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

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 5

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 6

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Up by 4

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 3

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 3

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 3

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
8 Down by 3

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
9 Down by 3

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
10

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 4

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
11
Weeks
3
Number
12 Up by 5

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 2

Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
From the album: The Age Of Plastic
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 2

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 2

Making Plans for Nigel
XTC
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 6

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
17 Down by 1

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
18

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 5

Damned If I Do
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 4

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 2

Winter Rose/Love Awake
Paul McCartney & Wings
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 1

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 2

Dream Police
Cheap Trick
From the album: Dream Police
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
24 Up by 3

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 5

Message in a Bottle
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
26 Up by 5

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 5

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 3

Tryouts for the Human Race
Sparks
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
29 Down by 3

Babe
Styx
From the album: Cornerstone
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
30 Up by 5

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Down by 3

Duchess
The Stranglers
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
32 Up by 2

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 4

Rock Lobster
The B-52's
From the album: The B-52's
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
34 Up by 4

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

One Step Beyond
Madness
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36

Money (That's What I Want)
The Flying Lizards
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
37 Down by 4

Driver's Seat
Sniff 'n' the Tears
From the album: Fickle Heart
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
38 Debut

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Moonlight And Muzak
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40

Complex
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
40
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Good Girls Don't
The Knack
From the album: Get the Knack
Peak
11
Weeks
15

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Date

January 12, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×2) 7

7 2 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 8

9 3 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 4

8 4 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 6

2 5 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 15

3 6 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×6) 16

4 7 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 23

5 8 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 25

6 9 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×1) 15

10 10 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 8

15 11 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 11 3

17 12 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 12 4

11 13 The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” 6 13

12 14 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 8 13

13 15 XTC – “Making Plans for Nigel” 6 17

22 16 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 16 3

16 17 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 16 10

18 18 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 18 5

14 19 The Alan Parsons Project – “Damned If I Do” 13 12

24 20 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 20 4

19 21 Paul McCartney & Wings – “Winter Rose/Love Awake” 9 17

23 22 The Motels – “Total Control” 22 5

21 23 Cheap Trick – “Dream Police” 15 14

27 24 ABBA – “Chiquitita” 24 5

20 25 The Police – “Message in a Bottle” 4 17

31 26 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 26 2

32 27 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 27 2

25 28 Sparks – “Tryouts for the Human Race” 8 15

26 29 Styx – “Babe” 22 15

35 30 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 30 2

28 31 The Stranglers – “Duchess” 7 22

34 32 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 32 2

29 33 The B-52's – “Rock Lobster” 5 20

38 34 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 34 2

37 35 Madness – “One Step Beyond” 35 2

36 36 The Flying Lizards – “Money (That's What I Want)” 4 20

33 37 Sniff 'n' the Tears – “Driver's Seat” 5 27

NE 38 The Cars – “Double Life” 38 1

39 39 M – “Moonlight And Muzak” 39 2

40 40 Gary Numan – “Complex” 40 2

DROPOUTS:

30 -- The Knack – “Good Girls Don't” 11 15

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