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 8 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 2

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 2

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
6 Up by 1

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 2

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
9

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 2

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 2

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 4

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 1

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 4

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
16 Up by 3

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 1

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 4

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 1

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 8

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
21 Down by 5

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 2

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 2

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 4

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 1

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 1

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 3

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 1

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 3

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 9

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 3

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 9

Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
33 Up by 3

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 3

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
35 Up by 6

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 6

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38

Mama
Genesis
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
39 Down by 4

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
40 Up by 7

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 8

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
42 Down by 5

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
43 Up by 7

The Politics of Dancing
Re-Flex
From the album: The Politics of Dancing
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 8

The Sign Of Fire
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 6

Union of the Snake
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 3

Shooting Shark
Blue Öyster Cult
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Debut

In the Mood
Robert Plant
From the album: The Principle of Moments
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 5

Think too Much (a)
Paul Simon
From the album: Hearts and bones
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 5

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
50 Down by 7

Quicksand
A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
38
Weeks
11
Number
51 Debut

Twist of Fate
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Two of a Kind, Physical
Peak
51
Weeks
1
Number
52 Down by 13

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
33

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

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

TV Dinners
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
46
Weeks
6
Number
48 Dropout

Every Word Means No
Let's Active
Peak
48
Weeks
9

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Date

December 31, 1983

Songs

52

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×8) 17

2 2 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 1(×1) 18

5 3 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 3 8

4 4 ABC – “All of My Heart” 4 14

3 5 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 23

7 6 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 6 16

8 7 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 7 7

6 8 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 5 23

9 9 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 9 17

10 10 Prince – “Delirious” 10 14

13 11 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 11 11

14 12 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 12 9

17 13 Eurythmics – “This Is the House” 13 6

15 14 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 14 13

11 15 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 3 20

19 16 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 16 4

18 17 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 17 13

22 18 Industry – “State of the Nation” 18 6

20 19 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 19 10

12 20 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×3) 26

16 21 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 7 17

24 22 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 22 8

25 23 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 23 9

28 24 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 24 5

26 25 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 25 8

27 26 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 26 7

30 27 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 27 6

29 28 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 28 7

32 29 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 29 4

21 30 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 20 15

34 31 A Flock of Seagulls – “Nightmares” 31 5

23 32 Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 7 12

36 33 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 33 5

31 34 The The – “This is the Day” 23 16

41 35 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 35 4

42 36 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 36 2

40 37 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 37 4

38 38 Genesis – “Mama” 36 8

35 39 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 14 18

47 40 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 40 2

33 41 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 31

37 42 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 31

50 43 Re-Flex – “The Politics of Dancing” 43 3

52 44 The Fixx – “The Sign Of Fire” 44 2

51 45 Duran Duran – “Union of the Snake” 45 2

49 46 Blue Öyster Cult – “Shooting Shark” 46 3

NE 47 Robert Plant – “In the Mood” 47 1

53 48 Paul Simon – “Think too Much (a)” 48 2

44 49 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 1(×1) 29

43 50 A Flock of Seagulls – “Quicksand” 38 11

NE 51 Olivia Newton-John – “Twist of Fate” 51 1

39 52 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 33

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 31

46 -- ZZ Top – “TV Dinners” 46 6

48 -- Let's Active – “Every Word Means No” 48 9

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