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 3

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Down by 1

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
4 Down by 1

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
8 Down by 1

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
9

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11

How Soon is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Meat is Murder, Hatful of Hollow
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 1

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 2

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 2

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 2

Love & Pride
KING
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 2

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 5

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
20 Up by 1

Since Yesterday
Strawberry Switchblade
From the album: Strawberry Switchblade
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 5

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
22 Up by 1

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 4

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
24
Weeks
14
Number
25 Up by 3

In Shreds
The Chameleons
From the album: What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 6

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 5

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
28 Down by 2

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
29 Down by 5

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
30 Up by 1

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Sparks
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 2

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
32 Down by 2

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
19
Weeks
19
Number
33

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
33
Weeks
15
Number
34

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
34
Weeks
12
Number
35

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
35
Weeks
13
Number
36

Radioactive
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 1

Why Can't I Have You
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 1

Just Another Night
Mick Jagger
From the album: She's the Boss
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 1

Take Me With U
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Up by 1

This Is Not America
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group
From the album: The Falcon and the Snowman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41 Up by 2

Let's Talk About Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 2

Lucky
Greg Kihn
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 2

I Can't Stand The Rain
Tina Turner
From the album: Private Dancer
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 4

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 10

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
48 Down by 6

Do It Again
The Kinks
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
49 Up by 1

Love Like Blood
Killing Joke
From the album: Night Time
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 3

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
6
Weeks
26

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Date

March 23, 1985

Songs

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4 1 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×1) 10

1 2 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 1(×3) 17

2 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 2 19

3 4 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 1(×3) 19

5 5 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 5 16

6 6 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 6 14

8 7 General Public – “Tenderness” 7 18

7 8 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)” 1(×4) 18

9 9 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 9 16

10 10 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 10 12

11 11 The Smiths – “How Soon is Now?” 11 7

12 12 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 16

13 13 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 13 12

15 14 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 14 14

17 15 Animotion – “Obsession” 15 9

18 16 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 16 11

19 17 KING – “Love & Pride” 17 10

20 18 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 18 8

14 19 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 7 22

21 20 Strawberry Switchblade – “Since Yesterday” 20 10

16 21 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 10 18

23 22 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 22 6

27 23 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 23 5

25 24 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 24 14

28 25 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 25 8

32 26 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 26 3

22 27 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 1(×2) 31

26 28 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 26 13

24 29 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 24

31 30 Sparks – “Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat” 30 5

29 31 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×4) 30

30 32 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 19 19

33 33 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 33 15

34 34 Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 34 12

35 35 Wang Chung – “Wait” 35 13

36 36 The Firm – “Radioactive” 36 6

38 37 The Cars – “Why Can't I Have You” 37 9

39 38 Mick Jagger – “Just Another Night” 38 6

40 39 Prince & The Revolution – “Take Me With U” 39 5

41 40 David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group – “This Is Not America” 40 8

43 41 The Alan Parsons Project – “Let's Talk About Me” 41 5

44 42 Greg Kihn – “Lucky” 42 3

45 43 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 43 3

46 44 Tina Turner – “I Can't Stand The Rain” 44 3

49 45 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 45 2

48 46 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 46 2

37 47 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 11 20

42 48 The Kinks – “Do It Again” 25 13

50 49 Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood” 49 2

47 50 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 6 26

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