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 7 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3 Up by 1

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 1

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
5

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
6

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 1

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 1

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 2

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
10 Up by 1

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 5

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14 Down by 4

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
15

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 3

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 1

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 4

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Down by 5

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
20 Down by 4

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
21

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
22 Up by 2

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 4

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Down by 4

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
25 Up by 4

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 4

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 4

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 4

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 1

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
30 Down by 4

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
31 Up by 3

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 1

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
31
Weeks
17
Number
33 Down by 8

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
34 Up by 1

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Up by 5

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 1

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 3

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 6

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 7

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
41 Up by 7

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Down by 6

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
43 Down by 6

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
44 Up by 2

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 4

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 1

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Up by 3

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
43 Dropout

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

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

February 8, 1986

Songs

51

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×7) 15

2 2 Arcadia – “Election Day” 2 16

4 3 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 3 13

3 4 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 23

5 5 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 18

6 6 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 6 17

8 7 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 12

9 8 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 8 17

7 9 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 19

11 10 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 10 14

12 11 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 11 13

17 12 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 12 10

13 13 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 14

10 14 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 23

15 15 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 14

19 16 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 12

18 17 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 17 14

22 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 18 9

14 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 24

16 20 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 25

21 21 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 13

24 22 Queen – “One Vision” 22 9

27 23 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 23 6

20 24 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 20

29 25 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 25 6

30 26 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 26 6

23 27 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 23 11

32 28 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 28 4

28 29 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 28 9

26 30 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 26 11

34 31 INXS – “What You Need” 31 4

31 32 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 31 17

25 33 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 21

35 34 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 34 8

40 35 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 35 4

39 36 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 36 6

38 37 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 37 8

41 38 The Alarm – “Strength” 38 5

45 39 Opus – “Live Is Life” 39 3

33 40 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 12 17

48 41 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 41 2

36 42 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 18

37 43 a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 33 9

46 44 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 44 3

49 45 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 45 2

47 46 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 46 3

50 47 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 47 2

NE 48 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 48 1

NE 49 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 49 1

NE 50 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 50 1

NE 51 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

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

43 -- INXS – “This Time” 29 11

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

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

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