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 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Dangerous Type
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 5

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
6
Weeks
4
Number
7 Down by 1

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
8 Up by 4

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 2

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
10 Down by 2

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
11 Down by 2

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 2

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 3

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 6

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Up by 3

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Down by 3

Video Killed the Radio Star
Buggles
From the album: The Age of Plastic
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 3

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast in America
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
18 Down by 3

Making Plans For Nigel
XTC
From the album: Drums and Wires
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
19 Down by 2

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 1

Damned If I Do
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 1

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 5

Voices
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 2

Winter Rose/Love Awake
Paul McCartney & Wings
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
24 Up by 4

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Up by 6

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 2

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 2

Night Spots
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
28 Down by 5

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

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 4

Message in a Bottle
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
31 Down by 2

Tryouts For the Human Race
Sparks
From the album: № 1 in Heaven
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 3

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 6

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 4

Babe
Styx
From the album: Cornerstone
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
35 Down by 3

Duchess
The Stranglers
From the album: The Raven
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
36

One Step Beyond...
Madness
From the album: One Step Beyond...
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 3

Rock Lobster
The B-52's
From the album: The B-52's
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
38 Down by 1

Money
The Flying Lizards
From the album: The Flying Lizards
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
39 Debut

Living by Numbers
New Musik
From the album: From A to B
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

Moonlight And Muzak
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 3

Driver's Seat
Sniff 'n' the Tears
From the album: Fickle Heart
Peak
5
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

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

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Date

January 19, 1980

Songs

41

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1 1 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×3) 8

2 2 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 9

3 3 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 5

4 4 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 7

5 5 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 16

11 6 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 6 4

6 7 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×5) 17

12 8 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 8 5

7 9 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 24

8 10 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 26

9 11 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×2) 16

10 12 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 9

16 13 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 13 4

20 14 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 14 5

18 15 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 15 6

13 16 Buggles – “Video Killed the Radio Star” 6 14

14 17 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 8 14

15 18 XTC – “Making Plans For Nigel” 6 18

17 19 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 16 11

19 20 The Alan Parsons Project – “Damned If I Do” 13 13

22 21 The Motels – “Total Control” 21 6

27 22 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 22 3

21 23 Paul McCartney & Wings – “Winter Rose/Love Awake” 9 18

28 24 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 24 3

31 25 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 25 3

24 26 ABBA – “Chiquitita” 24 6

25 27 The Cars – “Night Spots” 21 13

23 28 Cheap Trick – “Dream Police” 15 15

33 29 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 29 3

26 30 The Police – “Message in a Bottle” 4 18

29 31 Sparks – “Tryouts For the Human Race” 8 16

35 32 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 32 3

39 33 The Cars – “Double Life” 33 2

30 34 Styx – “Babe” 23 16

32 35 The Stranglers – “Duchess” 7 23

36 36 Madness – “One Step Beyond...” 36 3

34 37 The B-52's – “Rock Lobster” 5 21

37 38 The Flying Lizards – “Money” 4 21

NE 39 New Musik – “Living by Numbers” 39 1

40 40 M – “Moonlight And Muzak” 40 3

38 41 Sniff 'n' the Tears – “Driver's Seat” 5 28

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Gary Numan – “Complex” 41 2

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