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

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 10

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Down by 5

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
8

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
11

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Down by 5

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
13

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 1

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 1

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 2

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 3

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
18 Down by 1

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 2

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Down by 2

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
22 Up by 1

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 4

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 1

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Up by 3

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 4

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
27 Up by 2

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 10

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 5

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
30 Up by 1

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Down by 5

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
32

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
29
Weeks
19
Number
33 Up by 1

Here She Comes
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Metropolis (Music from the Motion Picture)
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 1

Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
From the album: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 4

The War Song
Culture Club
From the album: Waking Up with the House on Fire
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 6

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
23
Weeks
18
Number
37 Debut

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 2

Yes or No
Go-Go's
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Down by 3

(What) In the Name of Love
Naked Eyes
From the album: Fuel for the Fire
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
40 Up by 2

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41

Skin Deep
The Stranglers
From the album: Aural Sculpture
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 4

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 10

When Doves Cry
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
44 Up by 3

All Through the Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45

Shangri-la
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
45
Weeks
5
Number
46 Down by 9

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
47 Down by 3

New Girl Now
Honeymoon Suite
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
48 Debut

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49

Girls With Guns
Tommy Shaw
From the album: Girls With Guns
Peak
49
Weeks
4
Number
50 Debut

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Talking Loud and Clear
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
48 Dropout

Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
28
Weeks
15
Number
50 Dropout

Lights Out
Peter Wolf
From the album: Lights Out
Peak
39
Weeks
8

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Date

November 3, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 10

12 2 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 2 4

3 3 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 15

4 4 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 12

5 5 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 5 8

6 6 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 13

2 7 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×5) 15

8 8 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 8 11

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

10 10 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 16

11 11 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 11 11

7 12 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 21

13 13 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 13 11

15 14 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 14 7

16 15 INXS – “I Send a Message” 15 13

18 16 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 16 6

14 17 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 7 18

17 18 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 14 15

21 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 19 9

20 20 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 20 14

19 21 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 1(×3) 25

23 22 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 22 7

27 23 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 23 4

25 24 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 24 11

28 25 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 25 6

22 26 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 3 20

29 27 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Out of Touch” 27 5

38 28 The Cars – “Hello Again” 28 2

24 29 Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 9 19

31 30 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 30 10

26 31 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 7 24

32 32 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 29 19

34 33 Bonnie Tyler – “Here She Comes” 33 8

35 34 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey – “Together in Electric Dreams” 34 7

39 35 Culture Club – “The War Song” 35 4

30 36 Ultravox – “Lament” 23 18

NE 37 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 37 1

40 38 Go-Go's – “Yes or No” 38 6

36 39 Naked Eyes – “(What) In the Name of Love” 30 13

42 40 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 40 3

41 41 The Stranglers – “Skin Deep” 41 5

46 42 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 42 2

33 43 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 1(×5) 23

47 44 Cyndi Lauper – “All Through the Night” 44 3

45 45 The Steve Miller Band – “Shangri-la” 45 5

37 46 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 3 28

44 47 Honeymoon Suite – “New Girl Now” 41 8

NE 48 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 48 1

49 49 Tommy Shaw – “Girls With Guns” 49 4

NE 50 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Talking Loud and Clear” 14 19

48 -- The Alan Parsons Project – “Prime Time” 28 15

50 -- Peter Wolf – “Lights Out” 39 8

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