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

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
6

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 2

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 10

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13 Down by 4

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 5

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 2

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 3

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
18 Down by 1

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 6

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
20 Down by 4

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
21

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 4

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 3

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 6

Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
From the album: Combat Rock
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
27 Up by 3

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 1

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 2

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Down by 6

Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
31 Up by 4

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 4

New Year's Day
U2
From the album: War
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
33 Up by 8

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Debut

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Up by 9

China
Red Rockers
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36

Always Something There to Remind Me
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

White Wedding, Pt. 1
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 6

Get the Balance Right!
Depeche Mode
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
39 Up by 3

Don't Talk To Me About Love
Altered Images
From the album: Bite
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Debut

Don't Pay The Ferryman
Chris de Burgh
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 2

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 9

Telecommunication
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
43 Down by 3

The Salt In My Tears
Martin Briley
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
44 Down by 6

Our Lips Are Sealed
Fun Boy Three
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
45 Down by 8

Gimme All Your Lovin
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
46 Up by 4

Who's Behind the Door?
Zebra
From the album: Zebra
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 3

Escalator Of Life
Robert Hazard
Peak
19
Weeks
18
Number
50 Down by 16

Make a Circuit with Me
Polecats
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
47 Dropout

The One Thing
INXS
From the album: Shabooh Shoobah
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
48 Dropout

That's Good
Devo
From the album: Oh No! It's Devo
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
49 Dropout

Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
From the album: Spring Session M
Peak
23
Weeks
15

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Date

July 2, 1983

Songs

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2 1 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 17

3 3 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 3 13

4 4 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 4 12

5 5 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 16

6 6 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 6 13

7 7 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 7 7

8 8 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 8 6

11 9 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 9 9

10 10 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 13

12 11 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 11 10

22 12 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 12 5

9 13 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 6 16

19 14 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 14 9

15 15 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 15 10

18 16 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 16 8

14 17 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 13 16

17 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 17 8

13 19 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 8 15

16 20 Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 16 14

21 21 Planet P – “Why Me” 21 12

26 22 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 22 5

23 23 Berlin – “The Metro” 23 6

27 24 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 24 3

25 25 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 25 5

20 26 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” 18 15

30 27 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 27 6

29 28 Madness – “Our House” 28 7

31 29 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 29 6

24 30 The Pretenders – “Back on the Chain Gang” 1(×2) 27

35 31 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 31 5

28 32 U2 – “New Year's Day” 28 12

41 33 Prince – “1999” 33 4

NE 34 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 34 1

44 35 Red Rockers – “China” 35 3

36 36 Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” 36 4

39 37 Billy Idol – “White Wedding, Pt. 1” 37 4

32 38 Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right! ” 3 19

42 39 Altered Images – “Don't Talk To Me About Love” 39 7

NE 40 Chris de Burgh – “Don't Pay The Ferryman” 40 1

43 41 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 41 3

33 42 A Flock of Seagulls – “Telecommunication” 3 24

40 43 Martin Briley – “The Salt In My Tears” 40 8

38 44 Fun Boy Three – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 35 6

37 45 ZZ Top – “Gimme All Your Lovin” 29 9

50 46 Zebra – “Who's Behind the Door?” 46 2

NE 47 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 47 1

NE 48 David Bowie – “China Girl” 48 1

46 49 Robert Hazard – “Escalator Of Life” 19 18

34 50 Polecats – “Make a Circuit with Me” 1(×5) 22

DROPOUTS:

45 -- A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song” 1(×1) 26

47 -- INXS – “The One Thing” 32 11

48 -- Devo – “That's Good” 4 25

49 -- Missing Persons – “Walking in L.A.” 23 15

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