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 8 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 2

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Down by 1

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 1

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 2

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Down by 2

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 4

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 6

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Up by 1

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 3

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
13 Down by 3

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
14 Up by 7

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 4

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 7

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
19

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 6

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
21 Up by 13

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Down by 4

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 9

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 6

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 1

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 1

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
27 Down by 5

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
28 Up by 1

Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 5

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
30 Up by 5

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Down by 9

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
33 Down by 8

Tempted
Squeeze
From the album: East Side Story
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
34 Down by 6

Don't Want to Wait Anymore
The Tubes
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
35 Up by 3

Joan of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 5

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
37 Up by 2

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

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

Sixty Second Interval
The Vapors
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
40 Dropout

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
20
Weeks
10

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Date

November 14, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 12

2 2 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 2 12

5 3 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 3 7

3 4 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 17

4 5 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 15

8 6 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 6 6

7 7 Rick James – “Super Freak” 7 11

6 8 Foreigner – “Urgent” 4 18

13 9 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 9 9

16 10 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 10 6

12 11 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 11 10

9 12 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 22

10 13 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 19

21 14 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 14 4

15 15 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 15 8

20 16 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 16 5

17 17 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 17 9

11 18 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 16

19 19 Japan – “Quiet Life” 19 7

14 20 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 18

34 21 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 21 2

18 22 Balance – “Breaking Away” 10 14

32 23 Genesis – “No Reply at All” 23 3

30 24 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 24 6

26 25 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 25 8

27 26 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 26 10

22 27 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 29

29 28 The Cure – “Charlotte Sometimes” 28 5

24 29 The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 21

35 30 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 30 3

33 31 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 31 10

23 32 Eurythmics – “Belinda” 23 10

25 33 Squeeze – “Tempted” 16 14

28 34 The Tubes – “Don't Want to Wait Anymore” 17 15

38 35 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Joan of Arc” 35 2

31 36 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 1(×7) 28

39 37 Ultravox – “The Voice” 37 2

NE 38 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 38 1

NE 39 Devo – “Beautiful World” 39 1

NE 40 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 6 18

37 -- The Vapors – “Sixty Second Interval” 19 16

40 -- The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 20 10

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