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

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
4 Down by 3

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 1

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 5

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 1

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 1

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Down by 5

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 1

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 2

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 6

I Melt With You
Modern English
From the album: After the Snow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
16 Up by 1

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 1

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 1

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 1

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Down by 5

She Blinded Me with Science
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
21 Up by 10

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 1

We Came To Dance
Ultravox
From the album: Quartet
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 1

Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 1

Every Breath You Take
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 4

Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Forever Now
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
26 Down by 4

Cool Places
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 1

China
Red Rockers
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 1

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 6

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 2

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 4

Modern Love Is Automatic
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
32 Up by 5

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Whenever You’re On My Mind
Marshall Crenshaw
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 2

AEIOU Sometimes Y
Ēbn-Ōzn
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 4

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 10

Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
37 Down by 7

Love On Your Side
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
38 Down by 5

One of Our Submarines
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
39 Up by 3

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 3

Electric Avenue
Eddy Grant
From the album: Killer on the Rampage
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Debut

The Romance of the Telescope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Up by 2

I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Culture Club
From the album: Kissing to Be Clever
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 2

A Million Miles Away
The Plimsouls
From the album: Everywhere at Once
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 6

White Wedding, Pt. 1
Billy Idol
From the album: Billy Idol
Peak
33
Weeks
12
Number
45 Down by 4

Stand Back
Stevie Nicks
From the album: The Wild Heart
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
46 Down by 6

It's Inevitable
Charlie
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
47 Debut

Legal Tender
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 2

Never Stop
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
49 Up by 1

Kiss the Bride
Elton John
From the album: 2 ↓ 4 0
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 1

Let's Dance
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
8
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

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

Der Kommissar
After the Fire
From the album: Der Kommissar
Peak
6
Weeks
23

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Date

August 27, 1983

Songs

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2 1 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 14

3 2 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 2 13

4 3 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 3 18

1 4 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 15

5 5 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 5 13

6 6 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 1(×2) 20

8 7 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 7 11

13 8 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 8 8

10 9 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 9 17

11 10 Berlin – “The Metro” 10 14

12 11 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 11 14

7 12 New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×3) 21

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

16 14 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 14 13

9 15 Modern English – “I Melt With You” 1(×1) 22

17 16 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 16 8

18 17 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 17 13

19 18 Prince – “1999” 18 12

20 19 David Bowie – “China Girl” 19 9

15 20 Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” 1(×7) 25

31 21 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 21 5

23 22 Ultravox – “We Came To Dance” 22 9

24 23 Electric Light Orchestra – “Rock 'n' Roll Is King” 23 6

25 24 The Police – “Every Breath You Take” 24 11

21 25 The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way” 4 24

22 26 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Cool Places” 11 16

28 27 Red Rockers – “China” 27 11

29 28 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 28 9

35 29 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 29 5

32 30 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 30 5

27 31 A Flock of Seagulls – “Modern Love Is Automatic” 9 17

37 32 Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 32 4

34 33 Marshall Crenshaw – “Whenever You’re On My Mind” 33 7

36 34 Ēbn-Ōzn – “AEIOU Sometimes Y” 34 6

39 35 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 35 2

26 36 Adam Ant – “Desperate But Not Serious” 6 21

30 37 Thompson Twins – “Love On Your Side” 15 18

33 38 Thomas Dolby – “One of Our Submarines” 9 21

42 39 ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man” 39 3

43 40 Eddy Grant – “Electric Avenue” 40 3

NE 41 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Romance of the Telescope” 41 1

44 42 Culture Club – “I'll Tumble 4 Ya” 42 2

45 43 The Plimsouls – “A Million Miles Away” 43 4

38 44 Billy Idol – “White Wedding, Pt. 1” 33 12

41 45 Stevie Nicks – “Stand Back” 41 7

40 46 Charlie – “It's Inevitable” 40 7

NE 47 The B-52's – “Legal Tender” 47 1

46 48 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Never Stop” 35 6

50 49 Elton John – “Kiss the Bride” 49 2

49 50 David Bowie – “Let's Dance” 8 23

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Madness – “Our House” 28 14

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

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