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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

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 1

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Down by 1

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 3

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
7

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 5

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 1

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 6

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
12 Down by 3

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
13 Up by 4

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Down by 5

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
18

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 2

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 5

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 1

Romanticide
Combo Audio
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 2

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 7

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
27 Down by 4

Rip It Up
Orange Juice
From the album: Rip It Up
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
28

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 7

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 1

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 3

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35

Hammer in My Heart
Utopia
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 3

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 6

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
From the album: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
38 Down by 8

Burning Up
Madonna
From the album: Madonna
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
39 Up by 4

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40

Power and the Passion
Midnight Oil
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 4

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42

Whistle Down The Wind
Nick Heyward
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 4

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 6

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
45 Down by 1

Wind Him Up
Saga
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
46 Down by 5

Windpower
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
47

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Change
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 1

Mad World
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
50

Down Under
Men at Work
From the album: Business As Usual
Peak
26
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
27

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Date

April 23, 1983

Songs

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1 1 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 12

2 2 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 2 17

4 3 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 14

3 4 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 17

8 5 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 5 9

6 6 Devo – “That's Good” 4 16

7 7 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 7 15

13 8 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 8 7

10 9 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 9 12

11 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 10 9

5 11 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 5 17

9 12 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×6) 23

17 13 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 13 6

14 14 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 14 10

15 15 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 15 9

16 16 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 16 11

12 17 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 9 17

18 18 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 18 13

21 19 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 19 6

20 20 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 20 9

26 21 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 21 4

22 22 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 22 5

24 23 Combo Audio – “Romanticide” 23 5

25 24 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 24 8

27 25 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 25 3

19 26 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 13 13

23 27 Orange Juice – “Rip It Up” 23 10

28 28 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 28 7

29 29 Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 29 9

37 30 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 30 3

32 31 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 31 6

33 32 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 32 5

36 33 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 33 4

34 34 Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 34 6

35 35 Utopia – “Hammer in My Heart” 35 5

39 36 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 36 3

31 37 Phil Collins – “I Don't Care Anymore” 31 9

30 38 Madonna – “Burning Up” 30 9

43 39 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 39 2

40 40 Midnight Oil – “Power and the Passion” 40 6

45 41 Planet P – “Why Me” 41 2

42 42 Nick Heyward – “Whistle Down The Wind” 42 5

47 43 INXS – “The One Thing” 43 2

38 44 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 12 17

44 45 Saga – “Wind Him Up” 44 4

41 46 Thomas Dolby – “Windpower” 1(×4) 32

47 47 U2 – “New Year's Day” 47 2

NE 48 Tears for Fears – “Change” 48 1

48 49 Tears for Fears – “Mad World” 1(×2) 27

50 50 Men at Work – “Down Under” 26 12

DROPOUTS:

49 -- The Human League – “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” 1(×5) 27

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