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

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
4

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 2

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Down by 2

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
8

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 3

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 3

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 1

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 1

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
13 Down by 4

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 1

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 3

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 1

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 4

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
19 Up by 3

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 2

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 5

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
23 Up by 6

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 2

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 2

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Down by 5

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

Money Changes Everything
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 12

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 5

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
30 Down by 5

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
31 Up by 5

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 4

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
18
Weeks
23
Number
33 Down by 3

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
34 Up by 1

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 2

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 2

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
36
Weeks
9
Number
37 Down by 5

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
38 Down by 5

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
39 Debut

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Up by 2

Louise
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 7

The More You Live, the More You Love
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: The Story of a Young Heart
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
42 Up by 3

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 1

Heaven (Must Be There)
Eurogliders
Peak
43
Weeks
6
Number
44 Up by 3

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 4

Do It Again
The Kinks
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 3

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 7

Tesla Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
19
Weeks
18

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
41 Dropout

I Send a Message
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
46 Dropout

A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void
From the album: Instincts
Peak
29
Weeks
18
Number
51 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

January 5, 1985

Songs

50

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×2) 7

2 2 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 13

3 3 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 3 20

4 4 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 19

7 5 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 5 8

6 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 6 15

5 7 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 17

8 8 The Cars – “Hello Again” 8 11

12 9 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 9 8

13 10 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 10 11

10 11 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 10 10

11 12 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 13

9 13 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 21

15 14 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 14 9

16 15 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 15 7

19 16 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 16 6

18 17 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 17 5

14 18 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 8 20

22 19 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 19 8

20 20 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 20 12

23 21 General Public – “Tenderness” 21 7

17 22 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 20

29 23 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 23 5

26 24 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 24 5

27 25 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 25 10

21 26 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 22

31 27 Cyndi Lauper – “Money Changes Everything” 27 3

40 28 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 28 3

24 29 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 24

25 30 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 15 16

36 31 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 31 3

28 32 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 18 23

30 33 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 13 16

35 34 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 34 9

37 35 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 35 10

38 36 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 36 9

32 37 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 25

33 38 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 20 15

NE 39 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 39 1

42 40 The Human League – “Louise” 40 5

34 41 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 9 22

45 42 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 42 4

44 43 Eurogliders – “Heaven (Must Be There)” 43 6

47 44 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 44 3

49 45 The Kinks – “Do It Again” 45 2

48 46 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 46 2

50 47 Wang Chung – “Wait” 47 2

NE 48 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 48 1

NE 49 Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 49 1

43 50 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Tesla Girls” 19 18

DROPOUTS:

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

41 -- INXS – “I Send a Message” 15 21

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

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

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