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

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3 Up by 1

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 1

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
5

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
6

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 1

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 1

Abacab
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

Here is The News
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 3

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
From the album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 6

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 2

Golden Brown
The Stranglers
From the album: La Folie
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 1

Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Freeze-Frame
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 3

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
17 Up by 2

That's How We Do It in L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 12

Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
From the album: Tom Tom Club
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 1

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
20 Up by 1

Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
From the album: Quarterflash
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 4

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
22 Up by 2

When All Is Said And Done
ABBA
From the album: The Visitors
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23

Senses Working Overtime
XTC
From the album: English Settlement
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 13

I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: I Love Rock 'n Roll
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 5

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
26 Down by 4

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
27 Up by 2

Spirits In the Material World
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 3

Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
Rod Stewart
From the album: Tonight I'm Yours
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 6

Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 5

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
31 Up by 2

Love Is Like a Rock
Donnie Iris
From the album: King Cool
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 4

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
33 Down by 7

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
34 Debut

Let's Work
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 8

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
36 Debut

We Got the Beat
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Rain Is Falling
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

She's Invisible Now
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Town Called Malice
The Jam
From the album: The Gift
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 6

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
25

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
36 Dropout

Joan of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
38 Dropout

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
30
Number
39 Dropout

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
40 Dropout

Talking Out of Turn
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
35
Weeks
10

A chart by

Date

February 20, 1982

Songs

40

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1 1 Devo – “Beautiful World” 1(×4) 15

2 2 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 1(×5) 20

4 3 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 3 13

3 4 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 3 13

5 5 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 4 17

6 6 Prince – “Controversy” 5 14

8 7 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 7 15

9 8 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 8 14

10 9 Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” 9 10

11 10 Genesis – “Abacab” 10 9

12 11 Electric Light Orchestra – “Here is The News” 11 7

15 12 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” 12 6

7 13 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 1(×2) 20

16 14 The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” 14 7

14 15 The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” 13 12

13 16 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 1(×1) 21

19 17 Lindsey Buckingham – “That's How We Do It in L.A.” 17 7

30 18 Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love” 18 3

18 19 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 4 18

21 20 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart” 20 11

17 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 26

24 22 ABBA – “When All Is Said And Done” 22 5

23 23 XTC – “Senses Working Overtime” 23 5

37 24 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock 'n Roll” 24 2

20 25 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 19 15

22 26 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 11 19

29 27 The Police – “Spirits In the Material World” 27 3

31 28 Rod Stewart – “Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)” 28 3

35 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)” 29 2

25 30 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 6 16

33 31 Donnie Iris – “Love Is Like a Rock” 31 5

28 32 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 29

26 33 Ultravox – “The Voice” 20 16

NE 34 Prince – “Let's Work” 34 1

27 35 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 1(×2) 26

NE 36 Go-Go's – “We Got the Beat” 36 1

NE 37 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rain Is Falling” 37 1

NE 38 Eurythmics – “She's Invisible Now” 38 1

NE 39 The Jam – “Town Called Malice” 39 1

34 40 Rick James – “Super Freak” 7 25

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Genesis – “No Reply at All” 22 16

36 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Joan of Arc” 17 15

38 -- Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 30

39 -- Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 11 23

40 -- The Moody Blues – “Talking Out of Turn” 35 10

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