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

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
4 Up by 3

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 3

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
8 Up by 2

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Down by 2

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
11 Up by 3

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 3

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 3

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
15 Up by 2

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 4

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
17 Up by 3

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 3

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 4

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
21

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 2

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 6

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
26 Up by 1

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
27 Up by 2

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29 Up by 2

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 4

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 1

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
31
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 5

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 3

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
34 Up by 10

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Down by 10

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
37 Down by 1

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 2

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
38
Weeks
7
Number
39 Up by 2

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Up by 3

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Down by 9

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
43 Down by 8

This Time
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
44 Down by 5

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
45 Up by 3

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 3

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 3

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 5

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
47 Dropout

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
51 Dropout

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
25

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Date

February 1, 1986

Songs

51

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×6) 14

2 2 Arcadia – “Election Day” 2 15

3 3 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 22

7 4 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 4 12

5 5 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 17

6 6 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 6 16

4 7 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 18

10 8 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 8 11

9 9 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 9 16

8 10 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 22

14 11 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 11 13

15 12 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 12 12

13 13 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 13

11 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 23

17 15 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 13

12 16 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 24

20 17 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 17 9

18 18 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 18 13

22 19 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 19 11

16 20 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 19

21 21 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 12

24 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 22 8

23 23 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 23 10

25 24 Queen – “One Vision” 24 8

19 25 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 20

27 26 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 26 10

29 27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 27 5

28 28 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 28 8

31 29 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 29 5

34 30 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 30 5

32 31 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 31 16

37 32 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 32 3

30 33 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 12 16

44 34 INXS – “What You Need” 34 3

38 35 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 35 7

26 36 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 17

36 37 a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 33 8

40 38 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 38 7

41 39 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 39 5

43 40 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 40 3

42 41 The Alarm – “Strength” 41 4

33 42 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 21 16

35 43 INXS – “This Time” 29 11

39 44 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 22

48 45 Opus – “Live Is Life” 45 2

49 46 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 46 2

50 47 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 47 2

NE 48 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 48 1

NE 49 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 49 1

NE 50 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 50 1

45 50 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 29

DROPOUTS:

46 -- Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 22

47 -- Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 30 13

51 -- a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 25

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