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

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Up by 1

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Up by 1

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Down by 1

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
8

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 2

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 19

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
10
Weeks
2
Number
11 Down by 2

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
12 Down by 2

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
13 Up by 5

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Down by 2

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 1

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 1

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Down by 3

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
18 Down by 5

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 2

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 2

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 1

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
22 Down by 6

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
23 Down by 4

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
24

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 8

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 1

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
27 Up by 9

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 6

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 6

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
30 Down by 4

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 3

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
32

The Art of Parties
Japan
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Down by 6

While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
From the album: Arc of a Diver
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 1

Spellbound
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Juju
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 4

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

Pull Up to the Bumper
Grace Jones
From the album: Nightclubbing
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 3

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
31 Dropout

Remembrance Day
B-Movie
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
37 Dropout

Treason (It's Just a Story)
The Teardrop Explodes
Peak
37
Weeks
2

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Date

June 27, 1981

Songs

40

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2 1 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×1) 9

1 2 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 13

3 3 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 3 8

5 4 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 10

4 5 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 21

7 6 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 6 12

6 7 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 13

8 8 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 6

11 9 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 9

29 10 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 10 2

9 11 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 22

10 12 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 22

18 13 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 13 5

12 14 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 16

16 15 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 15 11

17 16 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 16 9

14 17 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 13 14

13 18 New Order – “Ceremony” 8 15

21 19 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 19 10

22 20 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 20 5

20 21 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 20 11

16 22 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 6 15

19 23 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 15 17

24 24 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 24 6

33 25 Madness – “Grey Day” 25 3

25 26 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 21

36 27 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 27 2

34 28 Steve Winwood – “Arc of a Diver” 28 2

23 29 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 21

26 30 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 16 14

28 31 Rush – “Limelight” 24 13

32 32 Japan – “The Art of Parties” 32 6

27 33 Steve Winwood – “While You See a Chance” 26 11

35 34 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Spellbound” 34 4

39 35 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 35 2

38 36 Grace Jones – “Pull Up to the Bumper” 36 3

40 37 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 37 2

NE 38 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 38 1

NE 39 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 39 1

NE 40 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 24

31 -- B-Movie – “Remembrance Day” 31 10

37 -- The Teardrop Explodes – “Treason (It's Just a Story)” 37 2

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