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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 8 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
3 Up by 1

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 1

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

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

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Down by 4

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 2

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 2

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
10 Down by 1

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 5

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Down by 1

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 1

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
14 Down by 1

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
15 Down by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
16 Down by 1

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 1

Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 1

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 2

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 6

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 1

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
22 Down by 5

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
23 Down by 1

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
24 Up by 3

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 3

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 2

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 4

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
28 Down by 3

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 3

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Mystery Achievement
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 2

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
32 Debut

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Up by 1

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 1

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 1

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 5

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
37 Down by 4

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
38

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 2

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
40 Down by 1

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
32
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
11
Weeks
19

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Date

August 2, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 13

2 2 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 2 6

4 3 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 3 13

5 4 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 4 10

6 5 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 5 7

8 6 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 6 5

3 7 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 1(×1) 16

10 8 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 8 5

7 9 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 25

9 10 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 8 12

16 11 Pete Townshend – “Let My Love Open the Door” 11 5

11 12 Electric Light Orchestra – “I'm Alive” 11 9

12 13 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 10 11

13 14 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 24

14 15 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 6 18

15 16 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 9 15

18 17 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine” 17 9

19 18 Queen – “Play the Game” 18 8

21 19 Rocky Burnette – “Tired of Toein' the Line” 19 9

26 20 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 20 11

20 21 The Cure – “A Forest” 15 14

17 22 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 24

22 23 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 20

27 24 Manhattan Transfer – “Twilight Zone” 24 7

28 25 Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” 25 8

24 26 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 18

23 27 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 23

25 28 The Specials – “Rat Race” 24 10

32 29 Genesis – “Misunderstanding” 29 4

30 30 The Pretenders – “Mystery Achievement” 30 6

29 31 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 15 17

NE 32 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 32 1

34 33 The Human League – “Empire State Human” 33 7

35 34 The S.O.S. Band – “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” 34 4

36 35 Eddie Rabbitt – “Drivin’ My Life Away” 35 3

31 36 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 23

33 37 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 20 19

38 38 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 38 2

37 39 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 18 15

39 40 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 32 12

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Blondie – “Call Me” 11 19

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