In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

Compact View

Filter:

Number
1

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Up by 1

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
3 Up by 1

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 2

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 5

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 2

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 4

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 1

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
14

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 5

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 5

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
17 Up by 1

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 1

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 10

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 2

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 5

Are We Ourselves?
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
23 Up by 1

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
24 Down by 4

Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
25 Up by 3

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26

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

Anywhere with You
Rubber Rodeo
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
28 Down by 3

Concealed Weapons
The J. Geils Band
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 5

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 3

You Take Me Up
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
31 Down by 1

Two Tribes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
32 Up by 7

Do It Again
The Kinks
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 7

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 3

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35

Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)
Roger Hodgson
Peak
35
Weeks
11
Number
36 Up by 2

Louise
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Debut

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 3

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 10

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 8

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
41 Down by 10

Let's Go Crazy
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
42 Down by 9

Don't Be My Enemy
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
43 Down by 7

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
18
Weeks
25
Number
44 Up by 1

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Debut

Since Yesterday
Strawberry Switchblade
From the album: Strawberry Switchblade
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Up by 2

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Down by 4

Stranger in Town
Toto
From the album: Isolation
Peak
34
Weeks
11
Number
48 Down by 6

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
27
Number
49 Debut

Love & Pride
King
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

Hammer To Fall
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
13
Weeks
18

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Heaven (Must Be There)
Eurogliders
Peak
43
Weeks
7
Number
47 Dropout

Apollo 9
Adam Ant
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
50 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

January 19, 1985

Songs

50

Create Chart Card Export chart (CSV)

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/amsvec/in-retrospect-260

1 1 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×4) 9

3 2 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 2 22

4 3 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 3 10

2 4 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 15

5 5 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 21

6 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 6 17

7 7 The Cars – “Hello Again” 7 13

8 8 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 8 10

9 9 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 9 13

15 10 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 10 8

13 11 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 11 11

16 12 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 12 7

12 13 Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 15

14 14 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 14 9

10 15 Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 10 12

11 16 David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 19

18 17 General Public – “Tenderness” 17 9

19 18 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 18 7

29 19 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 19 3

22 20 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 20 5

21 21 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 21 7

17 22 The Fixx – “Are We Ourselves?” 4 23

24 23 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 19 10

20 24 Prince & The Revolution – “Purple Rain” 20 14

28 25 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 25 5

26 26 Cyndi Lauper – “Money Changes Everything” 26 5

23 27 Rubber Rodeo – “Anywhere with You” 8 22

25 28 The J. Geils Band – “Concealed Weapons” 25 12

34 29 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 29 3

27 30 Thompson Twins – “You Take Me Up” 5 22

30 31 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Two Tribes” 30 12

39 32 The Kinks – “Do It Again” 32 4

40 33 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 33 4

37 34 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 34 5

35 35 Roger Hodgson – “Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)” 35 11

38 36 The Human League – “Louise” 36 7

NE 37 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 37 1

41 38 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 38 6

49 39 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 39 2

32 40 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 3 26

31 41 Prince & The Revolution – “Let's Go Crazy” 6 24

33 42 Wang Chung – “Don't Be My Enemy” 15 18

36 43 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 18 25

45 44 Wang Chung – “Wait” 44 4

NE 45 Strawberry Switchblade – “Since Yesterday” 45 1

48 46 Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 46 3

43 47 Toto – “Stranger in Town” 34 11

42 48 Sparks – “With All My Might” 4 27

NE 49 King – “Love & Pride” 49 1

46 50 Queen – “Hammer To Fall” 13 18

DROPOUTS:

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

47 -- Adam Ant – “Apollo 9” 20 16

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

Leave the first comment

Leave a comment to share your thoughts about this chart.