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

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 2

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
4
Weeks
3
Number
5 Down by 1

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
6 Down by 1

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 4

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
9 Down by 1

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
10

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 4

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 7

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Down by 2

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
15

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 14

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Down by 4

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
18 Up by 18

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Down by 5

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
20 Down by 3

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 1

Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 4

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 2

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 6

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
26

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 1

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 7

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
29 Down by 6

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 10

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 2

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 7

Call Me
Blondie
From the album: American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
35 Down by 2

Mirror in the Bathroom
The Beat
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 2

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

Mystery Achievement
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 9

Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
From the album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
39 Debut

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Breathing
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
37 Dropout

Another Nail in My Heart
Squeeze
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
41 Dropout

When I'm with you
Sparks
Peak
4
Weeks
23

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Date

July 12, 1980

Songs

40

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2 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×5) 10

1 2 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 1(×1) 13

3 3 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 3 10

6 4 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 4 3

4 5 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 22

5 6 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 21

11 7 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 7 7

7 8 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 6 15

8 9 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 8 9

10 10 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 10 8

9 11 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 9 12

16 12 Electric Light Orchestra – “I'm Alive” 12 6

20 13 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 13 4

12 14 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 21

15 15 The Cure – “A Forest” 15 11

30 16 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 16 2

13 17 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 17

36 18 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 18 2

14 19 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 20

17 20 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 15

22 21 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine” 21 6

18 22 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 15 14

25 23 Queen – “Play the Game” 23 5

24 24 The Specials – “Rat Race” 24 7

19 25 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 20

26 26 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 26 8

28 27 Rocky Burnette – “Tired of Toein' the Line” 27 6

21 28 Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 20 16

23 29 Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 18 12

40 30 Pete Townshend – “Let My Love Open the Door” 30 2

31 31 Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” 31 5

32 32 Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 32 9

35 33 Manhattan Transfer – “Twilight Zone” 33 4

27 34 Blondie – “Call Me” 11 17

33 35 The Beat – “Mirror in the Bathroom” 33 6

38 36 The Human League – “Empire State Human” 36 4

39 37 The Pretenders – “Mystery Achievement” 37 3

29 38 Dexys Midnight Runners – “Geno” 23 12

NE 39 Genesis – “Misunderstanding” 39 1

NE 40 The S.O.S. Band – “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Kate Bush – “Breathing” 24 10

37 -- Squeeze – “Another Nail in My Heart” 7 19

41 -- Sparks – “When I'm with you” 4 23

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