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

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
From the album: Waiata
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 2

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 1

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 3

Ghost Town
The Specials
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
From the album: Positive Touch
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
11

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Down by 4

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
13 Up by 2

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14 Down by 1

The Waiting
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 1

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 2

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Down by 1

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
18 Down by 1

Is That Love
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 3

Pretty in Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 4

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 2

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 3

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
23 Down by 3

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
24 Up by 5

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 1

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 1

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 3

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 5

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 8

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
30 Down by 5

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
31 Up by 7

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 1

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 6

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 3

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37

Give a Little Bit More
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 10

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
39 Debut

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
35 Dropout

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
8
Weeks
18

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Date

July 25, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×3) 12

2 2 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 13

3 3 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 17

4 4 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 14

6 5 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 5 7

5 6 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 16

9 7 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 7 9

7 8 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 17

12 9 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 9 5

10 10 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 13

11 11 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 11 6

8 12 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 25

15 13 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 13 14

13 14 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 13 9

14 15 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 14 13

18 16 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 16 5

16 17 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 15

17 18 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 10

22 19 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty in Pink” 19 3

24 20 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 20 6

23 21 Madness – “Grey Day” 21 7

19 22 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 26

20 23 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 20

29 24 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 24 4

26 25 Steve Winwood – “Arc of a Diver” 25 6

27 26 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 26 5

30 27 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 27 4

33 28 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 28 3

21 29 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 26

25 30 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 13 18

38 31 Foreigner – “Urgent” 31 2

32 32 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 32 6

34 33 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 33 4

40 34 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 34 2

36 35 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 35 3

39 36 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 36 2

37 37 Cliff Richard – “Give a Little Bit More” 37 3

28 38 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 22 10

NE 39 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 39 1

NE 40 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 20 14

35 -- New Order – “Ceremony” 8 18

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