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

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 2

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 4

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 1

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 1

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 3

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 1

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 1

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 7

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
12 Up by 1

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 1

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
14

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
15

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
16

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 7

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 1

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 1

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 1

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 3

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
22 Up by 1

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 2

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 2

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 6

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
26 Down by 4

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
27 Up by 3

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 4

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 5

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 3

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
31

A Promise
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Heaven Up Here
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down 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
19
Weeks
12
Number
33

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 1

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 2

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 1

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41

Better Things
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
41
Weeks
3

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
36 Dropout

Never Gonna Cry Again
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
26
Weeks
10

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Date

September 19, 1981

Songs

41

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1 1 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 7

2 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 2 4

3 3 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 14

6 4 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 11

9 5 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 5 9

7 6 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 11

8 7 Foreigner – “Urgent” 7 10

5 8 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 13

10 9 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 9 10

11 10 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 10 8

4 11 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 20

13 12 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 12 4

12 13 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 21

14 14 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 17

15 15 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 14

16 16 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 16 12

24 17 Balance – “Breaking Away” 17 6

17 18 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 13

20 19 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 19 12

21 20 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 20 10

18 21 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 25

23 22 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 22 9

25 23 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 23 7

26 24 Squeeze – “Tempted” 24 6

19 25 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 22

22 26 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 14

30 27 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 27 4

32 28 Rick James – “Super Freak” 28 3

34 29 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 29 3

27 30 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 24

31 31 Echo & the Bunnymen – “A Promise” 31 7

28 32 The Police – “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around” 19 12

33 33 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 33 5

35 34 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 34 4

37 35 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 35 2

39 36 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 36 2

38 37 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 37 2

40 38 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 38 2

NE 39 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 39 1

NE 40 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 40 1

41 41 The Kinks – “Better Things” 41 3

DROPOUTS:

29 -- Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 4 21

36 -- Eurythmics – “Never Gonna Cry Again” 26 10

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