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

Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Up by 1

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Up by 1

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Down by 2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 2

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Up by 6

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
6
Weeks
3
Number
7 Down by 2

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
8

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 1

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Up by 2

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Up by 14

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Down by 7

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
14

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
14 Up by 2

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 5

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 3

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17

Stereotype
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 3

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
20 Up by 1

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 1

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 2

Without your love
Roger Daltrey
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 3

Turn It On Again
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 6

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 3

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 3

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 3

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 3

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
29 Down by 6

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 1

Generals and Majors
XTC
From the album: Black Sea
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 2

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 5

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
33 Up by 2

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Kilimanjaro
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Down by 2

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
35 Up by 3

Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
From the album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 4

Uptown
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 1

I'm Happy That Love Has Found You
Jimmy Hall
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Debut

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 4

Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
From the album: The Wall
Peak
22
Weeks
19
Number
42

Baggy Trousers
Madness
From the album: Absolutely
Peak
39
Weeks
5

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
36 Dropout

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
41 Dropout

Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Hotter Than July
Peak
41
Weeks
2

A chart by

Date

November 1, 1980

Songs

42

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1 1 David Bowie – "Ashes to Ashes" 1(×7) 9

3 2 Split Enz – "I Got You" 2 10

4 3 Devo – "Whip It" 3 8

2 4 Peter Gabriel – "Games Without Frontiers" 1(×1) 11

7 5 The Vapors – "Turning Japanese" 5 7

12 6 The B-52's – "Private Idaho" 6 3

5 7 Electric Light Orchestra – "All Over the World" 3 14

8 8 The Kings – "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" 8 7

9 9 The Rolling Stones – "She's So Cold" 9 7

11 10 Kate Bush – "Army Dreamers" 10 5

13 11 Adam and the Ants – "Dog Eat Dog" 11 4

26 12 The Police – "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" 12 2

6 13 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – "Xanadu" 4 13

14 14 The Rolling Stones – "Emotional Rescue" 4 18

16 14 The Korgis – "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" 14 4

10 15 Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust" 5 12

19 16 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Enola Gay" 16 5

17 17 The Specials – "Stereotype" 17 7

15 18 Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 1(×3) 19

21 20 Donna Summer – "The Wanderer" 20 7

22 21 The Cars – "Touch and Go" 21 7

24 22 Roger Daltrey – "Without your love " 22 7

20 23 Genesis – "Turn It On Again" 19 7

18 24 Supertramp – "Dreamer" 18 7

28 25 Billy Joel – "Sometimes a Fantasy" 25 4

29 26 Leo Sayer – "More Than I Can Say" 26 5

30 27 Ultravox – "Passing Strangers" 27 3

25 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Messages" 1(×8) 26

23 29 Kate Bush – "Babooshka" 1(×2) 18

31 30 XTC – "Generals and Majors" 22 7

33 31 Pat Benatar – "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" 31 5

27 32 Carly Simon – "Jesse" 13 15

35 33 The Teardrop Explodes – "When I Dream" 33 7

32 34 Kenny Loggins – "I'm Alright" 10 13

38 35 Japan – "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" 35 2

40 36 Prince – "Uptown" 36 2

NE 37 The B-52's – "Strobe Light" 37 1

39 38 Jimmy Hall – "I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" 38 3

NE 39 Devo – "Gates of Steel" 39 1

NE 40 The B-52's – "Give Me Back My Man" 40 1

37 41 Pink Floyd – "Comfortably Numb" 22 19

42 42 Madness – "Baggy Trousers" 39 5

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Diana Ross – "Upside Down" 11 12

36 -- Pete Townshend – "Let My Love Open the Door" 7 17

41 -- Stevie Wonder – "Master Blaster (Jammin')" 41 2

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