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

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 2

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Down by 1

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Down by 1

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 1

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Down by 1

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
8 Up by 1

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 2

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 2

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 1

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 1

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 6

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 2

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
16 Down by 2

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 3

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 6

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
19 Down by 2

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
20 Up by 4

When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 4

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 5

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 3

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 6

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 1

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 6

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 6

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 7

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
30 Up by 6

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 8

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 3

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 10

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
34 Down by 2

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
35 Down by 9

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 2

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
37

Give a Little Bit More
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 2

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Sat In Your Lap
Kate Bush
From the album: The Dreaming
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
30 Dropout

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

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Date

August 1, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×4) 13

2 2 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 14

5 3 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 7

3 4 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 18

4 5 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 15

7 6 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 6 10

6 7 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 17

9 8 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 8 6

11 9 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 7

8 10 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 18

10 11 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 14

13 12 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 12 15

19 13 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 13 4

16 14 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 14 6

15 15 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 14 14

14 16 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 13 10

20 17 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 17 7

12 18 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 26

17 19 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 16

24 20 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 20 5

21 21 Madness – “Grey Day” 21 8

18 22 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 11

28 23 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 23 4

27 24 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 24 5

31 25 Foreigner – “Urgent” 25 3

25 26 Steve Winwood – “Arc of a Diver” 25 7

33 27 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 27 5

34 28 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 28 3

22 29 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 27

36 30 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 30 3

39 31 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 31 2

35 32 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 32 4

23 33 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 21

32 34 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 32 7

26 35 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 26 6

38 36 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 22 11

37 37 Cliff Richard – “Give a Little Bit More” 37 4

40 38 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 38 2

NE 39 Kate Bush – “Sat In Your Lap” 39 1

NE 40 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

29 -- Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 26

30 -- Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 13 18

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