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 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
5

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Up by 3

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Down by 1

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
8 Up by 2

Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Down by 1

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 3

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
11 Up by 2

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
13 Up by 1

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 3

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 5

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16 Down by 1

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
17 Down by 1

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
18

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 2

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 3

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
21 Down by 2

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
22 Up by 5

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 1

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
24

Living in a Fantasy
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 2

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 2

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 3

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
29 Down by 6

The Best of Times
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
30

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
31 Up by 1

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 1

Cold Love
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
33 Up by 6

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 6

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 1

Turn Me Loose
Loverboy
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
36 Down by 3

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
23
Number
37 Debut

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 1

Staying with It
Firefall
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
39 Debut

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
36 Dropout

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
38 Dropout

Einstein A Go-Go
Landscape
From the album: From the Tea-Rooms of Mars .... To the Hell-Holes of Uranus
Peak
38
Weeks
2

A chart by

Date

April 4, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 10

2 2 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 2 9

3 3 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 9

4 4 Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 13

5 5 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×2) 21

9 6 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 6 10

6 7 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×4) 21

10 8 Adam and the Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” 8 6

8 9 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 8 10

7 10 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 5 17

13 11 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 11 9

12 12 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 23

14 13 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 13 6

11 14 Visage – “Fade to Grey” 8 15

20 15 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 15 3

15 16 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 5 16

16 17 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 23

18 18 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 18 9

21 19 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 19 4

17 20 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 3 18

19 21 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 1(×1) 24

27 22 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 22 5

22 23 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 25

24 24 Leo Sayer – “Living in a Fantasy” 24 9

26 25 Cliff Richard – “A Little in Love” 25 9

28 26 New Order – “Ceremony” 26 3

29 27 The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” 27 5

25 28 The Alan Parsons Project – “Games People Play” 16 14

23 29 Styx – “The Best of Times” 18 11

30 30 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 15 22

32 31 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 31 5

31 32 Donna Summer – “Cold Love” 17 13

39 33 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 33 2

40 34 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 34 2

34 35 Loverboy – “Turn Me Loose” 34 7

33 36 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 23

NE 37 Rush – “Limelight” 37 1

37 38 Firefall – “Staying with It” 37 4

NE 39 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 39 1

NE 40 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Prince – “Dirty Mind” 7 18

36 -- Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 15 16

38 -- Landscape – “Einstein A Go-Go” 38 2

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