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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 9 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 5

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3 Down by 1

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
4 Down by 1

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 1

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 1

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 1

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 1

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 1

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 1

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 3

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 3

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 2

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 4

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
17 Down by 4

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 3

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 1

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
20 Down by 1

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
21 Down by 1

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 6

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 11

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 4

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 4

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
27 Down by 2

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
28 Down by 5

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 2

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 9

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 2

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 3

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 1

Think About Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
34 Down by 8

You May Be Right
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
35 Up by 2

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 6

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
37 Up by 3

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38

We Are Glass
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
36 Dropout

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
21
Weeks
15

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Date

May 31, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 16

7 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 2 4

2 3 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 15

3 4 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 3 7

4 5 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 15

5 6 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 11

6 7 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 14

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

8 9 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 14

11 10 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 9

10 11 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 18

15 12 Blondie – “Call Me” 12 11

16 13 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 13 6

14 14 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 14 11

17 15 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 15 8

12 16 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 19

13 17 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 14

21 18 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 18 6

18 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 17

19 20 The Police – “So Lonely” 9 16

20 21 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 20 10

28 22 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 22 4

34 23 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 23 3

24 24 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 24 10

29 25 The Cure – “A Forest” 25 5

22 26 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 27

25 27 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 11 17

23 28 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 23

27 29 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 24 12

39 30 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 30 2

33 31 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 31 6

35 32 Kate Bush – “Breathing” 32 5

32 33 Fleetwood Mac – “Think About Me” 28 8

26 34 Billy Joel – “You May Be Right” 26 8

37 35 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 35 3

30 36 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 19 13

40 37 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 37 2

38 38 Gary Numan – “We Are Glass” 38 2

NE 39 The Specials – “Rat Race” 39 1

NE 40 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- The Cars – “Double Life” 16 20

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

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