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

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Down by 2

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
5

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 1

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Down by 1

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
8

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 1

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
11

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 5

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 25

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
13
Weeks
2
Number
14 Up by 1

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 2

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
16 Down by 4

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
17 Down by 3

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 6

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Up by 3

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 1

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 5

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
22 Down by 4

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
23 Down by 4

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
24 Up by 1

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 2

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 2

You May Be Right
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 7

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 1

Think About Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 2

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 3

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 8

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
32 Down by 6

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
33 Up by 2

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 5

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 5

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

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 5

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
38 Debut

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 5

Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
40 Debut

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
Pink Floyd
From the album: The Wall
Peak
40
Weeks
1

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Date

May 17, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×7) 14

3 2 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 13

4 3 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 3 5

2 4 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 13

5 5 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 9

7 6 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 12

6 7 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 16

8 8 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 12

10 9 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 9 7

9 10 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 17

11 11 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 12

17 12 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 12 7

38 13 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 13 2

15 14 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 14 9

13 15 Blondie – “Call Me” 13 9

12 16 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 15

14 17 The Police – “So Lonely” 9 14

24 18 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 18 4

22 19 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 19 6

21 20 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 20 8

16 21 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 25

18 22 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 21

19 23 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 11 15

25 24 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 24 10

27 25 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 25 8

28 26 Billy Joel – “You May Be Right” 26 6

20 27 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 19 11

29 28 Fleetwood Mac – “Think About Me” 28 6

31 29 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 29 4

33 30 The Cure – “A Forest” 30 3

23 31 The Cars – “Double Life” 16 19

26 32 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 21 14

35 33 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 33 4

39 34 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 34 2

30 35 Queen – “Save Me” 12 13

37 36 Kate Bush – “Breathing” 36 3

32 37 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 22

NE 38 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 38 1

34 39 Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker” 30 9

NE 40 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 21

40 -- Pink Floyd – “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” 40 1

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