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 Up by 1

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

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
4

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 1

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 2

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 3

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
10 Up by 3

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 2

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 2

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Down by 4

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
15 Up by 2

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 4

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 5

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 3

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Up by 5

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Up by 2

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 5

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
22 Up by 4

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 4

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Down by 6

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
25 Down by 6

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
26 Up by 7

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 1

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28 Down by 5

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
18
Weeks
22
Number
29 Up by 8

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 5

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 12

Money Changes Everything
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 1

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
33 Down by 3

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
34 Down by 5

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
35

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 11

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 1

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 1

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39 Down by 7

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
40 Up by 9

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 7

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
42 Up by 2

Louise
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Down by 7

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
44 Up by 2

Heaven (Must Be There)
Eurogliders
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
45 Up by 3

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 6

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
29
Weeks
18
Number
47 Up by 3

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Do It Again
The Kinks
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 6

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Skin Deep
The Stranglers
From the album: Aural Sculpture
Peak
39
Weeks
12
Number
42 Dropout

All Through the Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
31
Weeks
10

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Date

December 29, 1984

Songs

51

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2 1 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×1) 6

1 2 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 12

3 3 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 3 19

4 4 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 18

5 5 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 16

7 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 6 14

9 7 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 7 7

8 8 The Cars – “Hello Again” 8 10

6 9 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 20

13 10 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 10 9

11 11 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 12

14 12 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 12 7

15 13 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 13 10

10 14 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 8 19

17 15 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 15 8

20 16 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 16 6

12 17 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 19

21 18 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 18 4

24 19 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 19 5

22 20 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 20 11

16 21 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 21

26 22 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 22 7

27 23 General Public – “Tenderness” 23 6

18 24 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 23

19 25 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 15 15

33 26 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 26 4

28 27 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 27 9

23 28 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 18 22

37 29 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 29 4

25 30 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 13 15

43 31 Cyndi Lauper – “Money Changes Everything” 31 2

31 32 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 24

30 33 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 20 14

29 34 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 9 21

35 35 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 35 8

47 36 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 36 2

38 37 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 37 9

39 38 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 38 8

32 39 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Out of Touch” 25 13

49 40 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 40 2

34 41 INXS – “I Send a Message” 15 21

44 42 The Human League – “Louise” 42 4

36 43 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 19 17

46 44 Eurogliders – “Heaven (Must Be There)” 44 5

48 45 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 45 3

40 46 Romeo Void – “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” 29 18

50 47 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 47 2

NE 48 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 48 1

NE 49 The Kinks – “Do It Again” 49 1

NE 50 Wang Chung – “Wait” 50 1

45 51 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 1(×5) 23

DROPOUTS:

41 -- The Stranglers – “Skin Deep” 39 12

42 -- Cyndi Lauper – “All Through the Night” 31 10

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