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 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
4 Up by 1

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 1

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 1

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 1

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 4

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
12

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 1

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 1

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 1

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 1

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 4

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
18 Up by 3

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 4

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 3

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 6

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 5

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
24 Down by 5

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
25

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 1

Money Changes Everything
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 5

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
28 Up by 3

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 10

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 5

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
31 Down by 5

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
32 Down by 3

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

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
34 Up by 14

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36 Down by 4

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
18
Weeks
24
Number
37 Up by 7

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 2

Louise
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 6

Do It Again
The Kinks
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 6

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 5

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
43 Down by 9

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
44 Down by 1

Heaven (Must Be There)
Eurogliders
Peak
43
Weeks
7
Number
45 Up by 2

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 13

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
47 Down by 9

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
48 Up by 1

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 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
23

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

January 12, 1985

Songs

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×3) 8

2 2 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 14

3 3 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 3 21

5 4 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 4 9

4 5 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 20

6 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 6 16

8 7 The Cars – “Hello Again” 7 12

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

10 9 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 9 12

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

7 11 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 18

12 12 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 14

14 13 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 13 10

15 14 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 14 8

16 15 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 15 7

17 16 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 16 6

13 17 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 22

21 18 General Public – “Tenderness” 18 8

23 19 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 19 6

20 20 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 20 13

24 21 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 21 6

28 22 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 22 4

18 23 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 8 21

19 24 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 19 9

25 25 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 25 11

27 26 Cyndi Lauper – “Money Changes Everything” 26 4

22 27 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 21

31 28 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 28 4

39 29 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 29 2

35 30 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 30 11

26 31 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 23

29 32 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 25

30 33 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 15 17

48 34 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 34 2

36 35 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 35 10

32 36 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 18 24

44 37 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 37 4

40 38 The Human League – “Louise” 38 6

45 39 The Kinks – “Do It Again” 39 3

46 40 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 40 3

42 41 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 41 5

37 42 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 26

34 43 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 34 10

43 44 Eurogliders – “Heaven (Must Be There)” 43 7

47 45 Wang Chung – “Wait” 45 3

33 46 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 13 17

38 47 Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 20 16

49 48 Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 48 2

NE 49 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 49 1

41 50 A Flock of Seagulls – “The More You Live, the More You Love” 9 23

DROPOUTS:

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

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