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

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 5

Dangerous Type
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 6

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Up by 4

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 3

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 3

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 3

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
8 Down by 3

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
9 Down by 3

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
10

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 4

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
11
Weeks
3
Number
12 Up by 5

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 2

Video Killed the Radio Star
Buggles
From the album: The Age of Plastic
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 2

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast in America
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 2

Making Plans For Nigel
XTC
From the album: Drums and Wires
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 6

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
17 Down by 1

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
18

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 5

Damned If I Do
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 4

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 2

Winter Rose/Love Awake
Paul McCartney & Wings
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 1

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 2

Dream Police
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
24 Up by 4

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25

Night Spots
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
26 Down by 6

Message in a Bottle
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
27 Up by 5

Voices
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 5

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 3

Tryouts For the Human Race
Sparks
From the album: № 1 in Heaven
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
30 Down by 3

Babe
Styx
From the album: Cornerstone
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 5

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 3

Duchess
The Stranglers
From the album: The Raven
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
33 Up by 2

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 4

Rock Lobster
The B-52's
From the album: The B-52's
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
35 Up by 4

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

One Step Beyond...
Madness
From the album: One Step Beyond...
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37

Money
The Flying Lizards
From the album: The Flying Lizards
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
38 Down by 4

Driver's Seat
Sniff 'n' the Tears
From the album: Fickle Heart
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
39 Debut

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

Moonlight And Muzak
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41

Complex
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
41
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Good Girls Don't
The Knack
From the album: Get the Knack
Peak
11
Weeks
15

A chart by

Date

January 12, 1980

Songs

41

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1 1 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×2) 7

7 2 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 8

9 3 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 4

8 4 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 6

2 5 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 15

3 6 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×5) 16

4 7 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 23

5 8 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 25

6 9 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×2) 15

10 10 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 8

15 11 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 11 3

17 12 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 12 4

11 13 Buggles – “Video Killed the Radio Star” 6 13

12 14 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 8 13

13 15 XTC – “Making Plans For Nigel” 6 17

22 16 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 16 3

16 17 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 16 10

18 18 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 18 5

14 19 The Alan Parsons Project – “Damned If I Do” 13 12

24 20 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 20 4

19 21 Paul McCartney & Wings – “Winter Rose/Love Awake” 9 17

23 22 The Motels – “Total Control” 22 5

21 23 Cheap Trick – “Dream Police” 15 14

28 24 ABBA – “Chiquitita” 24 5

25 25 The Cars – “Night Spots” 21 12

20 26 The Police – “Message in a Bottle” 4 17

32 27 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 27 2

33 28 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 28 2

26 29 Sparks – “Tryouts For the Human Race” 8 15

27 30 Styx – “Babe” 23 15

36 31 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 31 2

29 32 The Stranglers – “Duchess” 7 22

35 33 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 33 2

30 34 The B-52's – “Rock Lobster” 5 20

39 35 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 35 2

38 36 Madness – “One Step Beyond...” 36 2

37 37 The Flying Lizards – “Money” 4 20

34 38 Sniff 'n' the Tears – “Driver's Seat” 5 27

NE 39 The Cars – “Double Life” 39 1

40 40 M – “Moonlight And Muzak” 40 2

41 41 Gary Numan – “Complex” 41 2

DROPOUTS:

31 -- The Knack – “Good Girls Don't” 11 15

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