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

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
3

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 2

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6 Down by 1

I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 2

Red Frame/White Light
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
9

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

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

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 26

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Down by 1

Union City Blue
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
14 Down by 1

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
15 Down by 1

So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Tourists
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

Not That Funny
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 1

Double Life
The Cars
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
18 Up by 8

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Up by 1

What I Like About You
The Romantics
From the album: The Romantics
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 5

Save Me
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 2

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 4

London Calling
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
23 Down by 2

Come Back
The J. Geils Band
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 7

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 7

A Message to You Rudy
The Specials featuring Rico Rodriguez
From the album: The Specials
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
27 Down by 5

Tears Of A Clown
The Beat
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
28 Down by 4

Pilot of the Airwaves
Charlie Dore
From the album: Where to Now
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
29

Happy House
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 5

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 4

You May Be Right
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 3

Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 6

Longer
Dan Fogelberg
From the album: Phoenix
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 2

Think About Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 9

Underpass
John Foxx
From the album: Metamatic
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
37 Debut

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 5

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
40 Debut

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Living by numbers
New Musik
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
39 Dropout

Dangerous Type
The Cars
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
40 Dropout

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

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Date

April 26, 1980

Songs

40

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2 1 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×4) 11

1 2 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 10

3 3 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 3 10

4 4 Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 13

7 5 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 6

5 6 The Boomtown Rats – “I Don't Like Mondays” 4 14

8 7 Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 9

6 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Red Frame/White Light” 6 12

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

10 10 The Police – “So Lonely” 9 11

11 11 The Cars – “Candy-O” 11 9

38 12 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 12 2

12 13 Blondie – “Union City Blue” 1(×4) 22

13 14 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 1(×3) 18

14 15 The Tourists – “So Good To Be Back Home Again” 11 12

17 16 Fleetwood Mac – “Not That Funny” 16 6

16 17 The Cars – “Double Life” 16 16

26 18 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 18 4

20 19 The Romantics – “What I Like About You” 19 8

15 20 Queen – “Save Me” 12 10

23 21 Blondie – “Call Me” 21 6

18 22 The Clash – “London Calling” 3 19

21 23 The J. Geils Band – “Come Back” 21 11

31 24 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 24 4

25 25 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Refugee” 25 5

19 26 The Specials ft. Rico Rodriguez – “A Message to You Rudy” 5 19

22 27 The Beat – “Tears Of A Clown” 9 17

24 28 Charlie Dore – “Pilot of the Airwaves” 24 8

29 29 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” 29 7

35 30 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 30 3

33 31 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 31 5

36 32 Billy Joel – “You May Be Right” 32 3

30 33 Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker” 30 6

28 34 Dan Fogelberg – “Longer” 28 7

37 35 Fleetwood Mac – “Think About Me” 35 3

27 36 John Foxx – “Underpass” 22 13

NE 37 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 37 1

NE 38 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 38 1

34 39 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 6 18

NE 40 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

39 -- The Cars – “Dangerous Type” 2 22

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

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