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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

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 1

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Down by 1

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 2

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 2

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 5

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 2

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
12 Down by 1

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
13 Down by 1

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 2

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 2

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
16 Down by 1

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 2

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Up by 4

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 1

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
20

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 13

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Down by 5

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
23 Down by 2

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

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 2

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
26 Up by 3

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 4

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 4

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
29 Down by 4

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 2

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 4

Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 5

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 2

Mirror in the Bathroom
The Beat
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 5

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 8

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
39 Debut

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
27 Dropout

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
28 Dropout

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
38 Dropout

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

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Date

June 21, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×3) 7

3 2 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 2 10

2 3 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 19

4 4 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 18

7 5 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 5 7

5 6 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 18

8 7 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 7 12

6 8 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 14

14 9 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 9 6

10 10 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 10 9

9 11 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 17

11 12 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 17

12 13 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 12

16 14 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 14 5

13 15 Blondie – “Call Me” 11 14

15 16 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 15 11

19 17 The Cure – “A Forest” 17 8

22 18 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 18 4

18 19 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 18 9

20 20 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 20 13

34 21 Electric Light Orchestra – “I'm Alive” 21 3

17 22 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 21

21 23 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 14 14

26 24 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 24 9

23 25 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 22

29 26 Kate Bush – “Breathing” 26 8

31 27 The Specials – “Rat Race” 27 4

24 28 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 17

25 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 20

32 30 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 30 5

35 31 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine” 31 3

37 32 Rocky Burnette – “Tired of Toein' the Line” 32 3

33 33 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 33 6

36 34 The Beat – “Mirror in the Bathroom” 34 3

40 35 Queen – “Play the Game” 35 2

39 36 Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” 36 2

NE 37 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 37 1

30 38 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 30

NE 39 Manhattan Transfer – “Twilight Zone” 39 1

NE 40 The Human League – “Empire State Human” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

27 -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 20 12

28 -- The Police – “So Lonely” 9 18

38 -- Gary Numan – “We Are Glass” 37 4

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