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 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 3

I Like
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

All of My Heart
ABC
From the album: The Lexicon of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5 Down by 2

Love Is A Stranger
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Up by 6

This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

All You Ever Think About Is Sex
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
8

Delirious
Prince
From the album: 1999
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9

This Is the House
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 1

State of the Nation
Industry
From the album: Stranger to Stranger
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 6

Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
From the album: Speaking In Tongues
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
12 Down by 2

Holiday Road
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: National Lampoon's Vacation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
13 Up by 5

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 1

It Must Be love
Madness
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
15 Up by 1

Major Tom (Coming Home)
Peter Schilling
From the album: Error in the System
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 3

Watching
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17

In a Big Country
Big Country
From the album: The Crossing
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Down by 3

The Lovecats
The Cure
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 5

Mirror Man
The Human League
From the album: Fascination!
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
20

When the Lights Go Out
Naked Eyes
From the album: Naked Eyes
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21

Flying North
Thomas Dolby
From the album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 2

Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Rock 'n' Soul, Part I
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 2

Song for a Future Generation
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 3

Four Little Diamonds
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 3

Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Secret Messages
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
26

Nightmares
A Flock of Seagulls
From the album: Listen
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27 Up by 2

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28

2000 Miles
The Pretenders
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 6

If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
From the album: Quick Step & Side Kick
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31

The Sign Of Fire
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32

Lucky Me, Lucky You
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33

Union of the Snake
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34

The Politics of Dancing
Re-Flex
From the album: The Politics of Dancing
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Down by 12

One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx
From the album: Reach the Beach
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 2

Wrapped Around Your Finger
The Police
From the album: Synchronicity
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37

Twist of Fate
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Two of a Kind, Physical
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 1

Jennifer
Eurythmics
From the album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 1

Antarctica
Men Without Hats
From the album: Rhythm of Youth, Folk Of The 80’s
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 10

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 2

Shooting Shark
Blue Öyster Cult
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
42 Up by 3

Middle Of The Road
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 6

Criminal World
David Bowie
From the album: Let's Dance
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44

Never Never
The Assembly
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 9

Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
46 Up by 5

Talking In Your Sleep
The Romantics
From the album: In Heat
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

State Farm
Yazoo
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Secret Oktober
Duran Duran
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

I Will Follow
U2
From the album: Boy
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

New Song
Howard Jones
From the album: Human's Lib
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

You Make My Heart Beat Faster
Kim Carnes
From the album: Café Racers
Peak
51
Weeks
1
Number
52 Down by 6

Think too Much (a)
Paul Simon
From the album: Hearts and bones
Peak
46
Weeks
6

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

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

In the Mood
Robert Plant
From the album: The Principle of Moments
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
47 Dropout

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

I Want You Back
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
52 Dropout

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

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Date

January 28, 1984

Songs

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1 1 Aztec Camera – “Oblivious” 1(×3) 12

2 2 Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 2 8

6 3 Men Without Hats – “I Like” 3 11

4 4 ABC – “All of My Heart” 4 18

3 5 Eurythmics – “Love Is A Stranger” 1(×9) 21

12 6 Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” 6 9

7 7 Sparks – “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” 5 20

8 8 Prince – “Delirious” 8 18

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

11 10 Industry – “State of the Nation” 10 10

5 11 Talking Heads – “Burning Down The House” 1(×1) 22

10 12 Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road” 1(×1) 27

18 13 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 13 8

13 14 Madness – “It Must Be love ” 8 21

16 15 Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” 15 13

19 16 Thompson Twins – “Watching” 16 12

17 17 Big Country – “In a Big Country” 17 14

15 18 The Cure – “The Lovecats” 12 13

14 19 The Human League – “Mirror Man” 11 15

20 20 Naked Eyes – “When the Lights Go Out” 20 11

21 21 Thomas Dolby – “Flying North” 21 12

24 22 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Say It Isn't So” 22 10

25 23 The B-52's – “Song for a Future Generation” 23 11

27 24 Electric Light Orchestra – “Four Little Diamonds” 24 6

22 25 Electric Light Orchestra – “Secret Messages” 14 17

26 26 A Flock of Seagulls – “Nightmares” 26 9

29 27 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 27 8

28 28 The Pretenders – “2000 Miles” 28 9

35 29 Thompson Twins – “If You Were Here” 29 4

30 30 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 30 8

31 31 The Fixx – “The Sign Of Fire” 31 6

32 32 Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin – “Lucky Me, Lucky You” 32 6

33 33 Duran Duran – “Union of the Snake” 33 6

34 34 Re-Flex – “The Politics of Dancing” 34 7

23 35 The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another” 16 17

38 36 The Police – “Wrapped Around Your Finger” 36 4

37 37 Olivia Newton-John – “Twist of Fate” 37 5

39 38 Eurythmics – “Jennifer” 38 4

40 39 Men Without Hats – “Antarctica” 39 3

50 40 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 40 2

43 41 Blue Öyster Cult – “Shooting Shark” 41 7

45 42 The Pretenders – “Middle Of The Road” 42 3

49 43 David Bowie – “Criminal World” 43 2

44 44 The Assembly – “Never Never” 44 3

36 45 R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe” 5 27

51 46 The Romantics – “Talking In Your Sleep” 46 2

NE 47 Yazoo – “State Farm” 47 1

NE 48 Duran Duran – “Secret Oktober” 48 1

NE 49 U2 – “I Will Follow” 49 1

NE 50 Howard Jones – “New Song” 50 1

NE 51 Kim Carnes – “You Make My Heart Beat Faster” 51 1

46 52 Paul Simon – “Think too Much (a)” 46 6

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts” 3 23

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

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

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

52 -- Kim Carnes – “Invisible Hands” 7 15

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