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

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 1

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 1

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
7

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 2

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 2

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
11

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

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

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 2

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 2

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 3

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 10

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 5

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
19 Down by 7

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
20 Down by 2

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
21 Down by 1

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
22

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 1

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 3

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
25 Up by 4

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 6

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 1

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 5

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
29 Up by 2

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 7

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Down by 1

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
32 Up by 2

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33

The Art of Parties
Japan
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 4

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 3

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Give a Little Bit More
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 12

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
39 Debut

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
25 Dropout

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
35 Dropout

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

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

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

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Date

July 11, 1981

Songs

40

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2 1 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×1) 10

1 2 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 11

3 3 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 15

4 4 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 12

6 5 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 14

5 6 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 23

7 7 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 15

10 8 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 8 4

9 9 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 11

8 10 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 8

11 11 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 11 7

12 12 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 13

15 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 13 7

16 14 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 14 11

17 15 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 15 12

19 16 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 16 4

27 17 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 17 3

13 18 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 24

12 19 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 24

18 20 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 18

20 21 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 13 16

22 22 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 22 8

24 23 Madness – “Grey Day” 23 5

21 24 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 20 13

29 25 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 25 4

32 26 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 26 3

28 27 Steve Winwood – “Arc of a Diver” 27 4

23 28 New Order – “Ceremony” 8 17

31 29 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 29 3

37 30 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 30 2

30 31 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 23

34 32 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 32 4

33 33 Japan – “The Art of Parties” 32 8

38 34 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 34 2

NE 35 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 35 1

39 36 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 36 2

NE 37 Cliff Richard – “Give a Little Bit More” 37 1

26 38 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 6 17

NE 39 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 39 1

NE 40 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

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

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