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

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 2

Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Down by 2

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
8 Down by 1

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
9

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 1

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 1

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 1

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
14 Up by 1

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Up by 25

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
15
Weeks
2
Number
16 Up by 2

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 3

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
18 Up by 1

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 3

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
20 Down by 3

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
21 Up by 1

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 4

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 3

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
24

Living in a Fantasy
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 1

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 7

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 5

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 6

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
30 Up by 1

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 10

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 5

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 5

Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
34 Down by 4

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
15
Weeks
23
Number
35

Turn Me Loose
Loverboy
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 3

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 8

The Best of Times
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
38 Debut

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 1

Staying with It
Firefall
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
40 Down by 4

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Cold Love
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
17
Weeks
13

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Date

April 11, 1981

Songs

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2 1 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×1) 10

1 2 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 11

3 3 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 10

4 4 Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 14

6 5 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 5 11

8 6 Adam and the Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” 6 7

5 7 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×2) 22

7 8 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×4) 22

9 9 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 8 11

11 10 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 10

10 11 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 5 18

13 12 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 12 7

12 13 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 24

15 14 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 14 4

40 15 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 15 2

18 16 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 16 10

14 17 Visage – “Fade to Grey” 8 16

19 18 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 18 5

16 19 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 5 17

17 20 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 24

22 21 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 21 6

26 22 New Order – “Ceremony” 22 4

20 23 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 3 19

24 24 Leo Sayer – “Living in a Fantasy” 24 10

25 25 Cliff Richard – “A Little in Love” 25 10

27 26 The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” 26 6

34 27 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 27 3

33 28 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 28 3

23 29 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 26

31 30 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 30 6

21 31 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 1(×1) 25

37 32 Rush – “Limelight” 32 2

28 33 The Alan Parsons Project – “Games People Play” 16 15

30 34 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 15 23

35 35 Loverboy – “Turn Me Loose” 34 8

39 36 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 36 2

29 37 Styx – “The Best of Times” 18 12

NE 38 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 38 1

38 39 Firefall – “Staying with It” 37 5

36 40 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 24

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Donna Summer – “Cold Love” 17 13

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