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 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 2

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Down by 1

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 1

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
7

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
8

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
9 Up by 2

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 2

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
12 Down by 3

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 4

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
16

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 2

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
19

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 1

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 1

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 9

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 4

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 2

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Down by 9

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
27 Up by 3

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28

The War Song
Culture Club
From the album: Waking Up with the House on Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
29
Weeks
14
Number
30 Down by 7

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 3

All Through the Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32

Here She Comes
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Metropolis (Music from the Motion Picture)
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
33 Down by 9

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
34 Up by 3

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 4

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 8

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 12

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 3

Yes or No
Go-Go's
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
39 Down by 1

Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
From the album: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Peak
34
Weeks
11
Number
40

Skin Deep
The Stranglers
From the album: Aural Sculpture
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
41 Up by 1

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 3

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 1

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Up by 5

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 13

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
47 Down by 11

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
48 Down by 7

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
49 Debut

Heaven (Must Be There)
Eurogliders
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

December 1, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×4) 8

2 2 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 14

3 3 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 12

6 4 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 4 15

4 5 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 16

5 6 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 15

7 7 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 17

8 8 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 19

11 9 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 9 10

10 10 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 10 15

13 11 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 8

12 12 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 20

9 12 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 9 17

14 13 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 13 11

18 14 The Cars – “Hello Again” 14 6

15 15 INXS – “I Send a Message” 15 17

16 16 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 16 11

20 18 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 18 18

19 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 19 13

21 20 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 20 10

22 21 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 21 5

31 22 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 22 2

27 23 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 23 3

26 24 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 24 6

25 25 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Out of Touch” 25 9

17 26 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×5) 19

30 27 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 27 7

28 28 Culture Club – “The War Song” 28 8

29 29 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 29 14

23 30 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 23 15

34 31 Cyndi Lauper – “All Through the Night” 31 7

32 32 Bonnie Tyler – “Here She Comes” 32 12

24 33 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 25

37 34 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 34 4

39 35 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 35 5

44 36 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 36 3

49 37 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 37 2

35 38 Go-Go's – “Yes or No” 35 10

38 39 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey – “Together in Electric Dreams” 34 11

40 40 The Stranglers – “Skin Deep” 40 9

42 41 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 41 5

43 42 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 42 4

46 43 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 43 3

45 44 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 44 4

50 45 General Public – “Tenderness” 45 2

33 46 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 14 19

36 47 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 7 22

41 48 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 1(×3) 29

NE 49 Eurogliders – “Heaven (Must Be There)” 49 1

NE 50 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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