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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 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
5

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Up by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Down by 1

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 4

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 3

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
12 Down by 1

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 1

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
14 Down by 1

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
15 Debut

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
15
Weeks
1
Number
16 Up by 1

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 1

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 2

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 2

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Down by 2

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 7

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
23 Up by 1

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 2

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 2

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 5

Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 3

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 7

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 8

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 2

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 9

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
32 Up by 1

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 1

Mirror in the Bathroom
The Beat
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 2

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 7

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
36 Down by 11

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
37 Down by 8

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
38 Up by 1

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 1

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Mystery Achievement
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
23 Dropout

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
38 Dropout

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

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Date

June 28, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×4) 8

2 2 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 2 11

3 3 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 20

4 4 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 19

5 5 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 5 8

7 6 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 6 13

6 7 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 19

9 8 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 8 7

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

14 10 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 10 6

8 11 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 15

11 12 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 18

12 13 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 18

13 14 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 13

NE 15 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 15 1

17 16 The Cure – “A Forest” 16 9

18 17 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 17 5

16 18 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 15 12

21 19 Electric Light Orchestra – “I'm Alive” 19 4

20 20 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 20 14

19 21 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 18 10

15 22 Blondie – “Call Me” 11 15

24 23 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 23 10

26 24 Kate Bush – “Breathing” 24 9

27 25 The Specials – “Rat Race” 25 5

31 26 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine” 26 4

30 27 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 27 6

35 28 Queen – “Play the Game” 28 3

37 29 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 29 2

32 30 Rocky Burnette – “Tired of Toein' the Line” 30 4

22 31 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 22

33 32 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 32 7

34 33 The Beat – “Mirror in the Bathroom” 33 4

36 34 Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” 34 3

28 35 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 18

25 36 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 23

29 37 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 21

39 38 Manhattan Transfer – “Twilight Zone” 38 2

40 39 The Human League – “Empire State Human” 39 2

NE 40 The Pretenders – “Mystery Achievement” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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