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 6

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Down by 2

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
From the album: Waiata
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Down by 1

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5

Ghost Town
The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6

Pretty in Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Down by 3

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 3

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 4

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 4

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Down by 3

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 5

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
14

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 3

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 6

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 3

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 1

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Down by 3

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
21 Down by 9

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
22 Up by 2

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 3

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 5

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
25 Up by 3

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 1

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 6

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 4

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 4

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
30 Down by 8

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
From the album: Positive Touch
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
31 Up by 3

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Debut

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Debut

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Up by 1

A Promise
Echo & The Bunnymen
From the album: Heaven Up Here
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 3

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 7

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
37

Tom Sawyer
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Debut

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Up by 1

Japanese Boy
Aneka
From the album: Japanese Boy
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

The Waiting
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
31 Dropout

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
36 Dropout

Is That Love
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
39 Dropout

Fire and Ice
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
39
Weeks
2

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Date

August 29, 1981

Songs

40

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7 1 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×1) 4

2 2 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×6) 17

1 3 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 1(×1) 12

3 4 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 18

5 5 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 5 10

6 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty in Pink” 6 8

4 7 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 14

11 8 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 8 8

13 9 Foreigner – “Urgent” 9 7

10 10 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 19

15 11 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 11 6

9 12 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 11

8 13 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 22

14 14 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 10

18 15 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 15 7

16 16 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 11

23 17 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 17 5

21 18 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 18 9

20 19 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 19 9

17 20 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 19

12 21 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 21

24 22 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 22 9

26 23 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 23 7

19 24 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 22

28 25 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 25 6

27 26 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 26 8

33 27 Balance – “Breaking Away” 27 3

32 28 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 28 4

25 29 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 14 18

22 30 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 18

34 31 Squeeze – “Tempted” 31 3

NE 32 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 32 1

NE 33 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Souvenir” 33 1

35 34 Echo & The Bunnymen – “A Promise” 34 4

38 35 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 35 2

29 36 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 30

37 37 Rush – “Tom Sawyer” 37 3

NE 38 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 38 1

40 39 Aneka – “Japanese Boy” 39 2

NE 40 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 13 13

31 -- Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 19

36 -- Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 14

39 -- Pat Benatar – “Fire and Ice” 39 2

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