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

Oblivious
Aztec Camera
From the album: High Land, Hard Rain
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 4

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 1

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 2

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Up by 1

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Down by 2

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 1

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Down by 2

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
11 Up by 1

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 4

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 2

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
14 Down by 1

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
15 Down by 1

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 3

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 1

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 3

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 1

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 2

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 2

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22 Down by 7

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
23 Down by 6

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 1

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 1

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 2

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29 Up by 1

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 2

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 2

The Sign Of Fire
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 2

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 3

Union of the Snake
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 1

The Politics of Dancing
Re-Flex
From the album: The Politics of Dancing
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 5

If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 12

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
37 Up by 1

Twist of Fate
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Two of a Kind, Physical
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 5

Wrapped Around Your Finger
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 5

Jennifer
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 8

Antarctica
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth, Folk Of The 80’s
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 10

Everything Counts
Depeche Mode
From the album: Construction Time Again
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
42

In the Mood
Robert Plant
From the album: The Principle of Moments
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 2

Shooting Shark
Blue Öyster Cult
Peak
43
Weeks
6
Number
44 Up by 3

Never Never
The Assembly
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 5

Middle Of The Road
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46

Think too Much (a)
Paul Simon
From the album: Hearts and bones
Peak
46
Weeks
5
Number
47 Down by 10

The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
48 Down by 9

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
49 Debut

Criminal World
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Talking In Your Sleep
The Romantics
From the album: In Heat
Peak
51
Weeks
1
Number
52 Down by 3

Invisible Hands
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
7
Weeks
15

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Mama
Genesis
Peak
36
Weeks
10
Number
51 Dropout

Modern Love
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
20
Weeks
17

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Date

January 21, 1984

Songs

52

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1 1 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 1(×2) 11

6 2 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 2 7

2 3 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×9) 20

4 4 ABC – “All of My Heart” 4 17

3 5 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 1(×1) 21

7 6 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 6 10

5 7 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 5 19

9 8 Prince – “Delirious” 8 17

10 9 Eurythmics – “This Is the House” 9 9

8 10 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 26

12 11 Industry – “State of the Nation” 11 9

16 12 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 12 8

11 13 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 8 20

13 14 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 11 14

14 15 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 12 12

19 16 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 16 12

18 17 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 17 13

21 18 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 18 7

20 19 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 19 11

22 20 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 20 10

23 21 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 21 11

15 22 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 14 16

17 23 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 16 16

25 24 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 24 9

26 25 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 25 10

27 26 A Flock of Seagulls – “Nightmares” 26 8

29 27 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 27 5

28 28 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 28 8

30 29 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 29 7

32 30 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 30 7

33 31 The Fixx – “The Sign Of Fire” 31 5

34 32 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 32 5

36 33 Duran Duran – “Union of the Snake” 33 5

35 34 Re-Flex – “The Politics of Dancing” 34 6

40 35 Thompson Twins – “If You Were Here” 35 3

24 36 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 5 26

38 37 Olivia Newton-John – “Twist of Fate” 37 4

43 38 The Police – “Wrapped Around Your Finger” 38 3

44 39 Eurythmics – “Jennifer” 39 3

48 40 Men Without Hats – “Antarctica” 40 2

31 41 Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 3 23

42 42 Robert Plant – “In the Mood” 42 4

45 43 Blue Öyster Cult – “Shooting Shark” 43 6

47 44 The Assembly – “Never Never” 44 2

50 45 The Pretenders – “Middle Of The Road” 45 2

46 46 Paul Simon – “Think too Much (a)” 46 5

37 47 Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” 1(×3) 29

39 48 Mick Fleetwood's Zoo – “I Want You Back” 7 20

NE 49 David Bowie – “Criminal World” 49 1

NE 50 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 50 1

NE 51 The Romantics – “Talking In Your Sleep” 51 1

49 52 Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 7 15

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Genesis – “Mama” 36 10

51 -- David Bowie – “Modern Love” 20 17

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