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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 2

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2 Down by 1

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Down by 1

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
5

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 2

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
7

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 4

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 10

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Down by 2

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 1

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 3

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 3

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 11

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
18 Down by 5

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
19 Down by 3

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

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 5

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 5

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 19

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Down by 7

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
25 Up by 3

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 4

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 4

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 5

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
29 Up by 12

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 5

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 1

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Up by 2

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 3

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 12

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
35 Up by 3

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 12

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
37 Up by 9

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 13

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
39 Up by 1

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 8

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 12

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
17
Weeks
18
Number
42 Down by 9

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
33
Weeks
12
Number
43 Up by 2

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
43
Weeks
5
Number
44 Up by 3

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Up by 5

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Down by 10

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
48 Up by 3

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
48
Weeks
3
Number
49 Down by 10

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
50 Debut

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 8

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
52 Down by 8

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
24

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Date

March 8, 1986

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3 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 19

1 2 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 17

2 3 Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 20

4 4 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 21

5 5 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 14

8 6 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 21

7 7 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 16

12 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 8 10

9 9 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 9 18

20 10 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 10 6

11 11 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 11 13

10 12 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 10 17

14 13 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 13 10

15 14 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 14 10

18 15 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 15 8

19 16 INXS – “What You Need” 16 8

6 17 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 22

13 18 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 27

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

21 20 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 20 8

26 21 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 21 5

27 22 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 22 10

42 23 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 23 2

17 24 Queen – “One Vision” 17 13

28 25 Opus – “Live Is Life” 25 7

30 26 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 26 7

31 27 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 27 6

23 28 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 23

41 29 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 29 3

35 30 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 30 5

32 31 The Alarm – “Strength” 31 9

34 32 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 32 6

36 33 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 33 5

22 34 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 18

38 35 Level 42 – “Something About You” 35 4

24 36 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 18

46 37 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 37 2

25 38 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 17

40 39 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 39 7

48 40 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 40 2

29 41 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 17 18

33 42 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 33 12

45 43 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 43 5

47 44 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 44 4

50 45 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 45 2

48 46 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 46 3

37 47 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 27

51 48 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 48 3

39 49 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 28

NE 50 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 50 1

43 51 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 29

44 52 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 24

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