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 4 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
From the album: The Fine Art of Surfacing
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Brass in Pocket
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6

When I'm With You
Sparks
From the album: Terminal Jive
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
11

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 5

Train in Vain
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Up by 3

Candy-O
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 5

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 4

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
18 Down by 4

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 4

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
20 Down by 1

Living by Numbers
New Musik
From the album: From A to B
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 7

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 3

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 3

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 3

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
25 Down by 3

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 3

Pilot of the Airwaves
Charlie Dore
From the album: Where to Now
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 4

Dangerous Type
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
28 Down by 4

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
29 Up by 1

Longer
Dan Fogelberg
From the album: Phoenix
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 2

Happy House
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 3

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 3

Refugee
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 6

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
34 Up by 3

Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 2

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
36 Up by 2

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
From the album: Graffiti Crimes
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Talk of the Town
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 1

Echo Beach
Martha and the Muffins
From the album: Metro Music
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Debut

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 4

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
41 Down by 10

Voices
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
11
Weeks
14

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

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

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
26
Weeks
10

A chart by

Date

April 5, 1980

Songs

41

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1 1 Blondie – "Atomic" 1(×4) 7

2 2 Gary Numan – "Cars" 1(×3) 8

3 3 Queen – "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 1(×3) 15

4 4 The Boomtown Rats – "I Don't Like Mondays" 4 11

5 5 Pretenders – "Brass in Pocket" 5 7

6 6 Sparks – "When I'm With You" 6 10

7 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Red Frame/White Light" 7 9

8 8 Squeeze – "Another Nail in My Heart" 8 6

9 9 The Police – "So Lonely" 9 8

10 10 Blondie – "Union City Blue" 1(×4) 19

11 11 The Tourists – "So Good To Be Back Home Again" 11 9

12 12 Queen – "Save Me" 12 7

18 13 The Clash – "Train in Vain" 13 3

17 14 The Cars – "Candy-O" 14 6

20 15 Fleetwood Mac – "I Walk a Thin Line" 15 6

16 16 The Cars – "Double Life" 16 13

13 17 The Clash – "London Calling" 3 16

14 18 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – "A Message to You Rudy" 5 16

15 19 The Beat – "Tears Of A Clown" 9 14

19 20 New Musik – "Living by Numbers" 12 12

28 21 Fleetwood Mac – "Not That Funny" 21 3

25 22 The J. Geils Band – "Come Back" 22 8

26 23 The Romantics – "What I Like About You" 23 5

21 24 Electric Light Orchestra – "Last Train to London" 6 15

22 25 John Foxx – "Underpass" 22 10

29 26 Charlie Dore – "Pilot of the Airwaves" 26 5

23 27 The Cars – "Dangerous Type" 2 20

24 28 The Police – "Walking on the Moon" 4 18

30 29 Dan Fogelberg – "Longer" 29 4

32 30 Siouxsie and The Banshees – "Happy House" 30 4

34 31 Blondie – "Call Me" 31 3

35 32 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – "Refugee" 32 2

27 33 Fleetwood Mac – "Sara" 7 14

37 34 Pat Benatar – "Heartbreaker" 34 3

33 35 The Cars – "It's All I Can Do" 1(×1) 27

38 36 Mi-Sex – "Computer Games" 36 2

NE 37 Pretenders – "Talk of the Town" 37 1

39 38 Martha and the Muffins – "Echo Beach" 38 4

NE 39 Squeeze – "If I Didn't Love You" 39 1

36 40 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – "Don't Do Me Like That" 13 17

31 41 Cheap Trick – "Voices" 11 14

DROPOUTS:

40 -- The Knack – "Baby Talks Dirty" 35 4

41 -- Blondie – "The Hardest Part" 26 10

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