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 1

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Down by 1

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Down by 1

When Doves Cry
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
6

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 1

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
9

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 2

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 1

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 1

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 2

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
14

Talking Loud and Clear
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15

The Lebanon
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 3

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 6

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 2

You Might Think
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
10
Weeks
24
Number
19 Down by 2

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
20

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
21

Magic
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Up by 2

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 5

It's My Life
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
24 Up by 6

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 2

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Down by 4

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
27 Down by 1

Silver
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
28 Up by 10

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 1

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 1

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 1

Puss 'n Boots
Adam Ant
From the album: Strip
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 2

Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 3

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 3

(What) In the Name of Love
Naked Eyes
From the album: Fuel for the Fire
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 7

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 4

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 8

Run Runaway
Slade
From the album: The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Peak
24
Weeks
21
Number
38 Up by 1

The Warrior
Scandal
From the album: Warrior
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39 Up by 6

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 6

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 16

Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
42 Up by 2

Cccan't you see
VICIOUS PINK
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Down by 8

Living On Video
Trans-X
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
44 Up by 5

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 12

Doctor! Doctor!
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
46 Down by 5

Time the Avenger
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
47 Debut

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 2

It Can Happen
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
50 Debut

William, It Was Really Nothing
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

I Want to Break Free
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
48 Dropout

No More Words
Berlin
From the album: Love Life
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
50 Dropout

Legs
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
28
Weeks
11

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Date

September 1, 1984

Songs

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2 1 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 1(×1) 16

1 2 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 12

4 3 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 3 11

3 4 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 1(×5) 14

5 5 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 3 19

6 6 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 4 19

8 7 Sparks – “With All My Might” 7 7

7 8 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 7 15

9 9 Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 9 10

12 10 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 10 6

10 11 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 1(×1) 23

13 12 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 12 9

11 13 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 8 18

14 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Talking Loud and Clear” 14 11

15 15 The Human League – “The Lebanon” 15 12

19 16 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 16 6

23 17 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 17 4

16 18 The Cars – “You Might Think” 10 24

17 19 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 1(×2) 20

20 20 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 20 16

21 21 The Cars – “Magic” 21 14

24 22 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 22 6

18 23 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×6) 24

30 24 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 24 4

27 25 Ultravox – “Lament” 25 9

22 26 Laid Back – “White Horse” 7 25

26 27 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” 17 19

38 28 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 28 3

28 29 New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 5 18

31 30 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 30 10

32 31 Adam Ant – “Puss 'n Boots” 31 10

34 32 The Alan Parsons Project – “Prime Time” 32 7

36 33 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 33 5

37 34 Naked Eyes – “(What) In the Name of Love” 34 4

42 35 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 35 2

40 36 INXS – “I Send a Message” 36 4

29 37 Slade – “Run Runaway” 24 21

39 38 Scandal – “The Warrior” 38 8

45 39 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 39 2

46 40 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 40 2

25 41 Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now” 5 27

44 42 VICIOUS PINK – “Cccan't you see” 42 4

35 43 Trans-X – “Living On Video” 22 16

49 44 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 44 2

33 45 Thompson Twins – “Doctor! Doctor!” 33 9

41 46 The Pretenders – “Time the Avenger” 15 21

NE 47 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 47 1

NE 48 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 48 1

47 49 Yes – “It Can Happen” 33 11

NE 50 The Smiths – “William, It Was Really Nothing” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Queen – “I Want to Break Free” 20 14

48 -- Berlin – “No More Words” 21 16

50 -- ZZ Top – “Legs” 28 11

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