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

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 2

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Down by 1

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 1

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
18
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
16
Number
10

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 2

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 1

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 4

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

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

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 5

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 3

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 1

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 2

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
24 Down by 6

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
25

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 1

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 19

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 3

The War Song
Culture Club
From the album: Waking Up with the House on Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
30 Up by 3

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Debut

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32

Here She Comes
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Metropolis (Music from the Motion Picture)
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
33 Down by 5

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
34 Up by 3

All Through the Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35

Yes or No
Go-Go's
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
36 Down by 10

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
37 Up by 4

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38

Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
From the album: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
39 Up by 4

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40

Skin Deep
The Stranglers
From the album: Aural Sculpture
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41 Down by 11

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
42

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 1

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 6

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 1

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 13

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
48 Down by 12

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
29
Weeks
22
Number
49 Debut

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
48 Dropout

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
7
Weeks
26
Number
49 Dropout

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
23
Weeks
20

A chart by

Date

November 24, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×3) 7

2 2 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 13

3 3 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 11

4 4 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 15

5 5 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 14

8 6 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 6 14

6 7 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 16

7 8 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 18

9 9 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 9 16

10 10 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 10 14

13 11 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 11 9

11 12 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 19

17 13 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 13 7

14 14 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 14 10

15 15 INXS – “I Send a Message” 15 16

16 16 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 16 10

12 17 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×5) 18

21 18 The Cars – “Hello Again” 18 5

19 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 19 12

20 20 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 20 17

22 21 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 21 9

24 22 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 22 4

23 23 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 23 14

18 24 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 24

25 25 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Out of Touch” 25 8

27 26 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 26 5

46 27 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 27 2

31 28 Culture Club – “The War Song” 28 7

29 29 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 29 13

33 30 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 30 6

NE 31 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 31 1

32 32 Bonnie Tyler – “Here She Comes” 32 11

28 33 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 14 18

37 34 Cyndi Lauper – “All Through the Night” 34 6

35 35 Go-Go's – “Yes or No” 35 9

26 36 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 7 21

41 37 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 37 3

38 38 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey – “Together in Electric Dreams” 34 10

43 39 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 39 4

40 40 The Stranglers – “Skin Deep” 40 8

30 41 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 1(×3) 28

42 42 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 42 4

44 43 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 43 3

50 44 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 44 2

45 45 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 45 3

47 46 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 46 2

34 47 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 3 23

36 48 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 29 22

NE 49 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 49 1

NE 50 General Public – “Tenderness” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 9 21

48 -- The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 7 26

49 -- Ultravox – “Lament” 23 20

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