benatar – “Love Is a Battlefield” 49 2

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