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 5

It's My Life
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Down by 1

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
3

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4

The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Down by 3

Here Comes the Rain Again
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 1

Bluebird
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
7

Radio Ga Ga
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 2

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 1

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 3

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
12 Up by 5

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Up by 6

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
13
Weeks
2
Number
14

Wake Up (It's 1984)
Oingo Boingo
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

Independence Day (1984)
The Comsat Angels
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Down by 4

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
17 Down by 4

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
18 Up by 2

Girlfriend is Better
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
19 Down by 4

If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
20 Up by 5

Head Over Heels
Go-Go's
From the album: Talk Show
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 2

Come Back And Stay
Paul Young
From the album: No Parlez
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22 Down by 4

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
23 Up by 3

You Might Think
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24

Don't Let Go
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 2

Surrender Your Heart
Missing Persons
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 6

Time the Avenger
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 3

Don't Answer Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 1

Strip
Adam Ant
From the album: Strip
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Down by 8

New Song
Howard Jones
From the album: Human's Lib
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
30 Up by 1

Leave It
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 4

Popularity
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 11

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 6

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 3

Silver
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 1

Locomotion
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 14

Adult Education
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
37 Up by 7

What Is Love
Howard Jones
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38

A Fine, Fine Day
Tony Carey
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39 Up by 1

Fields of Fire
Big Country
Peak
39
Weeks
9
Number
40 Down by 12

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
41 Up by 1

Run Runaway
Slade
From the album: The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 3

Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 6

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 11

Middle Of The Road
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
45 Up by 2

Catch Me I'm Falling
Real Life
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 12

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
47 Up by 3

Butterbean
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

No More Words
Berlin
From the album: Love Life
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Deeper and Deeper
The Fixx
From the album: Streets of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Voices
Russ Ballard
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Secret Oktober
Duran Duran
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
46 Dropout

She Was Hot
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Undercover
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
48 Dropout

The Authority Song
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Uh-Huh
Peak
44
Weeks
5

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Date

May 12, 1984

Songs

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6 1 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×1) 8

1 2 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 1(×1) 23

3 3 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 3 17

4 4 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” 4 15

2 5 Eurythmics – “Here Comes the Rain Again” 1(×4) 15

5 6 Electric Light Orchestra – “Bluebird” 5 14

7 7 Queen – “Radio Ga Ga” 7 11

10 8 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 8 7

9 9 Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now” 9 11

11 10 Laid Back – “White Horse” 10 9

8 11 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 1(×6) 24

17 12 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 12 4

19 13 New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 13 2

14 14 Oingo Boingo – “Wake Up (It's 1984)” 14 9

16 15 The Comsat Angels – “Independence Day (1984)” 15 14

12 16 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 1(×2) 23

13 17 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 12 21

20 18 Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better” 18 15

15 19 Thompson Twins – “If You Were Here” 6 19

25 20 Go-Go's – “Head Over Heels” 20 8

23 21 Paul Young – “Come Back And Stay” 21 11

18 22 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 5 21

26 23 The Cars – “You Might Think” 23 8

24 24 Wang Chung – “Don't Let Go” 24 10

27 25 Missing Persons – “Surrender Your Heart” 25 8

32 26 The Pretenders – “Time the Avenger” 26 5

30 27 The Alan Parsons Project – “Don't Answer Me” 27 10

29 28 Adam Ant – “Strip” 28 10

21 29 Howard Jones – “New Song” 20 16

31 30 Yes – “Leave It” 30 6

35 31 Sparks – “Popularity” 31 7

43 32 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 32 3

39 33 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 33 3

37 34 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” 34 3

36 35 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Locomotion” 35 4

22 36 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Adult Education” 21 13

44 37 Howard Jones – “What Is Love” 37 3

38 38 Tony Carey – “A Fine, Fine Day” 38 8

40 39 Big Country – “Fields of Fire” 39 9

28 40 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 1(×3) 27

42 41 Slade – “Run Runaway” 41 5

45 42 Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time” 42 3

49 43 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 43 2

33 44 The Pretenders – “Middle Of The Road” 16 18

47 45 Real Life – “Catch Me I'm Falling” 45 3

34 46 Industry – “State of the Nation” 3 25

50 47 The B-52's – “Butterbean” 47 2

NE 48 Berlin – “No More Words” 48 1

NE 49 The Fixx – “Deeper and Deeper” 49 1

NE 50 Russ Ballard – “Voices” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Duran Duran – “Secret Oktober” 20 15

46 -- The Rolling Stones – “She Was Hot” 24 12

48 -- John Cougar Mellencamp – “The Authority Song” 44 5

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