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 8

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
2
Number
2

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3 Down by 2

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 1

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
5

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 2

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
7 Down by 1

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 1

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 1

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
10

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 1

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 3

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 4

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 7

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15 Down by 2

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 5

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
17 Down by 3

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
18 Debut

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
18
Weeks
1
Number
19

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 3

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
22 Down by 6

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 3

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 5

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Down by 2

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
26 Down by 4

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
27 Up by 1

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 3

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
29 Down by 5

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
30 Up by 3

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Debut

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Up by 6

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 6

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
34 Debut

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 5

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
36 Down by 4

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
37 Up by 3

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 7

Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
From the album: The Age Of Plastic
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
39 Down by 2

Winter Rose/Love Awake
Paul McCartney & Wings
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
40 Down by 6

Making Plans for Nigel
XTC
Peak
6
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
36 Dropout

Damned If I Do
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
39 Dropout

Dream Police
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
15
Weeks
19

A chart by

Date

February 23, 1980

Songs

40

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9 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×1) 2

2 2 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 13

1 3 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 9

3 4 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 10

5 5 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 10

4 6 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 14

6 7 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 9

7 8 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 7 8

8 9 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 12

10 10 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 10 8

12 11 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 11 5

15 12 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 12 6

17 13 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 13 4

21 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 14 3

13 15 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 11 8

11 16 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 21

14 17 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 13 11

NE 18 Blondie – “Atomic” 18 1

19 19 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 19 8

20 20 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 20 8

18 21 The Motels – “Total Control” 18 11

16 22 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 12 10

26 23 The Cars – “Double Life” 23 7

29 24 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 24 3

23 25 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 29

22 26 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×6) 22

28 27 Blondie – “The Hardest Part” 27 5

25 28 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×1) 21

24 29 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 31

33 30 John Foxx – “Underpass” 30 4

NE 31 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 31 1

38 32 The Police – “So Lonely” 32 2

27 33 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 14

NE 34 Queen – “Save Me” 34 1

30 35 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 16 16

32 36 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 8 19

40 37 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 37 2

31 38 The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” 6 19

37 39 Paul McCartney & Wings – “Winter Rose/Love Awake” 9 23

34 40 XTC – “Making Plans for Nigel” 6 23

DROPOUTS:

35 -- ABBA – “Chiquitita” 24 10

36 -- The Alan Parsons Project – “Damned If I Do” 13 17

39 -- Cheap Trick – “Dream Police” 15 19

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