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

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2 Down by 1

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 1

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
6 Up by 2

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Down by 1

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
8 Down by 1

I Know There's Something Going On
Frida
From the album: Something's Going On
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 4

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 11

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 2

Lies
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 7

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 2

Change of Heart
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Long After Dark
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Down by 4

Genetic Engineering
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 3

Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Peter Gabriel: Security
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
16 Down by 5

Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 6

Romanticide
Combo Audio
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 7

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Up by 3

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 4

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 5

Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Too-Rye-Ay
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 8

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 9

Jeopardy
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Kihnspiracy
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
24 Down by 7

Twilight Zone
Golden Earring
From the album: Cut
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
25 Down by 7

Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
From the album: Stray Cats
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
26 Up by 10

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 1

Kiss Me
Stephen Tintin Duffy
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 3

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 3

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 3

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down by 12

Poison Arrow
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
33 Down by 7

The Cutter
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Porcupine
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
34 Up by 5

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

Hammer in My Heart
Utopia
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Down by 9

Rip It Up
Orange Juice
From the album: Rip It Up
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
37 Down by 8

Telephone Operator
Pete Shelley
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
38 Up by 2

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 4

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 1

Whistle Down The Wind
Nick Heyward
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 4

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
From the album: Hello, I Must Be Going!
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
42 Up by 5

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 5

Change
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Debut

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 1

Power and the Passion
Midnight Oil
Peak
43
Weeks
7
Number
46 Down by 8

Burning Up
Madonna
From the album: Madonna
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
47 Down by 5

Up the Down Escalator
The Chameleons
From the album: Script of the Bridge
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
48 Down by 3

Wind Him Up
Saga
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
49 Debut

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Mr. Roboto
Styx
From the album: Kilroy Was Here
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

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

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

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

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Date

April 30, 1983

Songs

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2 1 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×1) 18

1 2 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 13

3 3 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 15

5 4 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 4 10

4 5 A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 18

8 6 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 6 8

6 7 Devo – “That's Good” 4 17

7 8 Frida – “I Know There's Something Going On” 7 16

13 9 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 9 7

21 10 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 10 5

9 11 Thompson Twins – “Lies” 9 13

19 12 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 12 7

15 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Change of Heart” 13 10

10 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Genetic Engineering” 10 10

12 15 Peter Gabriel – “Shock The Monkey” 1(×6) 24

11 16 Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf” 5 18

23 17 Combo Audio – “Romanticide” 17 6

25 18 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 18 4

22 19 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 19 6

24 20 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 20 9

16 21 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen” 16 12

30 22 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 22 4

14 23 Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy” 14 11

17 24 Golden Earring – “Twilight Zone” 9 18

18 25 Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” 18 14

36 26 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 26 4

28 27 Stephen Tintin Duffy – “Kiss Me” 27 8

31 28 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 28 7

32 29 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 29 6

33 30 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 30 5

34 31 Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 31 7

20 32 ABC – “Poison Arrow” 20 10

26 33 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Cutter” 13 14

39 34 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 34 3

35 35 Utopia – “Hammer in My Heart” 35 6

27 36 Orange Juice – “Rip It Up” 23 11

29 37 Pete Shelley – “Telephone Operator” 29 10

40 38 Planet P – “Why Me” 38 3

43 39 INXS – “The One Thing” 39 3

41 40 Nick Heyward – “Whistle Down The Wind” 40 6

37 41 Phil Collins – “I Don't Care Anymore” 31 10

47 42 U2 – “New Year's Day” 42 3

48 43 Tears for Fears – “Change” 43 2

NE 44 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 44 1

44 45 Midnight Oil – “Power and the Passion” 43 7

38 46 Madonna – “Burning Up” 30 10

42 47 The Chameleons – “Up the Down Escalator” 12 18

45 48 Saga – “Wind Him Up” 44 5

NE 49 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 49 1

NE 50 Styx – “Mr. Roboto” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

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