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

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Up by 1

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 1

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 4

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 1

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Up by 1

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 2

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 3

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 1

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Down by 2

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 3

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 4

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 3

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 5

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 2

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 6

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 7

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 7

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
25 Up by 1

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 6

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
27 Up by 2

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 5

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 5

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
30 Up by 2

China
Red Rockers
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
32 Down by 5

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
33 Up by 4

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 1

White Wedding, Pt. 1
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 4

Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Never Stop
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 3

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
38 Up by 2

Whenever You’re On My Mind
Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Down by 3

Always Something There to Remind Me
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
36
Weeks
9
Number
40 Up by 7

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41

It's Inevitable
Charlie
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 2

AEIOU Sometimes Y
Ēbn-Ōzn
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43

Stand Back
Stevie Nicks
From the album: The Wild Heart
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 5

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 3

Who's Behind the Door?
Zebra
From the album: Zebra
Peak
42
Weeks
7
Number
46 Up by 4

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 20

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
49 Debut

A Million Miles Away
The Plimsouls
From the album: Everywhere at Once
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 2

Little Red Corvette
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
13
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Don't Pay The Ferryman
Chris de Burgh
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
46 Dropout

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
From the album: Call of the West
Peak
16
Weeks
18

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Date

August 6, 1983

Songs

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1 1 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 1(×2) 17

3 2 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 2 12

4 3 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 3 11

5 4 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 4 10

6 5 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 5 15

2 6 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×3) 18

7 7 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 19

9 8 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 8 10

8 9 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 22

11 10 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 10 14

12 11 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 11 13

14 12 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 12 8

10 13 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 21

15 14 Berlin – “The Metro” 14 11

13 15 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 6 18

19 16 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 16 11

21 17 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 17 11

18 18 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 18 10

22 19 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 19 10

25 20 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 20 5

23 21 Prince – “1999” 21 9

16 22 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 9 14

30 23 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 23 5

17 24 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 15 15

26 25 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 25 6

20 26 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 18

29 27 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 27 8

33 28 David Bowie – “China Girl” 28 6

24 29 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 6 21

32 30 Red Rockers – “China” 30 8

31 31 Madness – “Our House” 28 12

27 32 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 17 13

37 33 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 33 6

35 34 Billy Idol – “White Wedding, Pt. 1” 34 9

39 35 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rock 'n' Roll Is King” 35 3

38 36 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Never Stop” 36 3

34 37 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 8 20

40 38 Marshall Crenshaw – “Whenever You’re On My Mind” 38 4

36 39 Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” 36 9

47 40 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 40 2

41 41 Charlie – “It's Inevitable” 41 4

44 42 Ēbn-Ōzn – “AEIOU Sometimes Y” 42 3

43 43 Stevie Nicks – “Stand Back” 43 4

49 44 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 44 2

42 45 Zebra – “Who's Behind the Door?” 42 7

50 46 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 46 2

NE 47 Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 47 1

28 48 Planet P – “Why Me” 21 17

NE 49 The Plimsouls – “A Million Miles Away” 49 1

48 50 Prince – “Little Red Corvette” 13 21

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Chris de Burgh – “Don't Pay The Ferryman” 38 5

46 -- Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio” 16 18

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