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

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Up by 5

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
2
Weeks
5
Number
3 Down by 1

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
4 Down by 1

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
5

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
7 Up by 1

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Down by 4

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
9 Up by 1

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 1

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

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 1

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 4

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 5

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 1

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 1

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 4

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 5

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 1

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 2

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 2

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 2

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 2

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 4

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 6

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 5

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 6

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
31 Up by 3

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 16

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
33 Down by 13

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
34 Down by 6

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
35 Down by 8

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
20
Number
36 Up by 1

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Up by 7

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 4

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 4

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 6

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
42 Up by 3

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 7

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
44 Down by 6

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
45 Debut

Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Up by 4

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 4

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 9

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
49 Down by 9

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
26
Number
50 Debut

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
20
Number
48 Dropout

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
49 Dropout

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
20

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Date

March 29, 1986

Songs

51

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1 1 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×3) 9

7 2 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 2 5

2 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 22

3 4 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 20

5 5 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 17

6 6 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 24

8 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 7 13

4 8 Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 23

10 9 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 9 13

11 10 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 10 13

12 11 INXS – “What You Need” 11 11

13 12 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 12 8

9 13 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 9 21

19 14 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 14 6

15 15 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 15 11

17 16 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 16 11

18 17 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 17 13

22 18 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 18 8

14 19 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 24

21 20 Opus – “Live Is Life” 20 10

23 21 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 21 10

24 22 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 22 9

25 23 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 23 8

26 24 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 24 9

29 25 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 25 5

32 26 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 26 5

31 27 Level 42 – “Something About You” 27 7

33 28 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 28 10

35 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 29 4

30 30 The Alarm – “Strength” 30 12

34 31 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 31 5

16 32 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 11 16

20 33 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 19

28 34 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 19

27 35 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 10 20

37 36 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 36 7

44 37 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 37 3

42 38 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 38 6

43 39 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 39 6

46 40 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 40 3

41 41 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 41 8

45 42 Animotion – “I Engineer” 42 3

36 43 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 25

38 44 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 30

NE 45 Simple Minds – “Sanctify Yourself” 45 1

50 46 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 46 2

51 47 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 47 2

39 48 Queen – “One Vision” 17 16

40 49 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 26

NE 50 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 50 1

NE 51 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 20

48 -- Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 19

49 -- BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 20

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