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 Up by 1

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
3

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Up by 10

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10 Down by 1

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
11

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Down by 2

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth to Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
13 Down by 1

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
14 Down by 1

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
15 Down by 1

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

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 13

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Up by 2

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 2

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
20 Up by 20

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Debut

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
21
Weeks
1
Number
22

Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
From the album: The Wall
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Down by 5

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 1

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 4

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
26 Down by 1

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 2

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 12

Brass in Pocket
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
29 Up by 2

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 2

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 4

Mystery Achievement
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 1

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 2

Don't Ask Me Why
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
35 Down by 11

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
36 Down by 10

Christine
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
37 Up by 2

Sleepwalk
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 1

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
34
Weeks
11
Number
39 Down by 5

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
40 Down by 2

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat to the Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Train in Vain
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
41 Dropout

Talk of the Town
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
10
Weeks
21

A chart by

Date

August 30, 1980

Songs

40

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2 1 Kate Bush – "Babooshka" 1(×1) 9

1 2 Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 1(×3) 10

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Messages" 1(×8) 17

4 4 Billy Joel – "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" 4 14

5 5 Olivia Newton-John – "Magic" 5 11

6 6 The Rolling Stones – "Emotional Rescue" 6 9

7 7 Pete Townshend – "Let My Love Open the Door" 7 9

8 8 Electric Light Orchestra – "All Over the World" 8 5

19 9 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – "Xanadu" 9 4

9 10 Gary Numan – "M.E." 3 17

11 11 Rocky Burnette – "Tired of Toein' the Line" 11 13

10 12 Lipps Inc. – "Funkytown" 1(×1) 20

12 13 Gary Numan – "Cars" 1(×9) 29

13 14 Fisher-Z – "So Long" 10 15

14 15 Electric Light Orchestra – "I'm Alive" 11 13

15 16 Paul McCartney – "Coming Up" 8 16

30 17 Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust" 17 3

20 18 Diana Ross – "Upside Down" 18 4

17 19 Squeeze – "If I Didn't Love You" 6 22

40 20 Peter Gabriel – "Games Without Frontiers" 20 2

NE 21 Split Enz – "I Got You" 21 1

22 22 Pink Floyd – "Comfortably Numb" 22 10

18 23 Queen – "Play the Game" 18 12

23 24 Genesis – "Misunderstanding" 23 8

21 25 Manhattan Transfer – "Twilight Zone" 21 11

25 26 Squeeze – "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" 25 12

29 27 Kenny Loggins – "I'm Alright" 27 4

16 28 Pretenders – "Brass in Pocket" 2 28

31 29 Eddie Rabbitt – "Drivin’ My Life Away" 29 7

32 30 Carly Simon – "Jesse" 30 6

27 31 Pretenders – "Mystery Achievement" 27 10

33 32 The S.O.S. Band – "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" 32 8

35 33 Billy Joel – "Don't Ask Me Why" 33 3

28 34 The J. Geils Band – "Love Stinks" 20 15

24 35 Elli & Jacno – "Main Dans La Main" 9 19

26 36 Siouxsie and The Banshees – "Christine" 17 13

39 37 Ultravox – "Sleepwalk" 37 2

37 38 The Human League – "Empire State Human" 34 11

34 39 The Cure – "A Forest" 15 18

38 40 Blondie – "Atomic" 1(×6) 28

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Clash – "Train in Vain" 5 23

41 -- Pretenders – "Talk of the Town" 10 21

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