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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 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Up by 2

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Down by 1

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6 Down by 1

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
9

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 3

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Up by 1

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 2

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 2

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
14

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 1

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 1

The Waiting
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Hard Promises
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 5

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 6

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20

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
6
Number
21 Up by 10

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Down by 4

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
23 Up by 1

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 6

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 6

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
26 Up by 1

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 1

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 7

Grey Day
Madness
From the album: 7 (Seven)
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 7

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 2

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 9

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Debut

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Up by 5

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 5

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
35 Down by 1

A Life Of Illusion
Joe Walsh
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
36 Debut

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37

Give a Little Bit More
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Down by 2

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
39

Sat In Your Lap
Kate Bush
From the album: The Dreaming
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

A Promise
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Heaven Up Here
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
26 Dropout

Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
33 Dropout

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
35 Dropout

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
26
Weeks
6

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Date

August 8, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×5) 14

2 2 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 15

3 3 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 8

6 4 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 11

4 5 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 19

5 6 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 16

8 7 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 7 7

7 8 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 18

9 9 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 8

13 10 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 10 5

12 11 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 11 16

10 12 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 19

11 13 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 9 15

14 14 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 14 7

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

17 16 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 8

16 17 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “The Waiting” 13 11

23 18 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 18 5

25 19 Foreigner – “Urgent” 19 4

20 20 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 20 6

31 21 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 21 3

18 22 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 27

24 23 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 23 6

30 24 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 24 4

19 25 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 12 17

27 26 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 26 6

28 27 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 27 4

21 28 Madness – “Grey Day” 21 9

22 29 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 8 12

32 30 Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 30 5

40 31 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 31 2

NE 32 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 32 1

38 33 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 33 3

29 34 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 28

34 35 Joe Walsh – “A Life Of Illusion” 32 8

NE 36 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 36 1

37 37 Cliff Richard – “Give a Little Bit More” 37 5

36 38 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 22 12

39 39 Kate Bush – “Sat In Your Lap” 39 2

NE 40 Echo & the Bunnymen – “A Promise” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

33 -- Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 21

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

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