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

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3 Up by 2

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Down by 1

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Down by 1

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
6

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 10

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Up by 6

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Debut

Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
12
Weeks
1
Number
13 Down by 2

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
14 Down by 4

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
15 Up by 3

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Up by 5

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Down by 5

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth to Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
18 Down by 5

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
19 Down by 5

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
20 Down by 5

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 3

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 5

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 2

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 2

Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
From the album: The Wall
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 9

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
26

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
27 Up by 3

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 1

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29 Down by 10

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
30 Up by 2

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 3

Don't Ask Me Why
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 5

Sleepwalk
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 10

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
34 Down by 6

Brass in Pocket
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
29
Number
35 Down by 4

Mystery Achievement
Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
36 Down by 2

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
37 Down by 2

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
37 Down by 1

Christine
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
39

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
40 Debut

You Better Run
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 3

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
34
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

September 6, 1980

Songs

41

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1 1 Kate Bush – "Babooshka" 1(×2) 10

2 2 Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 1(×3) 11

5 3 Olivia Newton-John – "Magic" 3 12

3 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Messages" 1(×8) 18

4 5 Billy Joel – "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" 4 15

6 6 The Rolling Stones – "Emotional Rescue" 6 10

7 7 Pete Townshend – "Let My Love Open the Door" 7 10

8 8 Electric Light Orchestra – "All Over the World" 8 6

9 9 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – "Xanadu" 9 5

20 10 Peter Gabriel – "Games Without Frontiers" 10 3

17 11 Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust" 11 4

NE 12 David Bowie – "Ashes to Ashes" 12 1

11 13 Rocky Burnette – "Tired of Toein' the Line" 11 14

10 14 Gary Numan – "M.E." 3 18

18 15 Diana Ross – "Upside Down" 15 5

21 16 Split Enz – "I Got You" 16 2

12 17 Lipps Inc. – "Funkytown" 1(×1) 21

13 18 Gary Numan – "Cars" 1(×9) 30

14 19 Fisher-Z – "So Long" 10 16

15 20 Electric Light Orchestra – "I'm Alive" 11 14

24 21 Genesis – "Misunderstanding" 21 9

27 22 Kenny Loggins – "I'm Alright" 22 5

25 23 Manhattan Transfer – "Twilight Zone" 21 12

22 24 Pink Floyd – "Comfortably Numb" 22 11

16 25 Paul McCartney – "Coming Up" 8 17

26 26 Squeeze – "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" 25 13

30 27 Carly Simon – "Jesse" 27 7

29 28 Eddie Rabbitt – "Drivin’ My Life Away" 28 8

19 29 Squeeze – "If I Didn't Love You" 6 23

32 30 The S.O.S. Band – "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" 30 9

33 30 Billy Joel – "Don't Ask Me Why" 30 4

37 32 Ultravox – "Sleepwalk" 32 3

23 33 Queen – "Play the Game" 18 13

28 34 Pretenders – "Brass in Pocket" 2 29

31 35 Pretenders – "Mystery Achievement" 27 11

34 36 The J. Geils Band – "Love Stinks" 20 16

35 37 Elli & Jacno – "Main Dans La Main" 9 20

36 37 Siouxsie and The Banshees – "Christine" 17 14

39 39 The Cure – "A Forest" 15 19

NE 40 Pat Benatar – "You Better Run" 40 1

38 41 The Human League – "Empire State Human" 34 12

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Blondie – "Atomic" 1(×6) 28

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