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 6 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth to Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 1

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Down by 1

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 2

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
7 Up by 6

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Down by 2

Brass in Pocket
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
9

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
10

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 4

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 3

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Up by 4

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 2

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
17 Down by 6

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 1

Train in Vain
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
19 Up by 2

Christine
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 1

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
21 Up by 9

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 1

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 3

Talk of the Town
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
24

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 2

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 5

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
28 Up by 5

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 2

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 4

Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
From the album: The Wall
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 3

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
From the album: Graffiti Crimes
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
32 Down by 7

Candy-O
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
33 Down by 4

We Live For Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 3

Mystery Achievement
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 3

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Down by 2

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
38 Down by 6

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
39

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Mirror in the Bathroom
The Beat
From the album: I Just Can't Stop It
Peak
32
Weeks
6

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Date

July 19, 1980

Songs

40

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