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

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 2

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6 Down by 2

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 1

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 1

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 2

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Down by 1

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 3

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Down by 1

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
15 Down by 1

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
16 Down by 1

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
17 Up by 1

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 1

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 2

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
20

The Best of Times
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
21

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
22

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
23

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
24 Up by 1

Living in a Fantasy
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 1

Cold Love
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 1

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Debut

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
27
Weeks
1
Number
28 Up by 7

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 1

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 4

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
31 Up by 1

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Debut

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
35 Up by 1

Turn Me Loose
Loverboy
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 5

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
37

Staying with It
Firefall
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 4

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
39 Debut

Einstein A Go-Go
Landscape
From the album: From the Tea-Rooms of Mars .... To the Hell-Holes of Uranus
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 1

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

Flash
Queen
From the album: Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music by Queen)
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
37 Dropout

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
40 Dropout

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29

A chart by

Date

March 21, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×2) 8

2 2 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 2 7

3 3 Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 11

6 4 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 4 7

5 5 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×2) 19

4 6 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×4) 19

7 7 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 5 15

9 8 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 8 8

10 9 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 9 8

8 10 Visage – “Fade to Grey” 8 13

12 11 Adam and the Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” 11 4

11 12 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 21

16 13 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 13 7

13 14 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 5 14

14 15 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 3 16

15 16 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 21

18 17 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 17 4

19 18 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 18 7

17 19 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 1(×1) 22

20 20 Styx – “The Best of Times” 18 9

21 21 The Alan Parsons Project – “Games People Play” 16 12

22 22 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 23

23 23 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 15 20

25 24 Leo Sayer – “Living in a Fantasy” 24 7

24 25 Donna Summer – “Cold Love” 17 11

27 26 Cliff Richard – “A Little in Love” 26 7

NE 27 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 27 1

35 28 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 28 2

30 29 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 29 3

26 30 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 21

32 31 The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” 31 3

NE 32 New Order – “Ceremony” 32 1

33 33 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 33 3

28 34 Prince – “Dirty Mind” 7 17

36 35 Loverboy – “Turn Me Loose” 35 5

31 36 Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 15 15

37 37 Firefall – “Staying with It” 37 2

34 38 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 1(×1) 27

NE 39 Landscape – “Einstein A Go-Go” 39 1

39 40 Devo – “Whip It” 1(×2) 28

DROPOUTS:

29 -- Queen – “Flash” 24 9

37 -- Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 3 23

40 -- Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 29

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