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 2

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 3

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 3

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 1

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Down by 2

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 1

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 4

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
11 Up by 1

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Up by 2

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 3

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 5

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Up by 20

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Up by 17

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Up by 3

Joan of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 8

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 1

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 3

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 1

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 1

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 2

Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 8

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
26 Down by 1

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 5

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
28

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 6

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 14

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
31 Up by 2

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 6

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 18

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
34 Down by 5

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
35 Down by 4

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 1

Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 1

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 1

Wrack My Brain
Ringo Starr
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 10

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
30
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
26
Weeks
12

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Date

December 5, 1981

Songs

40

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3 1 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 10

2 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 15

4 3 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 3 9

1 4 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 1(×2) 15

8 5 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 5 9

7 6 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 6 12

5 7 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 20

9 8 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 8 7

10 9 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 9 5

6 10 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 18

12 11 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 11 8

14 12 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 12 6

13 13 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 11 13

11 14 Rick James – “Super Freak” 7 14

20 15 Devo – “Beautiful World” 15 4

36 16 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 16 2

34 17 Prince – “Controversy” 17 3

21 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Joan of Arc” 18 5

27 19 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 19 4

19 20 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 15 11

18 21 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 17 12

23 22 Genesis – “No Reply at All” 22 6

24 23 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 23 11

26 24 The Cure – “Charlotte Sometimes” 24 8

17 25 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 22

25 26 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 24 9

22 27 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 19

28 28 Japan – “Quiet Life” 19 10

35 29 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 29 3

16 30 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 25

33 31 Ultravox – “The Voice” 31 5

38 32 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 32 2

15 33 Foreigner – “Urgent” 4 21

29 34 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 21

31 35 Balance – “Breaking Away” 10 17

37 36 Kim Carnes – “Mistaken Identity” 36 3

NE 37 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 37 1

39 38 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 38 4

40 39 Ringo Starr – “Wrack My Brain” 39 2

30 40 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 30 13

DROPOUTS:

32 -- The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 26 12

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