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

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Down by 1

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Up by 2

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 1

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6 Down by 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 2

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 1

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
9 Down by 1

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
10

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 2

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 2

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 2

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 2

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 2

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Down by 5

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
17 Down by 5

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
18 Up by 2

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 3

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 1

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 3

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 1

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 2

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 6

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
25 Up by 4

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 7

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 1

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 5

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 1

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 1

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Down by 4

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
32 Up by 2

This Time
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 5

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 3

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Up by 4

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 2

Tonight She Comes
The Cars
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 4

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 4

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 4

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
40
Weeks
12
Number
41 Up by 5

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 8

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 5

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 8

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
30
Weeks
14
Number
45 Up by 2

Sleeping Bag
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
45
Weeks
5
Number
46 Up by 5

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 15

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
48 Up by 1

Spies Like Us
Paul McCartney
Peak
48
Weeks
4
Number
49 Down by 14

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
50 Debut

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
45 Dropout

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
20

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Date

December 21, 1985

Songs

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2 1 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 16

1 2 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 16

3 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 3 8

6 4 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 4 12

4 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 17

5 6 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 18

9 7 Arcadia – “Election Day” 7 9

7 8 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 14

8 9 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 11

10 10 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 16

13 11 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 11 13

14 12 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 12 10

15 13 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 13 11

16 14 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 14 10

17 15 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 15 10

11 16 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 17

12 17 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 20

20 18 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 18 7

22 19 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 19 6

21 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 20 7

24 21 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 21 5

23 22 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 22 10

25 23 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 23 7

18 24 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 18 15

29 25 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 25 6

19 26 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 11 18

26 27 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 22 11

33 28 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 28 6

30 29 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 29 7

31 30 Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 30 8

27 31 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 23

34 32 INXS – “This Time” 32 5

28 33 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 27 13

37 34 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 34 10

39 35 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 35 5

38 36 The Cars – “Tonight She Comes” 36 6

41 37 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 37 4

42 38 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 38 4

43 39 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 39 3

40 40 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 40 12

46 41 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 41 2

50 42 a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 42 2

48 43 Queen – “One Vision” 43 2

36 44 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 30 14

47 45 ZZ Top – “Sleeping Bag” 45 5

51 46 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 46 2

32 47 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 21 14

49 48 Paul McCartney – “Spies Like Us” 48 4

35 49 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 25 16

NE 50 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 50 1

NE 51 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Talking Heads – “And She Was” 15 22

45 -- U2 – “Bad” 4 20

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