In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

Compact View

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Number
1

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth to Mouth
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Brass in Pocket
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
5

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6

Train in Vain
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 6

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Down by 2

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 2

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Candy-O
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 2

Talk of the Town
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 2

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 2

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 7

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 3

When I'm With You
Sparks
From the album: Terminal Jive
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
18

We Live For Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
From the album: Graffiti Crimes
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Down by 4

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
22 Up by 7

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 2

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
From the album: The Fine Art of Surfacing
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
24 Down by 2

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
25 Down by 1

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 6

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 1

Refugee
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 3

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
29 Down by 1

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
30 Down by 3

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
31 Up by 3

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 1

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 5

Christine
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35

Echo Beach
Martha and the Muffins
From the album: Metro Music
Peak
34
Weeks
14
Number
36 Up by 2

Mirror in the Bathroom
The Beat
From the album: I Just Can't Stop It
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 1

We Are Glass
Gary Numan
From the album: Telekon
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
39 Debut

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
31 Dropout

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

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Date

June 14, 1980

Songs

40

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