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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

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 3

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9 Down by 1

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
10 Down by 1

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 3

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 2

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
13

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
14 Down by 2

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
15

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
16

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
17

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
18

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 11

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 9

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 3

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
23 Up by 2

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 5

Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
26

Mystery Achievement
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 5

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
28 Up by 6

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 10

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 1

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 2

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 10

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
34 Up by 3

Don't Ask Me Why
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 8

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
36 Down by 1

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
37 Down by 9

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
38 Debut

Sleepwalk
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 3

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
40 Debut

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
40 Dropout

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
25

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Date

August 23, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 1(×3) 9

2 2 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 2 8

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 16

4 4 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 4 13

5 5 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 5 10

6 6 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 6 8

7 7 Pete Townshend – “Let My Love Open the Door” 7 8

11 8 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 8 4

8 9 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 3 16

9 10 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 1(×1) 19

14 11 Rocky Burnette – “Tired of Toein' the Line” 11 12

10 12 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 28

13 13 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 10 14

12 14 Electric Light Orchestra – “I'm Alive” 11 12

15 15 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 8 15

16 16 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 27

17 17 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 6 21

18 18 Queen – “Play the Game” 18 11

30 19 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 19 3

29 20 Diana Ross – “Upside Down” 20 3

21 21 Manhattan Transfer – “Twilight Zone” 21 10

19 22 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 9 18

25 23 Genesis – “Misunderstanding” 23 7

24 24 Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” 24 11

20 25 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine” 17 12

26 26 The Pretenders – “Mystery Achievement” 26 9

22 27 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 20 14

34 28 Kenny Loggins – “I'm Alright” 28 3

39 29 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 29 2

31 30 Eddie Rabbitt – “Drivin’ My Life Away” 30 6

33 31 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 31 5

32 32 The S.O.S. Band – “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” 32 7

23 33 The Cure – “A Forest” 15 17

37 34 Billy Joel – “Don't Ask Me Why” 34 2

27 35 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 23

35 36 The Human League – “Empire State Human” 33 10

28 37 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 27

NE 38 Ultravox – “Sleepwalk” 38 1

36 39 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 21

NE 40 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

38 -- The Specials – “Rat Race” 24 12

40 -- Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 25

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