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

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Up by 1

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
4

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
5

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 1

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 3

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 1

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 4

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
11 Down by 2

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 3

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 1

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
14 Down by 1

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
15 Up by 8

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Up by 6

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 4

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 4

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
19

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 4

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
21 Up by 5

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 2

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 8

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 1

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 7

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 4

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 1

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 11

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
29 Up by 6

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 3

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

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 8

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
33 Down by 15

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
34 Up by 4

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 6

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
36

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

The Kid Is Hot Tonite
Loverboy
From the album: Loverboy
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

Better Things
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Debut

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 8

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
41 Dropout

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
33
Weeks
6

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Date

October 3, 1981

Songs

42

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×2) 6

3 2 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 11

2 3 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 9

4 4 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 16

5 5 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 13

7 6 Foreigner – “Urgent” 6 12

8 7 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 12

11 8 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 8 6

10 9 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 10

6 10 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 13

9 11 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 15

15 12 Balance – “Breaking Away” 12 8

12 13 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 22

13 14 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 23

23 15 Rick James – “Super Freak” 15 5

22 16 Squeeze – “Tempted” 16 8

21 17 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 17 9

14 18 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 19

19 19 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 19 11

16 20 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 16

26 21 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 21 5

20 22 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 20 12

31 23 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 23 4

25 24 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 24 6

32 25 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 25 3

30 26 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 26 4

28 27 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 27 6

17 28 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 16 14

35 29 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 29 3

27 30 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 16

33 31 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 31 4

24 32 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 19 14

18 33 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 15

38 34 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 34 2

29 35 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 27

36 36 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 36 4

39 37 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 37 2

NE 38 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 38 1

NE 39 Loverboy – “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” 39 1

40 40 The Kinks – “Better Things” 40 5

NE 41 Japan – “Quiet Life” 41 1

34 42 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 24

DROPOUTS:

37 -- ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 25

41 -- Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 33 6

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