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

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
3
Number
2 Up by 16

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
2
Weeks
2
Number
3

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 2

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 1

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
6 Down by 1

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 4

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 2

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Down by 3

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 2

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 1

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Down by 6

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 6

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 8

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 2

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 2

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
19 Down by 2

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
20

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 2

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 3

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
23 Down by 2

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 7

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 5

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 1

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 5

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 4

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 4

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
30 Up by 4

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Down by 3

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
32 Down by 6

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
33 Up by 4

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 5

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
35 Debut

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Debut

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 2

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
39 Down by 6

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
40 Down by 2

Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
From the album: The Age Of Plastic
Peak
6
Weeks
20

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

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

Winter Rose/Love Awake
Paul McCartney & Wings
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
40 Dropout

Making Plans for Nigel
XTC
Peak
6
Weeks
23

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Date

March 1, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×2) 3

18 2 Blondie – “Atomic” 2 2

3 3 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 10

2 4 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 14

4 5 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 11

5 6 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 11

11 7 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 7 6

6 8 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 15

10 9 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 9 9

7 10 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 10

13 11 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 11 5

12 12 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 12 7

14 13 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 13 4

8 14 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 7 9

9 15 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 13

24 16 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 16 4

15 17 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 11 9

16 18 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 22

17 19 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 13 12

20 20 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 20 9

23 21 The Cars – “Double Life” 21 8

19 22 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 19 9

21 23 The Motels – “Total Control” 18 12

31 24 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 24 2

30 25 John Foxx – “Underpass” 25 5

27 26 Blondie – “The Hardest Part” 26 6

22 27 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 12 11

32 28 The Police – “So Lonely” 28 3

25 29 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 30

34 30 Queen – “Save Me” 30 2

28 31 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×1) 22

26 32 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×6) 23

37 33 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 33 3

29 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 32

NE 35 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 35 1

NE 36 The Cars – “Candy-O” 36 1

NE 37 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 37 1

36 38 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 8 20

33 39 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 15

38 40 The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” 6 20

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 16 16

39 -- Paul McCartney & Wings – “Winter Rose/Love Awake” 9 23

40 -- XTC – “Making Plans for Nigel” 6 23

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