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

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Up by 1

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
7

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 1

Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 1

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 6

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Down by 1

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
13

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14

Rock The Casbah
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 3

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
16

Uncertain Smile
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 2

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 3

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 6

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20

Rock This Town
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21

Maneater
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: H₂O
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 4

It's Raining Again
Supertramp
From the album: Famous Last Words
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 15

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 15

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 8

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 4

Temptation (original version 1982)
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
36
Number
27 Down by 4

Let's Go to Bed
The Cure
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 3

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 3

You Got Lucky
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
30

Mickey
Toni Basil
From the album: Word Of Mouth
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 7

Dirty Laundry
Don Henley
From the album: I Can't Stand Still
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 5

Destination Unknown
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
33 Up by 4

Eaten by the Monster of Love
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34

Southern Cross
Crosby & Stills and Nash
From the album: Daylight Again
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
35

The Other Guy
Little River Band
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 6

Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Utopia
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 3

Subdivisions
Rush
From the album: Signals
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 6

I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
39 Up by 7

On the Loose
Saga
From the album: Worlds Apart
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 1

Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Debut

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 14

Danceway
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
43 Down by 14

Africa
Toto
From the album: Toto IV
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
44 Up by 6

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 2

Living on the Ceiling
Blancmange
From the album: Happy Families
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
46 Up by 1

Industrial Disease
Dire Straits
From the album: Love Over Gold
Peak
46
Weeks
5
Number
47 Down by 3

Beat Surrender
The Jam
From the album: Snap!
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
48 Down by 3

Does It Make You Remember
Kim Carnes
From the album: Voyeur
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
49 Debut

Winds of Change
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Winds of Change
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Everywhere That I'm Not
Translator
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
48 Dropout

Whatcha Gonna Do
Chilliwack
From the album: Opus X
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
49 Dropout

Shadows of the Night
Pat Benatar
From the album: Get Nervous
Peak
40
Weeks
6

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Date

January 29, 1983

Songs

50

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1 1 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×2) 15

3 2 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 2 11

2 3 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 16

4 4 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 19

5 5 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 20

6 6 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 4 17

7 7 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 7 14

8 8 ABC – “The Look of Love, Pt. 1” 8 11

10 9 Adam Ant – “Goody Two Shoes” 9 7

9 10 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 9 16

17 11 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 11 5

11 12 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 6 16

13 13 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 13 11

14 14 The Clash – “Rock The Casbah” 14 9

12 15 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 11 13

16 16 The The – “Uncertain Smile” 16 8

19 17 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 17 5

15 18 Yazoo – “Situation” 15 12

25 19 Devo – “That's Good” 19 4

20 20 Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” 20 11

21 21 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Maneater” 21 10

18 22 Supertramp – “It's Raining Again” 16 12

38 23 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 23 3

39 24 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 24 5

33 25 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 25 5

22 26 New Order – “Temptation (original version 1982)” 1(×4) 36

23 27 The Cure – “Let's Go to Bed” 20 10

31 28 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 28 5

26 29 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky” 26 8

30 30 Toni Basil – “Mickey” 30 7

24 31 Don Henley – “Dirty Laundry” 24 9

27 32 Missing Persons – “Destination Unknown” 8 16

37 33 Sparks – “Eaten by the Monster of Love” 33 5

34 34 Crosby & Stills and Nash – “Southern Cross” 31 8

35 35 Little River Band – “The Other Guy” 35 5

42 36 Utopia – “Feet Don't Fail Me Now” 36 3

40 37 Rush – “Subdivisions” 37 3

32 38 A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)” 1(×4) 28

46 39 Saga – “On the Loose” 39 2

41 40 Joe Jackson – “Steppin' Out” 40 4

NE 41 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 41 1

28 42 Blondie – “Danceway” 1(×5) 27

29 43 Toto – “Africa” 29 7

50 44 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 44 2

43 45 Blancmange – “Living on the Ceiling” 23 12

47 46 Dire Straits – “Industrial Disease” 46 5

44 47 The Jam – “Beat Surrender” 34 6

45 48 Kim Carnes – “Does It Make You Remember” 32 9

NE 49 Jefferson Starship – “Winds of Change” 49 1

NE 50 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Translator – “Everywhere That I'm Not” 20 16

48 -- Chilliwack – “Whatcha Gonna Do” 38 5

49 -- Pat Benatar – “Shadows of the Night” 40 6

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