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

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 3

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 1

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
6 Down by 1

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Down by 1

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 11

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 2

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 1

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 1

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 4

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
16

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
17

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 2

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 7

Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 3

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 8

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
22

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
23 Up by 2

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 11

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Up by 1

While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
From the album: Arc of a Diver
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 3

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 7

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
29

Primary
The Cure
From the album: Faith
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 1

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 5

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
32 Up by 1

Remembrance Day
B-Movie
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 5

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
34 Down by 2

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
35 Up by 2

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

The Art of Parties
Japan
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 2

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
38 Down by 4

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
39 Debut

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
40 Dropout

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
30

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Date

May 30, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×6) 9

2 2 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 17

3 3 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 9

7 4 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 4 5

4 5 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 18

5 6 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 18

6 7 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 6 11

19 8 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 8 4

9 9 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 9 6

8 10 New Order – “Ceremony” 8 11

10 11 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 12

11 12 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 17

14 13 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 13 8

18 14 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 14 10

15 15 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 17

16 16 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 15 13

17 17 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 16 10

20 18 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 18 7

12 19 Adam and the Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” 6 14

23 20 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 20 5

13 21 Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 21

22 22 The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” 18 13

25 23 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 23 7

24 24 Rush – “Limelight” 24 9

36 25 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 25 2

27 26 Steve Winwood – “While You See a Chance” 26 7

30 27 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 27 6

21 28 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×2) 29

29 29 The Cure – “Primary” 29 7

31 30 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 30 5

26 31 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 8 18

33 32 B-Movie – “Remembrance Day” 32 7

28 33 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 12 14

32 34 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×4) 29

37 35 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 35 2

38 36 Japan – “The Art of Parties” 36 2

35 37 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 31

34 38 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 5 25

NE 39 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 39 1

NE 40 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 16 16

40 -- The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 30

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