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

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 2

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
6 Down by 1

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
9

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 2

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 3

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 3

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
14 Down by 1

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
15 Down by 1

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
16

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 5

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 19

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Down by 1

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
21

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 3

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 5

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
24 Up by 2

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 4

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 4

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
27 Up by 7

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 1

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 5

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 1

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 11

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
32 Debut

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Up by 4

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 2

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Down by 7

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
36 Debut

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 4

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

The Kid Is Hot Tonite
Loverboy
From the album: Loverboy
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 5

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

All Stood Still
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
32 Dropout

New Life
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
33 Dropout

The Stroke
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
40 Dropout

Better Things
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
42 Dropout

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
10
Weeks
24

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Date

October 10, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×3) 7

2 2 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 12

3 3 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 10

6 4 Foreigner – “Urgent” 4 13

4 5 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 17

5 6 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 14

8 7 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 7 7

7 8 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 13

9 9 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 11

12 10 Balance – “Breaking Away” 10 9

11 11 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 16

15 12 Rick James – “Super Freak” 12 6

10 13 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 14

13 14 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 23

14 15 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 24

16 16 Squeeze – “Tempted” 16 9

17 17 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 17 10

23 18 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 18 5

38 19 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 19 2

19 20 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 19 12

21 21 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 21 6

25 22 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 22 4

18 23 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 20

26 24 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 24 5

29 25 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 25 4

22 26 Kraftwerk – “The Model” 20 13

34 27 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 27 3

27 28 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 27 7

24 29 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 24 7

31 30 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 30 5

20 31 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 17

NE 32 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 32 1

37 33 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 33 3

36 34 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 34 5

28 35 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 16 15

NE 36 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 36 1

41 37 Japan – “Quiet Life” 37 2

NE 38 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 38 1

39 39 Loverboy – “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” 39 2

35 40 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×9) 28

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Ultravox – “All Stood Still” 16 16

32 -- Depeche Mode – “New Life” 19 14

33 -- Billy Squier – “The Stroke” 13 15

40 -- The Kinks – “Better Things” 40 5

42 -- Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 10 24

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