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

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
12
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
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Down by 2

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
9 Up by 2

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 2

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
12

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 4

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 4

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 4

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 2

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
17 Down by 4

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
18 Down by 3

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
19 Down by 3

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 1

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 4

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 1

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 1

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 4

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

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
26
Number
26 Down by 4

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
27 Up by 2

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 3

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 2

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
30 Down by 2

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
31 Down by 1

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 3

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 4

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34

Turn Me Loose
Loverboy
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Up by 3

While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
From the album: Arc of a Diver
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Primary
The Cure
From the album: Faith
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Remembrance Day
B-Movie
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 5

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
39 Debut

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Living in a Fantasy
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
36 Dropout

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

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Date

April 25, 1981

Songs

40

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2 1 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×1) 4

1 2 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 12

3 3 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 13

4 4 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 12

6 5 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 5 13

7 6 Adam and the Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” 6 9

5 7 Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 16

8 8 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×2) 24

11 9 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 9 6

10 10 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 12

9 11 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 8 13

12 12 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 12 9

17 13 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 13 7

18 14 New Order – “Ceremony” 14 6

19 15 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 15 8

14 16 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 5 20

13 17 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×4) 24

15 18 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 26

16 19 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 16 12

21 20 The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” 20 8

25 21 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 21 4

23 22 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 22 5

24 23 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 23 5

20 24 Visage – “Fade to Grey” 8 18

26 25 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 26

22 26 Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 5 19

29 27 Rush – “Limelight” 27 4

31 28 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 28 3

27 29 Cliff Richard – “A Little in Love” 25 12

28 30 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 3 21

30 31 April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 30 8

35 32 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 32 2

37 33 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 33 2

34 34 Loverboy – “Turn Me Loose” 34 10

38 35 Steve Winwood – “While You See a Chance” 35 2

39 36 The Cure – “Primary” 36 2

40 37 B-Movie – “Remembrance Day” 37 2

33 38 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 1(×1) 28

NE 39 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 39 1

NE 40 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Leo Sayer – “Living in a Fantasy” 24 11

36 -- The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 15 24

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