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 1

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 2

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4 Down by 3

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 1

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 3

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 2

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
10 Down by 1

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
11 Up by 1

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 6

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 9

If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 4

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
15 Up by 2

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 4

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
18 Up by 5

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Down by 4

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
20

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
22 Up by 2

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 3

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 10

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
25 Up by 2

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 2

The Sign Of Fire
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Down by 8

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
28 Down by 3

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
29

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
30 Up by 1

Union of the Snake
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 10

Here Comes the Rain Again
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 1

The Politics of Dancing
Re-Flex
From the album: The Politics of Dancing
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 3

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34

Wrapped Around Your Finger
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35

Jennifer
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 1

Antarctica
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 1

Middle Of The Road
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 1

Criminal World
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 8

The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40

Shooting Shark
Blue Öyster Cult
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
41 Up by 2

Secret Oktober
Duran Duran
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42

Never Never
The Assembly
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 3

State Farm
Yazoo
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Debut

Independence Day (1984)
The Comsat Angels
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45

Talking In Your Sleep
The Romantics
From the album: In Heat
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Down by 16

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
47 Up by 2

New Song
Howard Jones
From the album: Human's Lib
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48

I Will Follow
U2
From the album: Boy
Peak
48
Weeks
3
Number
49 Up by 1

Girlfriend is Better
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

Bluebird
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 19

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
52 Down by 1

That Was Then but this is now
ABC
Peak
51
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
14
Weeks
18

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Date

February 11, 1984

Songs

52

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2 1 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 1(×1) 10

4 2 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 2 11

3 3 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 1(×3) 14

1 4 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 1(×1) 13

6 5 Industry – “State of the Nation” 5 12

5 6 ABC – “All of My Heart” 4 20

8 7 Eurythmics – “This Is the House” 7 12

11 8 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 8 10

7 9 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×9) 23

9 10 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 5 22

12 11 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 11 15

18 12 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 12 8

22 13 Thompson Twins – “If You Were Here” 13 6

10 14 Prince – “Delirious” 8 20

17 15 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 15 12

16 16 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 16 14

13 17 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 1(×1) 24

23 18 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 18 10

15 19 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 8 23

20 20 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 20 14

21 21 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 21 13

24 22 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 22 11

26 23 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 23 8

14 24 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 29

27 25 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 25 10

28 26 The Fixx – “The Sign Of Fire” 26 8

19 27 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 17 16

25 28 A Flock of Seagulls – “Nightmares” 25 11

29 29 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 20 13

31 30 Duran Duran – “Union of the Snake” 30 8

41 31 Eurythmics – “Here Comes the Rain Again” 31 2

33 32 Re-Flex – “The Politics of Dancing” 32 9

36 33 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 33 4

34 34 The Police – “Wrapped Around Your Finger” 34 6

35 35 Eurythmics – “Jennifer” 35 6

37 36 Men Without Hats – “Antarctica” 36 5

38 37 The Pretenders – “Middle Of The Road” 37 5

39 38 David Bowie – “Criminal World” 38 4

47 39 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” 39 2

40 40 Blue Öyster Cult – “Shooting Shark” 40 9

43 41 Duran Duran – “Secret Oktober” 41 3

42 42 The Assembly – “Never Never” 42 5

46 43 Yazoo – “State Farm” 43 3

NE 44 The Comsat Angels – “Independence Day (1984)” 44 1

45 45 The Romantics – “Talking In Your Sleep” 45 4

30 46 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 11 17

49 47 Howard Jones – “New Song” 47 3

48 48 U2 – “I Will Follow” 48 3

50 49 Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better” 49 2

NE 50 Electric Light Orchestra – “Bluebird” 50 1

32 51 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 12 15

51 52 ABC – “That Was Then but this is now ” 51 2

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 14 18

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