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

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
3

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 1

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 2

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 1

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 2

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 6

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
11

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Up by 5

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 1

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
14 Down by 1

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
15 Down by 1

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
16

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 1

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 14

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Down by 4

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 4

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 2

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
22

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Down by 3

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
24 Down by 3

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
25

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 4

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 4

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 10

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 2

Pilot of the Airwaves
Charlie Dore
From the album: Where to Now
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 6

Longer
Dan Fogelberg
From the album: Phoenix
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 5

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
32 Up by 5

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 5

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
34 Up by 6

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Down by 9

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
37 Up by 2

Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 10

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
40 Down by 5

Baby Talks Dirty
The Knack
From the album: ...But The Little Girls Understand
Peak
35
Weeks
4

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
34 Dropout

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
18
Weeks
15

A chart by

Date

March 29, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×3) 6

2 2 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×3) 7

3 3 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 14

5 4 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 10

7 5 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 5 6

6 6 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 6 9

8 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 7 8

10 8 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 8 5

9 9 The Police – “So Lonely” 9 7

4 10 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 18

11 11 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 11 8

17 12 Queen – “Save Me” 12 6

12 13 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 15

13 14 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 15

14 15 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 9 13

16 16 The Cars – “Double Life” 16 12

18 17 The Cars – “Candy-O” 17 5

32 18 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 18 2

15 19 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 12 11

24 20 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 20 5

19 21 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 14

22 22 John Foxx – “Underpass” 22 9

20 23 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 19

21 24 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 17

25 25 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 25 7

30 26 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 26 4

23 27 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 7 13

38 28 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 28 2

31 29 Charlie Dore – “Pilot of the Airwaves” 29 4

36 30 Dan Fogelberg – “Longer” 30 3

26 31 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 11 13

37 32 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 32 3

28 33 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 26

40 34 Blondie – “Call Me” 34 2

NE 35 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 35 1

27 36 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 13 16

39 37 Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker” 37 2

NE 38 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 38 1

29 39 Blondie – “The Hardest Part” 26 10

35 40 The Knack – “Baby Talks Dirty” 35 4

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 20 12

34 -- The Motels – “Total Control” 18 15

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