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 8 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 6

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
7
Weeks
3
Number
8

Candy-O
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 3

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
11 Up by 1

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 2

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 2

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
14

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 2

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 2

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 2

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 2

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
20

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 8

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 1

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
23 Down by 1

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
24 Up by 1

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 2

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
26

You May Be Right
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 3

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 6

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 1

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 3

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
31

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
32 Down by 4

Think About Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
33

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 6

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 4

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
37 Up by 1

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

We Are Glass
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
37 Dropout

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
39 Dropout

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

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Date

May 24, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×8) 15

2 2 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 14

3 3 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 3 6

4 4 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 14

5 5 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 10

6 6 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 13

13 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 7 3

8 8 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 13

9 9 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 9 8

7 10 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 17

12 11 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 11 8

10 12 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 18

11 13 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 13

14 14 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 14 10

15 15 Blondie – “Call Me” 13 10

18 16 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 16 5

19 17 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 17 7

16 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 16

17 19 The Police – “So Lonely” 9 15

20 20 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 20 9

29 21 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 21 5

21 22 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 26

22 23 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 22

25 24 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 24 9

23 25 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 11 16

26 26 Billy Joel – “You May Be Right” 26 7

24 27 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 24 11

34 28 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 28 3

30 29 The Cure – “A Forest” 29 4

27 30 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 19 12

31 31 The Cars – “Double Life” 16 20

28 32 Fleetwood Mac – “Think About Me” 28 7

33 33 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 33 5

40 34 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 34 2

36 35 Kate Bush – “Breathing” 35 4

32 36 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 21 15

38 37 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 37 2

NE 38 Gary Numan – “We Are Glass” 38 1

NE 39 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 39 1

NE 40 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Queen – “Save Me” 12 13

37 -- The Clash – “London Calling” 3 22

39 -- Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker” 30 9

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