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

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Up by 11

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
2
Weeks
3
Number
3

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 2

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5 Down by 1

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
7

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 6

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
13 Up by 7

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Down by 3

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
15 Down by 1

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 2

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
18 Down by 3

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
19 Down by 3

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
20 Up by 3

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 3

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 3

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
23 Up by 2

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 2

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 3

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 4

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 5

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
28 Down 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
19
Weeks
11
Number
29 Down by 2

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
30 Up by 5

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

A Promise
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Heaven Up Here
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 6

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 1

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 6

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 7

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
37 Debut

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41

Better Things
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
41
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
32 Dropout

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
36 Dropout

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
39 Dropout

Japanese Boy
Aneka
From the album: Japanese Boy
Peak
39
Weeks
3

A chart by

Date

September 12, 1981

Songs

41

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1 1 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×3) 6

13 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 2 3

3 3 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 13

2 4 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 19

4 5 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 12

5 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 5 10

7 7 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 7 10

8 8 Foreigner – “Urgent” 8 9

9 9 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 9 8

10 10 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 10 9

12 11 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 11 7

6 12 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 20

20 13 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 13 3

11 14 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 16

14 15 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 13

18 16 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 16 11

17 17 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 12

15 18 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 24

16 19 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 21

23 20 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 20 11

24 21 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 21 9

19 22 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 13

25 23 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 23 8

26 24 Balance – “Breaking Away” 24 5

28 25 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 25 6

30 26 Squeeze – “Tempted” 26 5

22 27 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 23

21 28 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 19 11

27 29 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 21

35 30 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 30 3

33 31 Echo & the Bunnymen – “A Promise” 31 6

38 32 Rick James – “Super Freak” 32 2

34 33 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 33 4

40 34 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 34 2

37 35 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 35 3

29 36 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 26 10

NE 37 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 37 1

NE 38 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 38 1

NE 39 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 39 1

NE 40 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 40 1

41 41 The Kinks – “Better Things” 41 2

DROPOUTS:

31 -- The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 23

32 -- Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 14 19

36 -- Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 31

39 -- Aneka – “Japanese Boy” 39 3

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