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

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Down by 1

Messages
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 3

Babooshka
Kate Bush
From the album: Never For Ever
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Billy Joel
From the album: Glass Houses
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Magic
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 3

M.E.
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Emotional Rescue
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 1

Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
From the album: Mouth To Mouth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 2

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend
From the album: Empty Glass
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 1

Cars
Gary Numan
From the album: The Pleasure Principle
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
11 Down by 1

Coming Up
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
12

I'm Alive
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
13

So Long
Fisher-Z
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
14

Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
15 Up by 4

Tired of Toein' the Line
Rocky Burnette
From the album: The Son of Rock and Roll
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Down by 1

If I Didn't Love You
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
17 Down by 1

Main Dans La Main
Elli & Jacno
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
18

Play the Game
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Down by 2

Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Kaleidoscope
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
20

Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band
From the album: Love Stinks
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21

A Forest
The Cure
From the album: Seventeen Seconds
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
22

Atomic
Blondie
From the album: Eat To The Beat
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
23

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Clash
From the album: London Calling
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
24

Twilight Zone
Manhattan Transfer
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 7

All Over the World
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Down by 1

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Squeeze
From the album: Argybargy
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
27 Up by 2

Misunderstanding
Genesis
From the album: Duke
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 2

Talk Of The Town
The Pretenders
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
29 Down by 2

I Walk a Thin Line
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
30

Mystery Achievement
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 3

Rat Race
The Specials
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
32 Up by 3

Drivin’ My Life Away
Eddie Rabbitt
From the album: Horizon
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33

Empire State Human
The Human League
From the album: Reproduction
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34

Take Your Time (Do It Right)
The S.O.S. Band
From the album: S.O.S.
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Debut

Upside Down
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 2

Jesse
Carly Simon
From the album: Come Upstairs
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 6

Stomp!
Brothers Johnson
From the album: Light Up the Night
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
38 Debut

I'm Alright
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 3

Candy-O
The Cars
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
40 Debut

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Computer Games
Mi-Sex
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
39 Dropout

We Live for Love
Pat Benatar
From the album: In the Heat of the Night
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
40 Dropout

Clones (We're All)
Alice Cooper
From the album: Flush the Fashion
Peak
32
Weeks
12

A chart by

Date

August 9, 1980

Songs

40

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2 1 Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 1(×1) 7

1 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Messages” 1(×8) 14

6 3 Kate Bush – “Babooshka” 3 6

4 4 Billy Joel – “It's Still Rock and Roll To Me” 4 11

5 5 Olivia Newton-John – “Magic” 5 8

3 6 Gary Numan – “M.E.” 3 14

8 7 The Rolling Stones – “Emotional Rescue” 7 6

7 8 Lipps Inc. – “Funkytown” 1(×1) 17

11 9 Pete Townshend – “Let My Love Open the Door” 9 6

9 10 Gary Numan – “Cars” 1(×9) 26

10 11 Paul McCartney – “Coming Up” 8 13

12 12 Electric Light Orchestra – “I'm Alive” 11 10

13 13 Fisher-Z – “So Long” 10 12

14 14 The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)” 2 25

19 15 Rocky Burnette – “Tired of Toein' the Line” 15 10

15 16 Squeeze – “If I Didn't Love You” 6 19

16 17 Elli & Jacno – “Main Dans La Main” 9 16

18 18 Queen – “Play the Game” 18 9

17 19 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine” 17 10

20 20 The J. Geils Band – “Love Stinks” 20 12

21 21 The Cure – “A Forest” 15 15

22 22 Blondie – “Atomic” 1(×6) 25

23 23 The Clash – “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” 5 21

24 24 Manhattan Transfer – “Twilight Zone” 24 8

32 25 Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over the World” 25 2

25 26 Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” 25 9

29 27 Genesis – “Misunderstanding” 27 5

26 28 The Pretenders – “Talk Of The Town” 10 19

27 29 Fleetwood Mac – “I Walk a Thin Line” 6 24

30 30 The Pretenders – “Mystery Achievement” 30 7

28 31 The Specials – “Rat Race” 24 11

35 32 Eddie Rabbitt – “Drivin’ My Life Away” 32 4

33 33 The Human League – “Empire State Human” 33 8

34 34 The S.O.S. Band – “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” 34 5

NE 35 Diana Ross – “Upside Down” 35 1

38 36 Carly Simon – “Jesse” 36 3

31 37 Brothers Johnson – “Stomp!” 15 18

NE 38 Kenny Loggins – “I'm Alright” 38 1

36 39 The Cars – “Candy-O” 8 24

NE 40 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra – “Xanadu” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Mi-Sex – “Computer Games” 20 19

39 -- Pat Benatar – “We Live for Love” 18 15

40 -- Alice Cooper – “Clones (We're All)” 32 12

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