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 5 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 2

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 1

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 4

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Down by 1

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
9 Down by 1

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
10 Down by 1

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Up by 2

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 3

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 10

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15 Up by 2

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Down by 1

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
17 Up by 5

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 5

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
19 Down by 3

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 7

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Down by 2

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 1

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 5

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
24 Up by 1

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 5

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 5

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 3

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 4

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 3

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 6

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 2

Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 6

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Debut

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34

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

Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
Prince
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
36 Up by 1

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 8

Man in a Suitcase
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
38 Down by 7

Draw of the Cards
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
39 Debut

Promises in the Dark
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 1

The Kid Is Hot Tonite
Loverboy
From the album: Loverboy
Peak
39
Weeks
4

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
40 Dropout

The Model
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
20
Weeks
14

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Date

October 24, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×5) 9

2 2 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 14

3 3 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 12

6 4 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 4 9

4 5 Foreigner – “Urgent” 4 15

5 6 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 19

11 7 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 7 4

7 8 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 16

8 9 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 15

9 10 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 13

12 11 Rick James – “Super Freak” 11 8

14 12 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 12 7

10 13 Balance – “Breaking Away” 10 11

24 14 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 14 3

17 15 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 15 6

15 16 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 26

22 17 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 17 5

13 18 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 18

16 19 Squeeze – “Tempted” 16 11

27 20 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 20 3

19 21 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 17 12

23 22 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 22 6

18 23 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 25

25 24 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 24 7

20 25 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 20 8

21 26 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 16

30 27 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 27 7

32 28 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 28 5

26 29 The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 19 14

36 30 Japan – “Quiet Life” 30 4

33 31 The Cure – “Charlotte Sometimes” 31 2

38 32 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 32 2

NE 33 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 33 1

34 34 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 34 7

28 35 Prince – “Gotta Stop (Messin' About)” 4 22

37 36 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 36 3

29 37 The Police – “Man in a Suitcase” 24 9

31 38 Kim Carnes – “Draw of the Cards” 27 9

NE 39 Pat Benatar – “Promises in the Dark” 39 1

39 40 Loverboy – “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” 39 4

DROPOUTS:

35 -- The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 9 18

40 -- Kraftwerk – “The Model” 20 14

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