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 1

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
3

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 1

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5 Up by 1

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6 Down by 2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 4

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Up by 4

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
8
Weeks
3
Number
9

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 2

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 3

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 4

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 3

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 7

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
15

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 3

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 3

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 1

Stereotype
The Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 1

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

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 5

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22

Turn It On Again
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 1

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 1

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
25

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 10

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 4

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 11

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 2

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
30 Down by 2

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
31 Down by 1

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
32

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 19

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
34

Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
From the album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

Uptown
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 7

Generals and Majors
XTC
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
37 Up by 3

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38

Baggy Trousers
Madness
From the album: Absolutely
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
39 Debut

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 7

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
10
Weeks
14

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

I'm Happy That Love Has Found You
Jimmy Hall
Peak
37
Weeks
3

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Date

November 8, 1980

Songs

40

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2 1 Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 11

1 2 David Bowie – “Ashes To Ashes” 1(×7) 10

3 3 Devo – “Whip It” 3 9

5 4 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 4 8

6 5 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 5 4

4 6 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 12

11 7 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 7 5

12 8 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 8 3

9 9 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 9 8

8 10 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 8 8

14 11 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 11 5

16 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 12 6

10 13 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 10 6

7 14 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 3 15

15 15 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 5 13

13 16 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 4 14

20 17 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 17 8

17 18 The Specials – “Stereotype” 17 8

18 19 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 1(×3) 20

21 20 The Cars – “Touch and Go” 20 8

26 21 Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 21 4

22 22 Genesis – “Turn It On Again” 19 8

24 23 Billy Joel – “Sometimes a Fantasy” 23 5

23 24 Supertramp – “Dreamer” 18 8

25 25 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 25 6

36 26 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 26 2

31 27 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 27 6

39 28 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 28 2

27 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 27

28 30 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 1(×2) 19

30 31 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 13 16

32 32 The Teardrop Explodes – “When I Dream” 32 8

14 33 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 4 19

34 34 Japan – “Gentlemen Take Polaroids” 34 3

35 35 Prince – “Uptown” 35 3

29 36 XTC – “Generals and Majors” 22 8

40 37 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 37 2

38 38 Madness – “Baggy Trousers” 37 6

NE 39 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 39 1

33 40 Kenny Loggins – “I'm Alright” 10 14

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Jimmy Hall – “I'm Happy That Love Has Found You” 37 3

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