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

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 1

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 14

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 2

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 5

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
10 Down by 1

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 2

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 4

When Doves Cry
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 2

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
14

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 1

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 2

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 5

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
18 Up by 1

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 3

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 5

Talking Loud and Clear
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
21 Down by 4

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
22 Up by 10

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 2

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 4

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
26 Down by 2

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
27 Up by 3

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28

Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
29
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 1

(What) In the Name of Love
Naked Eyes
From the album: Fuel for the Fire
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 5

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 1

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 2

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 9

Magic
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
35 Down by 8

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
36 Up by 2

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37

The Warrior
Scandal
From the album: Warrior
Peak
36
Weeks
12
Number
38 Debut

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Cccan't you see
VICIOUS PINK
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Up by 10

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 3

Here She Comes
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Metropolis (Music from the Motion Picture)
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 1

Lights Out
Peter Wolf
From the album: Lights Out
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 4

New Girl Now
Honeymoon Suite
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 5

Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
From the album: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45

William, It Was Really Nothing
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
46 Down by 12

The Lebanon
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
47 Down by 7

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
48 Debut

Yes or No
Go-Go's
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 8

It's My Life
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
50 Debut

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Puss 'n Boots
Adam Ant
From the album: Strip
Peak
31
Weeks
13
Number
46 Dropout

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
7
Weeks
28
Number
48 Dropout

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
5
Weeks
21

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Date

September 29, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×2) 10

2 2 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 1(×3) 20

3 3 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 16

5 4 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 11

6 5 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 5 10

20 6 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 6 5

7 7 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 7 13

10 8 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 8 8

4 9 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 3 15

9 10 Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 9 14

13 11 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 11 7

8 12 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 1(×5) 18

11 13 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 7 19

14 14 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 14 10

16 15 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 15 8

18 16 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 16 6

12 17 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 3 23

19 18 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 18 6

22 19 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 19 6

15 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Talking Loud and Clear” 14 15

17 21 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 4 23

32 22 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 22 3

23 23 Ultravox – “Lament” 23 13

26 24 INXS – “I Send a Message” 24 8

21 25 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 20 20

24 26 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 1(×1) 27

30 27 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 27 9

28 28 The Alan Parsons Project – “Prime Time” 28 11

29 29 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 29 14

31 30 Naked Eyes – “(What) In the Name of Love” 30 8

36 31 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 31 2

33 32 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 32 6

35 33 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 33 4

25 34 The Cars – “Magic” 21 18

27 35 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 8 22

38 36 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 36 5

37 37 Scandal – “The Warrior” 36 12

NE 38 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 38 1

39 39 VICIOUS PINK – “Cccan't you see” 39 8

50 40 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 40 2

44 41 Bonnie Tyler – “Here She Comes” 41 3

43 42 Peter Wolf – “Lights Out” 42 4

47 43 Honeymoon Suite – “New Girl Now” 43 3

49 44 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey – “Together in Electric Dreams” 44 2

45 45 The Smiths – “William, It Was Really Nothing” 44 5

34 46 The Human League – “The Lebanon” 15 16

40 47 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 1(×2) 24

NE 48 Go-Go's – “Yes or No” 48 1

41 49 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×6) 28

NE 50 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Adam Ant – “Puss 'n Boots” 31 13

46 -- Laid Back – “White Horse” 7 28

48 -- New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 5 21

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