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 6 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 1

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Down by 1

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
8

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 1

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 1

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 2

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
12

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 1

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 1

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 2

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 3

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 2

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
19 Down by 1

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
20 Down by 1

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 1

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 1

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
23 Up by 1

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 6

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 7

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 7

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 6

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
30 Down by 5

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
31

Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 6

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
33 Up by 1

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34 Down by 5

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
35 Up by 1

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 1

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
37

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
38 Debut

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Promises in the Dark
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
40 Dropout

The Kid Is Hot Tonite
Loverboy
From the album: Loverboy
Peak
39
Weeks
4

A chart by

Date

October 31, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×6) 10

2 2 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 15

3 3 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 13

4 4 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 4 10

5 5 Foreigner – “Urgent” 4 16

7 6 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 6 5

6 7 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 20

8 8 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 17

10 9 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 14

11 10 Rick James – “Super Freak” 10 9

9 11 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 16

12 12 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 12 8

14 13 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 13 4

15 14 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 14 7

13 15 Balance – “Breaking Away” 10 12

17 16 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 16 6

20 17 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 17 4

16 18 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 27

18 19 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 19

19 20 Squeeze – “Tempted” 16 12

22 21 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 21 7

21 22 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 17 13

24 23 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 23 8

30 24 Japan – “Quiet Life” 24 5

32 25 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 25 3

33 26 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 26 2

27 27 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 27 8

28 28 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 28 6

23 29 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 26

25 30 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 20 9

31 31 The Cure – “Charlotte Sometimes” 31 3

26 32 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 17

34 33 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 33 8

29 34 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 19 15

36 35 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 35 4

35 36 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 23

37 37 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 24 10

NE 38 Genesis – “No Reply at All” 38 1

39 39 Pat Benatar – “Promises in the Dark” 39 2

NE 40 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 27 9

40 -- Loverboy – “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” 39 4

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