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 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 4

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
3

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Down by 4

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
7

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 2

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 1

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 5

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 2

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 2

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 4

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 6

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 1

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 6

When Doves Cry
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
19 Down by 6

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
20 Up by 11

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Down by 4

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
22 Up by 2

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
24 Down by 4

Talking Loud and Clear
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
25 Up by 2

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 7

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 6

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
28

Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
29

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
29
Weeks
15
Number
30

(What) In the Name of Love
Naked Eyes
From the album: Fuel for the Fire
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 1

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down by 7

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
20
Weeks
21
Number
33 Up by 5

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 8

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
35 Up by 1

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 4

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 4

Here She Comes
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Metropolis (Music from the Motion Picture)
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 12

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 5

Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
From the album: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 2

Lights Out
Peter Wolf
From the album: Lights Out
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 2

New Girl Now
Honeymoon Suite
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Down by 7

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
43 Down by 9

Magic
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
44 Down by 7

The Warrior
Scandal
From the album: Warrior
Peak
36
Weeks
13
Number
45 Up by 3

Yes or No
Go-Go's
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 7

Cccan't you see
VICIOUS PINK
Peak
39
Weeks
9
Number
47 Debut

Skin Deep
The Stranglers
From the album: Aural Sculpture
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 2

The Lebanon
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
49 Debut

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Shangri-la
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

William, It Was Really Nothing
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
47 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

October 6, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×3) 11

6 2 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 2 6

3 3 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 17

4 4 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 12

5 5 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 5 11

2 6 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 1(×3) 21

7 7 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 7 14

8 8 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 8 9

11 9 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 9 8

9 10 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 3 16

16 11 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 11 7

10 12 Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 9 15

15 13 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 13 9

14 14 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 14 11

19 15 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 15 7

22 16 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 16 4

18 17 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 17 7

12 18 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 1(×5) 19

13 19 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 7 20

31 20 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 20 3

17 21 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 3 24

24 22 INXS – “I Send a Message” 22 9

23 23 Ultravox – “Lament” 23 14

20 24 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Talking Loud and Clear” 14 16

27 25 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 25 10

33 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 26 5

21 27 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 4 24

28 28 The Alan Parsons Project – “Prime Time” 28 12

29 29 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 29 15

30 30 Naked Eyes – “(What) In the Name of Love” 30 9

32 31 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 31 7

25 32 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 20 21

38 33 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 33 2

26 34 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 1(×1) 28

36 35 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 35 6

40 36 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 36 3

41 37 Bonnie Tyler – “Here She Comes” 37 4

50 38 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 38 2

44 39 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey – “Together in Electric Dreams” 39 3

42 40 Peter Wolf – “Lights Out” 40 5

43 41 Honeymoon Suite – “New Girl Now” 41 4

35 42 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 8 23

34 43 The Cars – “Magic” 21 19

37 44 Scandal – “The Warrior” 36 13

48 45 Go-Go's – “Yes or No” 45 2

39 46 VICIOUS PINK – “Cccan't you see” 39 9

NE 47 The Stranglers – “Skin Deep” 47 1

46 48 The Human League – “The Lebanon” 15 17

NE 49 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Out of Touch” 49 1

NE 50 The Steve Miller Band – “Shangri-la” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

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