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 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 2

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Up by 4

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 2

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
8 Down by 2

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
9

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 1

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
11 Down by 3

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 6

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 1

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 5

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 3

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
16

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 15

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Up by 3

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 6

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
20

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Down by 6

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

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 7

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 1

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 1

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 6

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
29 Up by 1

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 6

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
32 Down by 4

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
33 Down by 4

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 2

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Debut

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 3

A Promise
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Heaven Up Here
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Tom Sawyer
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Sat In Your Lap
Kate Bush
From the album: The Dreaming
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Debut

Fire and Ice
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
35 Dropout

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
37 Dropout

Give a Little Bit More
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Dropout

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
22
Weeks
12

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Date

August 15, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×6) 15

2 2 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 16

3 3 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 9

4 4 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 12

7 5 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 5 8

10 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 6 6

5 7 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 20

6 8 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 17

9 9 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 9

11 10 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 17

8 11 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 19

18 12 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 12 6

14 13 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 8

19 14 Foreigner – “Urgent” 14 5

12 15 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 20

16 16 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 9

32 17 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 17 2

21 18 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 18 4

13 19 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 16

20 20 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 20 7

15 21 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 14 16

24 22 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 22 5

23 23 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 23 7

17 24 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 13 12

26 25 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 25 7

27 26 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 26 5

31 27 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 27 3

22 28 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 28

30 29 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 29 6

33 30 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 30 4

25 31 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 18

28 32 Madness – “Grey Day” 21 10

29 33 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 13

36 34 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 34 2

NE 35 Squeeze – “Tempted” 35 1

NE 36 Balance – “Breaking Away” 36 1

40 37 Echo & the Bunnymen – “A Promise” 37 2

NE 38 Rush – “Tom Sawyer” 38 1

39 39 Kate Bush – “Sat In Your Lap” 39 3

NE 40 Pat Benatar – “Fire and Ice” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

34 -- The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 28

35 -- Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 32 8

37 -- Cliff Richard – “Give a Little Bit More” 37 5

38 -- Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 22 12

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