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 Up by 1

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
3

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 1

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 1

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 5

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 2

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 1

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 1

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 5

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Up by 10

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16 Down by 5

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
17 Up by 1

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Down by 3

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
19 Down by 2

Walking on the Moon
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
20 Down by 4

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 8

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Down by 2

Voices
Cheap Trick
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 1

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 3

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
25 Down by 3

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
26

The Hardest Part
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 3

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 3

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 3

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 7

Fool in the Rain
Led Zeppelin
From the album: In Through the Out Door
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
31 Down by 3

Total Control
The Motels
From the album: Motels
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
32 Down by 5

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
33 Up by 5

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 6

Pilot of the Airwaves
Charlie Dore
From the album: Where to Now
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 2

I Only Want To Be With You
The Tourists
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
36 Up by 3

Baby Talks Dirty
The Knack
From the album: ...But The Little Girls Understand
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Longer
Dan Fogelberg
From the album: Phoenix
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 4

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
39 Down by 4

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
40 Debut

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

March 15, 1980

Songs

40

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2 1 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×1) 4

1 2 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×3) 5

3 3 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 12

4 4 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 16

6 5 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 5 8

5 6 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 13

8 7 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 7 7

7 8 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 13

14 9 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 9 4

10 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 10 6

9 11 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 9 11

13 12 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 12 6

12 13 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 12 9

19 14 The Police – “So Lonely” 14 5

25 15 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 15 3

11 16 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 17

18 17 The Cars – “Double Life” 17 10

15 18 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 12

17 19 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 15

16 20 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 7 11

29 21 Queen – “Save Me” 21 4

20 22 Cheap Trick – “Voices” 11 11

24 23 John Foxx – “Underpass” 23 7

21 24 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 13 14

22 25 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 24

26 26 Blondie – “The Hardest Part” 26 8

30 27 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 27 5

31 28 The Cars – “Candy-O” 28 3

32 29 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 29 3

23 30 Led Zeppelin – “Fool in the Rain” 20 11

28 31 The Motels – “Total Control” 18 14

27 32 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 19 11

38 33 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 33 2

40 34 Charlie Dore – “Pilot of the Airwaves” 34 2

33 35 The Tourists – “I Only Want To Be With You” 12 13

39 36 The Knack – “Baby Talks Dirty” 36 2

NE 37 Dan Fogelberg – “Longer” 37 1

34 38 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 32

35 39 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 1(×7) 34

NE 40 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 1(×1) 23

37 -- Blondie – “Dreaming” 1(×6) 24

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