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 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
3

The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 1

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 2

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
7

Bluebird
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
8 Up by 1

Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 1

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 3

Here Comes the Rain Again
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 1

Radio Ga Ga
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 5

You Might Think
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15

Head Over Heels
Go-Go's
From the album: Talk Show
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16

Girlfriend is Better
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 7

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18

Come Back And Stay
Paul Young
From the album: No Parlez
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
19 Down by 2

Independence Day (1984)
The Comsat Angels
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
20 Down by 6

Wake Up (It's 1984)
Oingo Boingo
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
21

Time the Avenger
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22

Surrender Your Heart
Missing Persons
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23

Don't Answer Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 1

Popularity
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 2

Leave It
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 3

Silver
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 7

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
28 Up by 2

Locomotion
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 2

What Is Love
Howard Jones
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 2

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 4

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 6

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 3

Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 6

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
35 Up by 5

No More Words
Berlin
From the album: Love Life
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

Run Runaway
Slade
From the album: The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37 Down by 4

If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
38

Fields of Fire
Big Country
Peak
38
Weeks
12
Number
39 Up by 3

Deeper and Deeper
The Fixx
From the album: Streets of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Debut

When Doves Cry
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41

Catch Me I'm Falling
Real Life
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Up by 1

Butterbean
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 1

Voices
Russ Ballard
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 1

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 1

Living On Video
Trans-X
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 1

I Want to Break Free
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 1

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 1

Original Sin
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

Eyes Without a Face
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Magic
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
37 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

June 2, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×4) 11

2 2 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 2 20

3 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” 3 18

5 4 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 4 10

6 5 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 5 7

4 6 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 1(×1) 26

7 7 Electric Light Orchestra – “Bluebird” 5 17

9 8 Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now” 8 14

10 9 Laid Back – “White Horse” 9 12

11 10 New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 10 5

8 11 Eurythmics – “Here Comes the Rain Again” 1(×4) 18

13 12 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 12 6

12 13 Queen – “Radio Ga Ga” 7 14

19 14 The Cars – “You Might Think” 14 11

15 15 Go-Go's – “Head Over Heels” 15 11

16 16 Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better” 16 18

24 17 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 17 6

18 18 Paul Young – “Come Back And Stay” 18 14

17 19 The Comsat Angels – “Independence Day (1984)” 15 17

14 20 Oingo Boingo – “Wake Up (It's 1984)” 14 12

21 21 The Pretenders – “Time the Avenger” 21 8

22 22 Missing Persons – “Surrender Your Heart” 22 11

23 23 The Alan Parsons Project – “Don't Answer Me” 23 13

25 24 Sparks – “Popularity” 24 10

27 25 Yes – “Leave It” 25 9

29 26 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” 26 6

20 27 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 1(×6) 27

30 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Locomotion” 28 7

31 29 Howard Jones – “What Is Love” 29 6

32 30 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 30 5

35 31 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 31 3

26 32 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 12 24

36 33 Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time” 33 6

28 34 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 1(×2) 26

40 35 Berlin – “No More Words” 35 4

39 36 Slade – “Run Runaway” 36 8

33 37 Thompson Twins – “If You Were Here” 6 22

38 38 Big Country – “Fields of Fire” 38 12

42 39 The Fixx – “Deeper and Deeper” 39 4

NE 40 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 40 1

41 41 Real Life – “Catch Me I'm Falling” 41 6

43 42 The B-52's – “Butterbean” 42 5

44 43 Russ Ballard – “Voices” 43 4

45 44 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 44 3

46 45 Trans-X – “Living On Video” 45 3

47 46 Queen – “I Want to Break Free” 46 2

48 47 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 47 2

49 48 INXS – “Original Sin” 48 2

NE 49 Billy Idol – “Eyes Without a Face” 49 1

NE 50 The Cars – “Magic” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

50 -- Adam Ant – “Strip” 28 12

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