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

Whip It
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Up by 1

Turning Japanese
The Vapors
From the album: New Clear Days
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

Private Idaho
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet, Party Mix!
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Down by 2

Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6

Dog Eat Dog
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 2

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 1

I Got You
Split Enz
From the album: True Colours
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
9 Down by 1

She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 1

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis
From the album: Dumb Waiters
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 1

Enola Gay
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Organisation
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 2

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 1

This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
The Kings
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
14 Down by 1

Army Dreamers
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
15

Gates of Steel
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Down by 2

The Wanderer
Donna Summer
From the album: The Wanderer
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 5

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 2

Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
19 Up by 7

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 1

Passing Strangers
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
21

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
From the album: Living in a Fantasy
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 4

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
23

Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
From the album: Crimes of Passion
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
24 Down by 4

Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
25 Up by 3

Devil in My Car
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 2

Sometimes a Fantasy
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 2

Stereotype
The Specials
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 1

When I Dream
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
29

Touch and Go
The Cars
From the album: Panorama
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
30

Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
From the album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31

Uptown
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 2

Don't Tell Me No
The Cars
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 1

Dreamer
Supertramp
From the album: Crime of the Century
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 4

Dirty Mind
Prince
From the album: Dirty Mind
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 2

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
36 Debut

Antmusic
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 2

Turn It On Again
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
38 Debut

I Don't Remember
Peter Gabriel
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 2

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
13
Weeks
20
Number
40 Down by 4

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
41 Down by 2

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
42 Debut

Janitor
Suburban Lawns
Peak
42
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
30

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Date

December 6, 1980

Songs

42

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1 1 Devo – “Whip It” 1(×2) 13

3 2 The Vapors – “Turning Japanese” 2 12

4 3 The B-52's – “Private Idaho” 3 8

2 4 David Bowie – “Ashes to Ashes” 1(×9) 14

5 5 The Police – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” 5 7

6 6 Adam and the Ants – “Dog Eat Dog” 6 9

9 7 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 7 6

7 8 Split Enz – “I Got You” 1(×1) 15

8 9 The Rolling Stones – “She's So Cold” 8 12

11 10 The Korgis – “Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” 10 9

10 11 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Enola Gay” 10 10

14 12 David Bowie – “Fashion” 12 4

12 13 The Kings – “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide” 8 12

13 14 Kate Bush – “Army Dreamers” 10 10

15 15 Devo – “Gates of Steel” 15 6

14 16 Donna Summer – “The Wanderer” 14 12

22 17 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 17 4

16 18 Peter Gabriel – “Games Without Frontiers” 1(×1) 16

26 19 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 19 6

19 20 Ultravox – “Passing Strangers” 19 8

21 21 Leo Sayer – “More Than I Can Say” 21 10

18 22 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 3 19

23 23 Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 22 10

20 24 Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” 5 17

28 25 The B-52's – “Devil in My Car” 25 5

24 26 Billy Joel – “Sometimes a Fantasy” 23 9

25 27 The Specials – “Stereotype” 17 12

27 28 The Teardrop Explodes – “When I Dream” 27 12

29 29 The Cars – “Touch and Go” 20 12

30 30 Japan – “Gentlemen Take Polaroids” 30 7

31 31 Prince – “Uptown” 31 7

34 32 The Cars – “Don't Tell Me No” 32 3

32 33 Supertramp – “Dreamer” 18 12

38 34 Prince – “Dirty Mind” 34 2

33 35 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 4 18

NE 36 Adam and the Ants – “Antmusic” 36 1

35 37 Genesis – “Turn It On Again” 19 12

NE 38 Peter Gabriel – “I Don't Remember” 38 1

37 39 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 13 20

36 40 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 1(×3) 24

39 41 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 4 23

NE 42 Suburban Lawns – “Janitor” 42 1

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 30

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