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 6 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 2

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6 Down by 1

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 2

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 2

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 3

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 4

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
11

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 1

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13 Down by 5

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
14 Up by 5

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 3

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
16 Up by 12

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Down by 2

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
18

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
18
Weeks
20
Number
19 Up by 2

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 6

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
21 Down by 1

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
22 Down by 6

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
23 Up by 1

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 3

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 3

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
26 Down by 1

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
27 Up by 7

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 8

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 6

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
30 Up by 3

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 5

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
32 Up by 6

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 4

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 11

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 5

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
36 Down by 7

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
29
Weeks
16
Number
37 Down by 6

All Through the Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 2

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39

Skin Deep
The Stranglers
From the album: Aural Sculpture
Peak
39
Weeks
11
Number
40 Up by 1

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Up by 1

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Up by 6

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 11

Video!
Jeff Lynne
Peak
23
Weeks
17
Number
44 Up by 5

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 10

The War Song
Culture Club
From the album: Waking Up with the House on Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
46 Up by 1

Heaven (Must Be There)
Eurogliders
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Up by 3

Louise
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 4

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
49 Debut

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

Together in Electric Dreams
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
From the album: Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Peak
34
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Here She Comes
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Metropolis (Music from the Motion Picture)
Peak
32
Weeks
13

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Date

December 15, 1984

Songs

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1 1 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×6) 10

2 2 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 16

3 3 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 14

4 4 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 4 17

7 5 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 5 4

5 6 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 18

9 7 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 7 12

10 8 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 8 17

12 9 The Cars – “Hello Again” 9 8

6 10 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 17

11 11 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 10

13 12 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 12 5

8 13 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 19

19 14 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 14 7

12 15 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 21

28 16 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 16 5

15 17 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 15 13

18 18 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 18 20

21 19 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 19 8

14 20 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 22

20 21 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 13 13

16 22 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 9 19

24 23 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 23 9

27 24 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 24 6

22 25 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 20 12

25 26 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Out of Touch” 25 11

34 27 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 27 4

36 28 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 28 3

23 29 INXS – “I Send a Message” 15 19

33 30 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 30 7

26 31 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 19 15

38 32 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 32 5

37 33 General Public – “Tenderness” 33 4

45 34 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 34 2

30 35 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×5) 21

29 36 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 29 16

31 37 Cyndi Lauper – “All Through the Night” 31 9

40 38 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 38 6

39 39 The Stranglers – “Skin Deep” 39 11

41 40 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 40 7

42 41 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 41 6

48 42 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 42 2

32 43 Jeff Lynne – “Video!” 23 17

49 44 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 44 2

35 45 Culture Club – “The War Song” 28 10

47 46 Eurogliders – “Heaven (Must Be There)” 46 3

50 47 The Human League – “Louise” 47 2

44 48 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 1(×2) 27

NE 49 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 49 1

46 50 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey – “Together in Electric Dreams” 34 13

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Bonnie Tyler – “Here She Comes” 32 13

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