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

When Doves Cry
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4 Up by 1

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 2

It's My Life
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 3

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 1

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 2

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
10 Up by 2

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 3

Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
12 Down by 1

You Might Think
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
13 Up by 1

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 1

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
15

Time the Avenger
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 9

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 1

Silver
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 1

Popularity
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
19 Up by 2

The Lebanon
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

I Want to Break Free
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 1

No More Words
Berlin
From the album: Love Life
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22 Up by 2

Living On Video
Trans-X
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Down by 7

The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
24 Down by 5

Here Comes the Rain Again
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
25 Down by 2

Surrender Your Heart
Missing Persons
Peak
19
Weeks
18
Number
26 Up by 3

Run Runaway
Slade
From the album: The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Peak
26
Weeks
15
Number
27 Up by 13

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 1

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
29 Up by 2

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 2

Magic
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 6

Legs
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Down by 2

Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
33 Up by 1

Deeper and Deeper
The Fixx
From the album: Streets of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
34 Down by 1

Butterbean
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
33
Weeks
12
Number
35 Up by 1

Original Sin
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
36 Up by 3

Talking Loud and Clear
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 1

It Can Happen
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 3

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Down by 11

What Is Love
Howard Jones
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
40 Up by 2

Puss 'n Boots
Adam Ant
From the album: Strip
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 2

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 5

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 1

Doctor! Doctor!
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 18

New Moon on Monday
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
45 Up by 3

Love Of The Common People
Paul Young
From the album: No Parlez
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Debut

Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 2

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 2

The Warrior
Scandal
From the album: Warrior
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 3

Head Over Heels
Go-Go's
From the album: Talk Show
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
50 Debut

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Locomotion
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
28
Weeks
13
Number
45 Dropout

Don't Answer Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
20
Weeks
19

A chart by

Date

July 21, 1984

Songs

50

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1 1 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 1(×2) 8

2 2 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 1(×2) 14

3 3 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 1(×1) 17

5 4 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 4 13

6 5 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 5 13

4 6 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×6) 18

10 7 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 7 6

9 8 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 8 10

7 9 Laid Back – “White Horse” 7 19

12 10 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 10 12

8 11 Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now” 5 21

11 12 The Cars – “You Might Think” 10 18

14 13 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 13 9

13 14 New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 5 12

15 15 The Pretenders – “Time the Avenger” 15 15

25 16 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 16 5

18 17 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” 17 13

17 18 Sparks – “Popularity” 17 17

21 19 The Human League – “The Lebanon” 19 6

20 20 Queen – “I Want to Break Free” 20 9

22 21 Berlin – “No More Words” 21 11

24 22 Trans-X – “Living On Video” 22 10

16 23 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” 2 25

19 24 Eurythmics – “Here Comes the Rain Again” 1(×4) 25

23 25 Missing Persons – “Surrender Your Heart” 19 18

29 26 Slade – “Run Runaway” 26 15

40 27 Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 27 4

27 28 The B-52's – “Moon 83” 1(×1) 33

31 29 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 29 10

32 30 The Cars – “Magic” 30 8

37 31 ZZ Top – “Legs” 31 6

30 32 Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time” 30 13

34 33 The Fixx – “Deeper and Deeper” 33 11

33 34 The B-52's – “Butterbean” 33 12

36 35 INXS – “Original Sin” 35 9

39 36 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Talking Loud and Clear” 36 5

38 37 Yes – “It Can Happen” 37 5

41 38 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 38 4

28 39 Howard Jones – “What Is Love” 21 13

42 40 Adam Ant – “Puss 'n Boots” 40 4

43 41 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 41 3

47 42 Ultravox – “Lament” 42 3

44 43 Thompson Twins – “Doctor! Doctor!” 43 3

26 44 Duran Duran – “New Moon on Monday” 2 27

48 45 Paul Young – “Love Of The Common People” 45 3

NE 46 The Alan Parsons Project – “Prime Time” 46 1

49 47 The Smiths – “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now” 47 2

50 48 Scandal – “The Warrior” 48 2

46 49 Go-Go's – “Head Over Heels” 15 18

NE 50 Sparks – “With All My Might” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Locomotion” 28 13

45 -- The Alan Parsons Project – “Don't Answer Me” 20 19

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