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

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
6

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
8

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Up by 2

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 3

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 2

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
15 Up by 5

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 2

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Down by 4

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
19 Up by 8

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 3

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
21

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 2

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 5

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 1

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 2

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
26 Down by 4

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 11

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 6

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 4

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
31 Up by 8

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 8

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 1

The Art of Parties
Japan
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 3

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 1

Spellbound
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Juju
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
36

Pull Up to the Bumper
Grace Jones
From the album: Nightclubbing
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Debut

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 11

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
31 Dropout

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
33 Dropout

While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
From the album: Arc of a Diver
Peak
26
Weeks
11

A chart by

Date

July 4, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 10

3 2 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 2 9

2 3 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 14

4 4 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 11

5 5 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 22

6 6 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 6 13

7 7 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 14

8 8 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 7

9 9 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 10

10 10 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 10 3

13 11 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 11 6

12 12 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 23

15 12 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 12

11 13 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 23

20 15 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 15 6

16 16 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 16 10

19 17 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 17 11

14 18 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 17

27 19 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 19 3

17 20 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 13 15

21 21 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 20 12

24 22 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 22 7

18 23 New Order – “Ceremony” 8 16

25 24 Madness – “Grey Day” 24 4

23 25 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 15 18

22 26 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 6 16

38 27 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 27 2

28 28 Steve Winwood – “Arc of a Diver” 28 3

35 29 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 29 3

26 30 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 22

39 31 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 31 2

40 32 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 32 2

32 33 Japan – “The Art of Parties” 32 7

37 34 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 34 3

34 35 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Spellbound” 34 5

36 36 Grace Jones – “Pull Up to the Bumper” 36 4

NE 37 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 37 1

NE 38 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 38 1

NE 39 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 39 1

29 40 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 22

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 16 14

31 -- Rush – “Limelight” 24 13

33 -- Steve Winwood – “While You See a Chance” 26 11

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