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 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Turn to You
Go-Go's
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Icicle Works
From the album: The Icicle Works
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 1

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

Wouldn't It Be Good
Nik Kershaw
From the album: Human Racing
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7

The Reflex
Duran Duran
From the album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8

It's My Life
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
9

Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 1

The Ghost in You
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 2

So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 2

White Horse
Laid Back
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 1

You Might Think
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
14 Down by 2

Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
15 Up by 8

Such A Shame
Talk Talk
From the album: It's My Life
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 1

The Lebanon
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 2

Time the Avenger
The Pretenders
From the album: Learning to Crawl
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
18

Silver
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
19 Down by 3

Thieves Like Us
New Order
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
20 Down by 1

Popularity
Sparks
From the album: In Outer Space
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
21 Down by 1

I Want to Break Free
Queen
From the album: The Works
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
22 Down by 1

No More Words
Berlin
From the album: Love Life
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
23 Down by 1

Living On Video
Trans-X
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 2

Don't Tell Me
Blancmange
From the album: Mange Tout
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Down by 1

Run Runaway
Slade
From the album: The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
Peak
24
Weeks
17
Number
26 Up by 4

The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

Magic
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 1

Talking Loud and Clear
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Junk Culture
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 1

Legs
ZZ Top
From the album: Eliminator
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 5

Surrender Your Heart
Missing Persons
Peak
19
Weeks
20
Number
31 Up by 13

With All My Might
Sparks
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 4

High On Emotion
Chris de Burgh
From the album: Man on the Line
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 2

It Can Happen
Yes
From the album: 90125
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 5

Lament
Ultravox
From the album: Lament
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 3

Puss 'n Boots
Adam Ant
From the album: Strip
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 5

Doctor! Doctor!
Thompson Twins
From the album: Into the Gap
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 5

Love Of The Common People
Paul Young
From the album: No Parlez
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 12

Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Go Insane
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 4

Prime Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 9

She Bop
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 6

Seven Seas
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 3

The Warrior
Scandal
From the album: Warrior
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 3

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 10

Butterbean
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
33
Weeks
14
Number
45 Down by 14

Here Comes the Rain Again
Eurythmics
From the album: Touch
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
46 Debut

Cruel Summer
Bananarama
From the album: Bananarama
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 7

Deeper and Deeper
The Fixx
From the album: Streets of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
13
Number
48 Down by 15

Original Sin
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
49 Down by 17

Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
50 Down by 13

The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Ocean Rain
Peak
2
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Moon 83
The B-52's
From the album: Whammy!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
34

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Date

August 4, 1984

Songs

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1 1 Prince – “When Doves Cry” 1(×4) 10

2 2 Go-Go's – “Turn to You” 2 8

3 3 Wang Chung – “Dance Hall Days” 3 15

4 4 The Icicle Works – “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” 4 15

6 5 Ultravox – “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” 5 12

5 6 Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn't It Be Good” 1(×1) 19

7 7 Duran Duran – “The Reflex” 1(×2) 16

8 8 Talk Talk – “It's My Life” 1(×6) 20

9 9 Eurythmics – “Who's That Girl?” 9 14

11 10 The Psychedelic Furs – “The Ghost in You” 10 11

13 11 R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)” 11 7

10 12 Laid Back – “White Horse” 7 21

14 13 The Cars – “You Might Think” 10 20

12 14 Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now” 5 23

23 15 Talk Talk – “Such A Shame” 15 6

17 16 The Human League – “The Lebanon” 16 8

15 17 The Pretenders – “Time the Avenger” 15 17

18 18 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” 17 15

16 19 New Order – “Thieves Like Us” 5 14

19 20 Sparks – “Popularity” 17 19

20 21 Queen – “I Want to Break Free” 20 11

21 22 Berlin – “No More Words” 21 13

22 23 Trans-X – “Living On Video” 22 12

26 24 Blancmange – “Don't Tell Me” 24 12

24 25 Slade – “Run Runaway” 24 17

30 26 Sheila E. – “The Glamorous Life” 26 5

27 27 The Cars – “Magic” 27 10

29 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Talking Loud and Clear” 28 7

28 29 ZZ Top – “Legs” 28 8

25 30 Missing Persons – “Surrender Your Heart” 19 20

44 31 Sparks – “With All My Might” 31 3

36 32 Chris de Burgh – “High On Emotion” 32 6

35 33 Yes – “It Can Happen” 33 7

39 34 Ultravox – “Lament” 34 5

38 35 Adam Ant – “Puss 'n Boots” 35 6

41 36 Thompson Twins – “Doctor! Doctor!” 36 5

42 37 Paul Young – “Love Of The Common People” 37 5

50 38 Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” 38 2

43 39 The Alan Parsons Project – “Prime Time” 39 3

49 40 Cyndi Lauper – “She Bop” 40 2

47 41 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Seven Seas” 41 2

45 42 Scandal – “The Warrior” 42 4

46 43 The Smiths – “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now” 43 4

34 44 The B-52's – “Butterbean” 33 14

31 45 Eurythmics – “Here Comes the Rain Again” 1(×4) 27

NE 46 Bananarama – “Cruel Summer” 46 1

40 47 The Fixx – “Deeper and Deeper” 33 13

33 48 INXS – “Original Sin” 33 11

32 49 Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time” 30 15

37 50 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” 2 27

DROPOUTS:

48 -- The B-52's – “Moon 83” 1(×1) 34

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