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 3 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2

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

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
4

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
6 Up by 1

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Down by 1

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 3

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9

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

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 3

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
12

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 3

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 10

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15 Down by 5

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

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 2

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 3

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 9

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 3

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 2

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
22 Down by 4

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
23 Down by 3

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 12

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 5

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
28 Down by 5

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
29 Up by 1

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 3

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 5

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 3

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 6

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
34 Down by 5

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
35 Down by 1

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
36 Down by 5

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
37 Down by 5

Dreaming
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
38 Debut

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Baby Talks Dirty
The Knack
From the album: ...But The Little Girls Understand
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Pilot of the Airwaves
Charlie Dore
From the album: Where to Now
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

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

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

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

A chart by

Date

March 8, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×3) 4

2 2 Blondie – “Atomic” 2 3

3 3 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 11

4 4 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 15

5 5 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 12

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

6 7 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 12

11 8 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 8 6

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

13 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 10 5

8 11 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 16

12 12 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 12 8

16 13 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 13 5

24 14 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 14 3

10 15 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 11

14 16 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 7 10

15 17 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 14

21 18 The Cars – “Double Life” 18 9

28 19 The Police – “So Lonely” 19 4

17 20 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 11 10

19 21 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 13 13

18 22 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 23

20 23 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 20 10

25 24 John Foxx – “Underpass” 24 6

37 25 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 25 2

26 26 Blondie – “The Hardest Part” 26 7

22 27 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 19 10

23 28 The Motels – “Total Control” 18 13

30 29 Queen – “Save Me” 29 3

33 30 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 30 4

36 31 The Cars – “Candy-O” 31 2

35 32 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 32 2

27 33 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 12 12

29 34 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 31

34 35 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 33

31 36 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×1) 23

32 37 Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×6) 24

NE 38 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 38 1

NE 39 The Knack – “Baby Talks Dirty” 39 1

NE 40 Charlie Dore – “Pilot of the Airwaves” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

39 -- Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 10 15

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

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