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

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2 Down by 1

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 2

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 1

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
5 Down by 1

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
6

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
9

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Down by 1

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
13

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
14

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
15 Up by 2

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Down by 1

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
17 Down by 1

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
18

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 3

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 2

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 2

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 5

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 5

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
25 Up by 2

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 3

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 1

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
28 Up by 6

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 8

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
30 Up by 5

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 5

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 7

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 4

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 9

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
35 Up by 5

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 7

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
38 Debut

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Up by 1

Better Things
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 8

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
33
Weeks
6

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

A Promise
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Heaven Up Here
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Dropout

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

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Date

September 26, 1981

Songs

41

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2 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×1) 5

1 2 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 8

5 3 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 3 10

3 4 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 15

4 5 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 12

6 6 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 12

7 7 Foreigner – “Urgent” 7 11

8 8 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 14

9 9 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 9 11

10 10 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 10 9

12 11 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 11 5

11 12 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 21

13 13 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 22

14 14 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 18

17 15 Balance – “Breaking Away” 15 7

15 16 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 15

16 17 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 16 13

18 18 Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 14

22 19 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 19 10

20 20 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 20 11

23 21 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 21 8

24 22 Squeeze – “Tempted” 22 7

28 23 Rick James – “Super Freak” 23 4

19 24 Depeche Mode – “New Life” 19 13

27 25 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 25 5

29 26 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 26 4

26 27 Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 15

34 28 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 28 5

21 29 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 26

35 30 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 30 3

36 31 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 31 3

39 32 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 32 2

37 33 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 33 3

25 34 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 23

40 35 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 35 2

38 36 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 36 3

30 37 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 5 25

NE 38 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 38 1

NE 39 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 39 1

41 40 The Kinks – “Better Things” 40 4

33 41 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 33 6

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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