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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

It's My Life
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
3 Up by 1

The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4 Down by 2

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
5

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 5

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 1

Bluebird
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 1

Here Comes the Rain Again
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
9

Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 1

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Down by 4

Radio Ga Ga
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
13 Up by 4

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14

Wake Up (It's 1984)
Oingo Boingo
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 3

Head Over Heels
Go-Go's
From the album: Talk Show
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16

Girlfriend is Better
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
17 Down by 2

Independence Day (1984)
The Comsat Angels
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
18 Up by 1

Come Back And Stay
Paul Young
From the album: No Parlez
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 1

You Might Think
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 7

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
21 Up by 3

Time the Avenger
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 1

Surrender Your Heart
Missing Persons
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 2

Don't Answer Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 3

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 3

Popularity
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Down by 4

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
27 Up by 2

Leave It
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 7

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
29 Up by 2

Silver
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 3

Locomotion
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 4

What Is Love
Howard Jones
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 5

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 7

If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
34 Down by 4

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
35 Up by 6

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Down by 5

Don't Let Go
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
38

Fields of Fire
Big Country
Peak
38
Weeks
11
Number
39 Up by 1

Run Runaway
Slade
From the album: The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 2

No More Words
Berlin
From the album: Love Life
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 3

Catch Me I'm Falling
Real Life
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

Deeper and Deeper
The Fixx
From the album: Streets of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

Butterbean
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 3

Voices
Russ Ballard
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 4

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 4

Living On Video
Trans-X
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

I Want to Break Free
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Original Sin
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 16

Strip
Adam Ant
From the album: Strip
Peak
28
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

New Song
Howard Jones
From the album: Human's Lib
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
46 Dropout

A Fine, Fine Day
Tony Carey
Peak
38
Weeks
9
Number
48 Dropout

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28

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Date

May 26, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×3) 10

3 2 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 2 19

4 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” 3 17

2 4 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 1(×1) 25

5 5 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 5 9

11 6 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 6 6

6 7 Electric Light Orchestra – “Bluebird” 5 16

7 8 Eurythmics – “Here Comes the Rain Again” 1(×4) 17

9 9 Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now” 9 13

10 10 Laid Back – “White Horse” 10 11

12 11 New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 11 4

8 12 Queen – “Radio Ga Ga” 7 13

17 13 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 13 5

14 14 Oingo Boingo – “Wake Up (It's 1984)” 14 11

18 15 Go-Go's – “Head Over Heels” 15 10

16 16 Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better” 16 17

15 17 The Comsat Angels – “Independence Day (1984)” 15 16

19 18 Paul Young – “Come Back And Stay” 18 13

20 19 The Cars – “You Might Think” 19 10

13 20 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 1(×6) 26

24 21 The Pretenders – “Time the Avenger” 21 7

23 22 Missing Persons – “Surrender Your Heart” 22 10

25 23 The Alan Parsons Project – “Don't Answer Me” 23 12

27 24 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 24 5

28 25 Sparks – “Popularity” 25 9

22 26 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 12 23

29 27 Yes – “Leave It” 27 8

21 28 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 1(×2) 25

31 29 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” 29 5

33 30 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Locomotion” 30 6

35 31 Howard Jones – “What Is Love” 31 5

37 32 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 32 4

26 33 Thompson Twins – “If You Were Here” 6 21

30 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 5 23

41 35 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 35 2

39 36 Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time” 36 5

32 37 Wang Chung – “Don't Let Go” 24 12

38 38 Big Country – “Fields of Fire” 38 11

40 39 Slade – “Run Runaway” 39 7

42 40 Berlin – “No More Words” 40 3

44 41 Real Life – “Catch Me I'm Falling” 41 5

43 42 The Fixx – “Deeper and Deeper” 42 3

45 43 The B-52's – “Butterbean” 43 4

47 44 Russ Ballard – “Voices” 44 3

49 45 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 45 2

50 46 Trans-X – “Living On Video” 46 2

NE 47 Queen – “I Want to Break Free” 47 1

NE 48 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 48 1

NE 49 INXS – “Original Sin” 49 1

34 50 Adam Ant – “Strip” 28 12

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Howard Jones – “New Song” 20 17

46 -- Tony Carey – “A Fine, Fine Day” 38 9

48 -- Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 1(×3) 28

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