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 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 2

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 1

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 1

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 1

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
9

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
10 Up by 3

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 1

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
12 Down by 1

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
13 Down by 1

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
14

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 8

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
16

Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
From the album: The Age Of Plastic
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 5

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 1

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 6

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 2

Making Plans for Nigel
XTC
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
21

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 3

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
23 Down by 3

Damned If I Do
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
24 Down by 1

Winter Rose/Love Awake
Paul McCartney & Wings
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
25 Up by 3

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 6

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

Dream Police
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
28 Up by 3

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29

Message in a Bottle
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
30

Tryouts for the Human Race
Sparks
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
31 Down by 5

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 6

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Debut

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Down by 1

Babe
Styx
From the album: Cornerstone
Peak
22
Weeks
17
Number
35

One Step Beyond
Madness
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Debut

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 3

Duchess
The Stranglers
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
38 Up by 1

Moonlight And Muzak
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
40 Down by 3

Money (That's What I Want)
The Flying Lizards
Peak
4
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Rock Lobster
The B-52's
From the album: The B-52's
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

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

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Date

January 26, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 9

2 2 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 10

3 3 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 6

6 4 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 4 5

4 5 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 8

5 6 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 17

8 7 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 7 6

7 8 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×6) 18

9 9 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 25

13 10 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 10 5

10 11 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 27

11 12 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×1) 17

12 13 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 10

14 14 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 14 6

15 15 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 15 7

24 16 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 16 4

16 16 The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” 6 15

22 17 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 17 4

17 18 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 8 15

25 19 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 19 4

18 20 XTC – “Making Plans for Nigel” 6 19

21 21 The Motels – “Total Control” 21 7

19 22 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 16 12

20 23 The Alan Parsons Project – “Damned If I Do” 13 14

23 24 Paul McCartney & Wings – “Winter Rose/Love Awake” 9 19

28 25 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 25 4

32 26 The Cars – “Double Life” 26 3

27 27 Cheap Trick – “Dream Police” 15 16

31 28 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 28 4

29 29 The Police – “Message in a Bottle” 4 19

30 30 Sparks – “Tryouts for the Human Race” 8 17

26 31 ABBA – “Chiquitita” 24 7

38 32 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 32 2

NE 33 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 33 1

33 34 Styx – “Babe” 22 17

35 35 Madness – “One Step Beyond” 35 4

NE 36 Blondie – “The Hardest Part” 36 1

34 37 The Stranglers – “Duchess” 7 24

39 38 M – “Moonlight And Muzak” 38 4

37 40 The Flying Lizards – “Money (That's What I Want)” 4 22

DROPOUTS:

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

40 -- Sniff 'n' the Tears – “Driver's Seat” 5 28

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