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

Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Up by 1

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 1

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 2

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
6

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 2

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 2

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
13

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
14

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 1

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Up by 8

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 19

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Down by 3

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
19 Up by 2

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 3

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 4

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 4

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 5

Stereotype
The Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
25 Down by 7

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 11

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 5

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
28 Up by 1

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Down by 9

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
30 Down by 3

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 3

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32

Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
From the album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33

Uptown
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 1

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 5

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
36 Down by 8

Turn It On Again
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
37 Down by 6

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
38 Debut

Don't Tell Me No
The Cars
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 1

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 1

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Generals and Majors
XTC
Peak
22
Weeks
9

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Date

November 22, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 David Bowie – “Ashes To Ashes” 1(×9) 12

2 2 Devo – “Whip It” 2 11

4 3 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 3 10

5 4 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 4 6

3 5 Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 13

6 6 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 6 5

7 7 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 7 7

8 8 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 8 10

9 9 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 14

12 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 10 8

11 11 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 11 7

10 12 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 8 10

13 13 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 10 8

14 14 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 14 10

16 15 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 15 4

24 16 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 16 4

36 17 David Bowie – “Fashion” 17 2

15 18 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 3 17

21 19 Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 19 6

17 20 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 5 15

25 21 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 21 8

26 22 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 22 8

23 23 Billy Joel – “Sometimes a Fantasy” 23 7

19 24 The Specials – “Stereotype” 17 10

18 25 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 4 16

37 26 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 26 2

22 27 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 1(×3) 22

29 28 The Teardrop Explodes – “When I Dream” 28 10

20 29 The Cars – “Touch and Go” 20 10

27 30 Supertramp – “Dreamer” 18 10

34 31 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 31 4

32 32 Japan – “Gentlemen Take Polaroids” 32 5

33 33 Prince – “Uptown” 33 5

35 34 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 34 3

30 35 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 29

28 36 Genesis – “Turn It On Again” 19 10

31 37 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 13 18

NE 38 The Cars – “Don't Tell Me No” 38 1

38 39 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 4 21

39 40 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 1(×2) 21

DROPOUTS:

40 -- XTC – “Generals and Majors” 22 9

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