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 Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 2

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 2

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
7 Up by 1

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 1

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
9 Up by 5

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
11 Down by 2

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
12 Up by 1

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Down by 1

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 4

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

(It's Not Me) Talking
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 6

The Metro
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
18 Up by 5

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19

The Romance of the Telescope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 1

Legal Tender
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 3

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 7

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
24

Friend Or Foe
Adam Ant
From the album: Friend Or Foe
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 1

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 2

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 4

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 2

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Down by 9

1999
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
31 Up by 4

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

King of Pain
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 4

(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
22
Number
34 Down by 4

Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
35 Up by 1

Dancing with Myself
Billy Idol
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 1

Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Faster Than the Speed of Night
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 11

Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

Dear Prudence
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Hyæna
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39

Gone Daddy Gone
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 2

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 8

The Walls Came Down
The Call
Peak
8
Weeks
25
Number
42 Down by 4

Baby Jane
Rod Stewart
From the album: Body Wishes
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
43 Up by 2

Masquerade
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
43
Weeks
5
Number
44 Up by 5

Can't Shake Loose
Agnetha Fältskog
From the album: Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 1

Big Log
Robert Plant
From the album: The Principle of Moments
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Debut

Sitting at the Wheel
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Present
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 5

Rockit
Herbie Hancock
From the album: Future Shock
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
49 Down by 5

Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
From the album: Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
50

Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
Sheena Easton
From the album: Best Kept Secret
Peak
50
Weeks
2
Number
51 Debut

Quicksand
A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Two Hearts Beat As One
U2
From the album: War
Peak
24
Weeks
16
Number
47 Dropout

Crystal
Elton John
From the album: 2 ↓ 4 0
Peak
47
Weeks
4

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Date

October 22, 1983

Songs

51

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1 1 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×3) 16

4 2 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 2 7

3 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 3 13

2 4 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 1(×1) 19

5 5 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 21

6 6 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 23

8 7 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 7 10

7 8 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 22

14 9 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 9 8

10 10 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 21

9 11 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 5 22

13 12 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 12 13

12 13 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 10 16

18 14 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 14 8

15 15 Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 15 12

17 16 A Flock of Seagulls – “(It's Not Me) Talking” 16 8

11 17 Berlin – “The Metro” 8 22

23 18 ABC – “All of My Heart” 18 4

19 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Romance of the Telescope” 19 9

20 20 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 20 7

22 21 The B-52's – “Legal Tender” 21 9

25 22 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 22 7

16 23 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 15 13

24 24 Adam Ant – “Friend Or Foe” 24 7

26 25 ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man” 25 11

28 26 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 26 6

27 27 The The – “This is the Day” 27 6

32 28 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 28 3

31 29 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 29 5

21 30 Prince – “1999” 12 20

35 31 Prince – “Delirious” 31 4

34 32 The Police – “King of Pain” 32 4

29 33 The Human League – “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” 11 22

30 34 Duran Duran – “Is There Something I Should Know?” 12 21

36 35 Billy Idol – “Dancing with Myself” 35 7

37 36 Bonnie Tyler – “Total Eclipse of the Heart” 36 6

48 37 Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 37 2

40 38 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence” 38 3

39 39 Violent Femmes – “Gone Daddy Gone” 39 7

42 40 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 40 3

33 41 The Call – “The Walls Came Down” 8 25

38 42 Rod Stewart – “Baby Jane” 14 21

45 43 Berlin – “Masquerade” 43 5

49 44 Agnetha Fältskog – “Can't Shake Loose” 44 2

46 45 Robert Plant – “Big Log” 45 3

NE 46 The Moody Blues – “Sitting at the Wheel” 46 1

NE 47 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 47 1

43 48 Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” 42 3

44 49 Violent Femmes – “Blister In The Sun” 1(×1) 26

50 50 Sheena Easton – “Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)” 50 2

NE 51 A Flock of Seagulls – “Quicksand” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- U2 – “Two Hearts Beat As One” 24 16

47 -- Elton John – “Crystal” 47 4

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