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

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
3

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
6

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

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Down by 1

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 4

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10

So Lonely
The Police
From the album: Outlandos d'Amour
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 1

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 1

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
13 Down by 5

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
14

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
15

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
16

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 2

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 1

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
19 Down by 1

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
20 Up by 2

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 2

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
23 Up by 7

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

Pilot of the Airwaves
Charlie Dore
From the album: Where to Now
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 6

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 8

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 2

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
28

Longer
Dan Fogelberg
From the album: Phoenix
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 2

Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 2

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 9

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
33 Up by 2

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 8

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
35 Up by 5

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

You May Be Right
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Think About Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 12

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
40 Down by 4

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

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28

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Date

April 19, 1980

Songs

40

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1 1 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 9

2 2 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×3) 10

3 3 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 3 9

4 4 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 12

5 5 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 13

6 6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 11

9 7 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 7 5

7 8 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 8

13 9 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 9 8

10 10 The Police – “So Lonely” 9 10

12 11 The Cars – “Candy-O” 11 8

11 12 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 21

8 13 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 17

14 14 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 11 11

15 15 Queen – “Save Me” 12 9

16 16 The Cars – “Double Life” 16 15

19 17 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 17 5

17 18 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 18

18 19 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 18

22 20 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 20 7

21 21 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 21 10

20 22 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 9 16

30 23 Blondie – “Call Me” 23 5

24 24 Charlie Dore – “Pilot of the Airwaves” 24 7

31 25 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 25 4

34 26 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 26 3

25 27 John Foxx – “Underpass” 22 12

28 28 Dan Fogelberg – “Longer” 28 6

29 29 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 29 6

32 30 Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker” 30 5

33 31 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 31 3

23 32 New Musik – “Living by numbers” 12 14

35 33 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 33 4

26 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 17

40 35 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 35 2

38 36 Billy Joel – “You May Be Right” 36 2

39 37 Fleetwood Mac – “Think About Me” 37 2

NE 38 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 38 1

27 39 The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 22

36 40 The Police – “Walking on the Moon” 4 20

DROPOUTS:

37 -- The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 1(×1) 28

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