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

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Up by 1

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 2

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 3

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 1

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 2

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 3

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
11 Up by 2

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 2

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 2

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 4

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15 Down by 4

Runaway
Thompson Twins
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
16

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 2

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 6

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
19 Down by 2

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
From the album: The Party's Over
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
20 Up by 10

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 1

On the Loose
Saga
From the album: Worlds Apart
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 6

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 2

The Look of Love, Pt. 1
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 1

Eaten by the Monster of Love
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 3

Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
26 Down by 3

Rock The Casbah
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
27 Down by 3

(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
Blondie
From the album: The Hunter
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 8

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 3

Angst in My Pants
Sparks
From the album: Angst in My Pants
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
30 Up by 3

Winds of Change
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Winds of Change
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 4

Uncertain Smile
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
32

I Can't Stand Still
Don Henley
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 1

Down Under
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 4

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 4

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 1

Breaking Us In Two
Joe Jackson
From the album: Night and Day
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 3

Rip It Up
Orange Juice
From the album: Rip It Up
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 7

I Need You
Paul Carrack
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
39 Up by 3

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 3

Burning Up
Madonna
From the album: Madonna
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 6

Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Utopia
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
42 Down by 13

Peek-A-Boo
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
43 Up by 1

Sex (I'm A...)
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 1

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
From the album: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 4

The Other Guy
Little River Band
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
46 Up by 1

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Whirly Girl
Oxo
From the album: OXO
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 1

Let Me Go
Heaven 17
From the album: The Luxury Gap
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
50 Down by 1

Situation
Yazoo
From the album: Upstairs At Eric's
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
51

Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
From the album: Thriller
Peak
51
Weeks
2
Number
52 Debut

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
52
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Hymn
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
50 Dropout

Old and Wise
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Eye in the Sky
Peak
39
Weeks
5

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Date

March 12, 1983

Songs

52

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1 1 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×6) 17

2 2 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 2 11

4 3 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 3 11

6 4 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 4 6

5 5 Devo – “That's Good” 5 10

3 6 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×2) 21

8 7 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 7 8

10 8 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 8 9

9 9 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 9 11

7 10 The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 22

13 11 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 11 11

14 12 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 12 11

15 13 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 13 6

18 14 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 14 3

11 15 Thompson Twins – “Runaway” 1(×2) 25

16 16 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 16 7

19 17 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 17 3

12 18 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 26

17 19 Talk Talk – “Talk Talk” 6 20

30 20 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 20 4

20 21 Saga – “On the Loose” 20 8

28 22 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 22 7

21 23 ABC – “The Look of Love, Pt. 1” 8 17

25 24 Sparks – “Eaten by the Monster of Love” 24 11

22 25 Adam Ant – “Goody Two Shoes” 9 13

23 26 The Clash – “Rock The Casbah” 13 15

24 27 Blondie – “(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)” 10 17

36 28 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 28 5

26 29 Sparks – “Angst in My Pants” 4 23

33 30 Jefferson Starship – “Winds of Change” 30 7

27 31 The The – “Uncertain Smile” 16 14

32 32 Don Henley – “I Can't Stand Still” 32 5

34 33 Men at Work – “Down Under” 33 6

38 34 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 34 3

39 35 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 35 3

37 36 Joe Jackson – “Breaking Us In Two” 36 5

40 37 Orange Juice – “Rip It Up” 37 4

31 38 Paul Carrack – “I Need You” 9 22

42 39 Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 39 3

43 40 Madonna – “Burning Up” 40 3

35 41 Utopia – “Feet Don't Fail Me Now” 27 9

29 42 Devo – “Peek-A-Boo” 6 22

44 43 Berlin – “Sex (I'm A...)” 43 2

45 44 Phil Collins – “I Don't Care Anymore” 44 3

41 45 Little River Band – “The Other Guy” 33 11

47 46 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 46 2

NE 47 Oxo – “Whirly Girl” 47 1

NE 48 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 48 1

48 49 Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go” 11 19

49 50 Yazoo – “Situation” 15 18

51 51 Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean” 51 2

NE 52 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 52 1

DROPOUTS:

48 -- Ultravox – “Hymn” 29 4

50 -- The Alan Parsons Project – “Old and Wise” 39 5

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