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

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
6

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
7

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 3

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 1

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
10 Down by 1

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
11 Down by 1

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 1

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 1

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 1

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Down by 3

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

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 1

(It's Not Me) Talking
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 3

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 4

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 4

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
21 Up by 1

The Romance of the Telescope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 3

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
23 Up by 3

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

Legal Tender
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 1

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
26 Up by 3

Friend Or Foe
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
28 Up by 3

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 1

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 2

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 2

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 5

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 13

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
34 Up by 6

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Everyday I Write The Book
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
From the album: Punch the Clock
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 5

King of Pain
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 1

Dancing with Myself
Billy Idol
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 1

Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Faster Than the Speed of Night
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 6

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 2

Gone Daddy Gone
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Debut

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Debut

Rockit
Herbie Hancock
From the album: Future Shock
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43

I Will Run to You
Stevie Nicks featuring Tom Petty
From the album: The Wild Heart
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 10

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
45 Down by 10

The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
46 Up by 3

Masquerade
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Debut

Dear Prudence
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Hyæna
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48

Crystal
Elton John
From the album: 2 ↓ 4 0
Peak
48
Weeks
3
Number
49 Debut

Big Log
Robert Plant
From the album: The Principle of Moments
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 23

China Girl
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
18
Weeks
15

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
46 Dropout

AEIOU Sometimes Y
Ēbn-Ōzn
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
47 Dropout

Blue Monday (1983)
New Order
From the album: Power Corruption & Lies
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
50 Dropout

A Million Miles Away
The Plimsouls
From the album: Everywhere at Once
Peak
40
Weeks
9

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Date

October 8, 1983

Songs

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2 1 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 1(×1) 17

3 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 3 11

4 4 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 19

5 5 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 5 20

6 6 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 21

7 7 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 20

11 8 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 8 5

8 9 Berlin – “The Metro” 8 20

9 10 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 19

10 11 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 10 14

13 12 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 12 8

14 13 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 13 11

15 14 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 14 11

12 15 Prince – “1999” 12 18

17 16 Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 16 10

18 17 A Flock of Seagulls – “(It's Not Me) Talking” 17 6

21 18 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 18 6

23 19 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 19 6

16 20 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 11 20

22 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Romance of the Telescope” 21 7

19 22 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 12 19

26 23 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 23 5

25 24 The B-52's – “Legal Tender” 24 7

24 25 U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 24 15

29 26 Adam Ant – “Friend Or Foe” 26 5

27 27 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 8 23

31 28 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 28 5

30 29 ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man” 29 9

32 30 The The – “This is the Day” 30 4

33 31 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 31 4

37 32 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 32 3

20 33 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 14 19

40 34 ABC – “All of My Heart” 34 2

36 35 Elvis Costello & The Attractions – “Everyday I Write The Book” 35 7

41 36 The Police – “King of Pain” 36 2

38 37 Billy Idol – “Dancing with Myself” 37 5

39 38 Bonnie Tyler – “Total Eclipse of the Heart” 38 4

45 39 Prince – “Delirious” 39 2

42 40 Violent Femmes – “Gone Daddy Gone” 40 5

NE 41 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 41 1

NE 42 Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” 42 1

43 43 Stevie Nicks ft. Tom Petty – “I Will Run to You” 43 4

34 44 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 1(×1) 24

35 45 Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur” 1(×2) 26

49 46 Berlin – “Masquerade” 46 3

NE 47 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence” 47 1

48 48 Elton John – “Crystal” 48 3

NE 49 Robert Plant – “Big Log” 49 1

NE 50 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 50 1

28 51 David Bowie – “China Girl” 18 15

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Electric Light Orchestra – “Rock 'n' Roll Is King” 21 11

46 -- Ēbn-Ōzn – “AEIOU Sometimes Y” 31 11

47 -- New Order – “Blue Monday (1983)” 1(×3) 26

50 -- The Plimsouls – “A Million Miles Away” 40 9

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