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

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 2

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 4

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7 Down by 1

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 1

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 1

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 1

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 1

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Up by 2

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 4

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
16

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 1

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 4

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 2

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
22 Down by 1

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
23

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 4

Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 1

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Down by 4

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
27 Down by 2

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
28 Up by 2

China
Red Rockers
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 2

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 3

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
31 Up by 11

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 5

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 4

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
34 Up by 2

Whenever You’re On My Mind
Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 6

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 2

AEIOU Sometimes Y
Ēbn-Ōzn
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 2

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 5

White Wedding, Pt. 1
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
39 Debut

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

It's Inevitable
Charlie
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 2

Stand Back
Stevie Nicks
From the album: The Wild Heart
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Up by 4

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 6

Electric Avenue
Eddy Grant
From the album: Killer on the Rampage
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Debut

I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Culture Club
From the album: Kissing to Be Clever
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Up by 2

A Million Miles Away
The Plimsouls
From the album: Everywhere at Once
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 11

Never Stop
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
47 Down by 15

Our House
Madness
From the album: The Rise & Fall
Peak
28
Weeks
14
Number
48 Down by 4

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
49 Down by 4

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
50 Debut

Kiss the Bride
Elton John
From the album: 2 ↓ 4 0
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Silent Running
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
48 Dropout

Why Me
Planet P
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
50 Dropout

Always Something There to Remind Me
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
36
Weeks
10

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Date

August 20, 1983

Songs

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 14

3 2 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 2 13

4 3 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 3 12

5 4 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 4 17

7 5 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 5 12

2 6 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 1(×2) 19

6 7 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×3) 20

9 8 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 8 10

8 9 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 21

10 10 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 10 16

12 11 Berlin – “The Metro” 11 13

13 12 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 12 13

15 13 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 13 7

14 14 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 14 13

11 15 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 24

16 16 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 16 12

17 17 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 17 7

18 18 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 18 12

20 19 Prince – “1999” 19 11

24 20 David Bowie – “China Girl” 20 8

19 21 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 23

21 22 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 11 15

23 23 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 23 8

28 24 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rock 'n' Roll Is King” 24 5

26 25 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 25 10

22 26 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 6 20

25 27 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 9 16

30 28 Red Rockers – “China” 28 10

31 29 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 29 8

27 30 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 15 17

42 31 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 31 4

37 32 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 32 4

29 33 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 20

36 34 Marshall Crenshaw – “Whenever You’re On My Mind” 34 6

41 35 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 35 4

38 36 Ēbn-Ōzn – “AEIOU Sometimes Y” 36 5

39 37 Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 37 3

33 38 Billy Idol – “White Wedding, Pt. 1” 33 11

NE 39 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 39 1

40 40 Charlie – “It's Inevitable” 40 6

43 41 Stevie Nicks – “Stand Back” 41 6

46 42 ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man” 42 2

49 43 Eddy Grant – “Electric Avenue” 43 2

NE 44 Culture Club – “I'll Tumble 4 Ya” 44 1

47 45 The Plimsouls – “A Million Miles Away” 45 3

35 46 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Never Stop” 35 5

32 47 Madness – “Our House” 28 14

44 48 After the Fire – “Der Kommissar” 6 23

45 49 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 8 22

NE 50 Elton John – “Kiss the Bride” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Silent Running” 17 14

48 -- Planet P – “Why Me” 21 18

50 -- Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” 36 10

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