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

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Down by 1

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 1

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
5 Up by 2

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 1

Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Down by 4

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 1

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 1

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 8

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Up by 3

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Down by 4

Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Hurting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
14 Up by 4

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 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
29
Number
16 Up by 1

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
16 Down by 2

Radio Silence
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
18 Down by 5

Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
19 Up by 6

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 4

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 5

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 6

Nobody's Diary
Yazoo
From the album: You And Me Both
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
23

This is the Day
The The
From the album: Soul Mining
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 4

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
25 Up by 3

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 5

Saved By Zero
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
5
Weeks
28
Number
27 Down by 4

We Are Detective
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
28 Up by 3

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 4

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Dear Prudence
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Hyæna
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 4

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32

Can't Shake Loose
Agnetha Fältskog
From the album: Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 6

The Romance of the Telescope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Dazzle Ships
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
34

Masquerade
Berlin
From the album: Pleasure Victim
Peak
34
Weeks
11
Number
35 Up by 5

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

Mama
Genesis
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 5

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38

Quicksand
A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
38
Weeks
7
Number
39 Up by 2

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 5

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 5

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 13

(It's Not Me) Talking
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
43 Down by 7

Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
From the album: Faster Than the Speed of Night
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
44

Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2
From the album: War
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
45 Up by 2

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 6

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 2

TV Dinners
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
48
Weeks
3
Number
49

Every Word Means No
Let's Active
Peak
49
Weeks
6
Number
50 Down by 13

Legal Tender
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
51 Debut

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
51
Weeks
1
Number
52 Debut

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
52
Weeks
1
Number
53

Allergies
Paul Simon
From the album: Hearts and bones
Peak
53
Weeks
3
Number
54 Down by 3

Your Silent Face
New Order
From the album: Power, Corruption & Lies
Peak
15
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
48 Dropout

Promises, Promises
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
54 Dropout

Dancing with Myself
Billy Idol
Peak
31
Weeks
12

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Date

December 3, 1983

Songs

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2 1 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×5) 13

1 2 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 19

3 3 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 3 14

5 4 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×3) 22

7 5 ABC – “All of My Heart” 5 10

6 6 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 6 19

8 7 Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 7 8

4 8 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 3 16

10 9 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 9 13

11 10 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 10 12

19 11 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 11 4

15 12 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 12 13

9 13 Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)” 1(×2) 27

18 14 Prince – “Delirious” 14 10

12 15 Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” 1(×2) 29

17 16 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 16 9

14 16 Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence” 14 14

13 18 Thomas Dolby – “Europa and the Pirate Twins” 1(×1) 25

25 19 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 19 7

24 20 David Bowie – “Modern Love” 20 11

26 21 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 21 9

16 22 Yazoo – “Nobody's Diary” 1(×1) 28

23 23 The The – “This is the Day” 23 12

20 24 A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” 1(×1) 27

28 25 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 25 5

21 26 The Fixx – “Saved By Zero” 5 28

23 27 Thompson Twins – “We Are Detective” 10 22

31 28 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 28 6

33 29 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 29 4

30 30 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence” 30 9

35 31 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 31 5

32 32 Agnetha Fältskog – “Can't Shake Loose” 32 8

27 33 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Romance of the Telescope” 18 15

34 34 Berlin – “Masquerade” 34 11

40 35 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 35 4

39 36 Genesis – “Mama” 36 4

42 37 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 37 3

38 38 A Flock of Seagulls – “Quicksand” 38 7

41 39 Eurythmics – “This Is the House” 39 2

45 40 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 40 3

46 41 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 41 3

29 42 A Flock of Seagulls – “(It's Not Me) Talking” 16 14

36 43 Bonnie Tyler – “Total Eclipse of the Heart” 32 12

44 44 U2 – “Sunday Bloody Sunday” 44 5

47 45 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 45 2

52 46 Industry – “State of the Nation” 46 2

NE 47 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 47 1

50 48 ZZ Top – “TV Dinners” 48 3

49 49 Let's Active – “Every Word Means No” 49 6

37 50 The B-52's – “Legal Tender” 21 15

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

NE 52 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 52 1

53 53 Paul Simon – “Allergies” 53 3

51 54 New Order – “Your Silent Face” 15 19

DROPOUTS:

43 -- ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man” 25 16

48 -- Naked Eyes – “Promises, Promises” 15 17

54 -- Billy Idol – “Dancing with Myself” 31 12

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