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 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
3

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
4

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
5 Up by 2

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 1

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 7

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 1

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 1

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 5

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
12

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 3

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Down by 6

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
15 Up by 2

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Down by 1

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 1

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 5

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
19 Up by 1

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 5

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 1

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 1

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 1

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 1

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 2

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
31 Down by 12

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 5

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 1

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
34 Up by 4

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 5

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37 Up by 2

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38 Down by 5

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
39 Down by 5

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
40 Up by 2

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 4

Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 5

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 7

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 7

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 1

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 5

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
41
Weeks
9
Number
47 Down by 12

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
21
Number
48 Debut

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 7

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
48 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

April 5, 1986

Songs

51

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1 1 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 10

2 2 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 2 6

3 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 23

4 4 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 21

7 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 5 14

5 6 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 18

14 7 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 7 7

9 8 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 8 14

10 9 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 9 14

11 10 INXS – “What You Need” 10 12

6 11 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 25

12 12 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 12 9

16 13 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 13 12

8 14 Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 24

17 15 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 15 14

15 16 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 15 12

18 17 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 17 9

13 18 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 9 22

20 19 Opus – “Live Is Life” 19 11

25 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 20 6

21 21 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 21 11

22 22 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 22 10

23 23 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 23 9

24 24 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 24 10

26 25 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 25 6

27 26 Level 42 – “Something About You” 26 8

28 27 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 27 11

29 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 28 5

31 29 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 29 6

30 30 The Alarm – “Strength” 30 13

19 31 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 25

37 32 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 32 4

32 33 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 11 17

38 34 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 34 7

40 35 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 35 4

36 36 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 36 8

39 37 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 37 7

33 38 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 20

34 39 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 20

42 40 Animotion – “I Engineer” 40 4

45 41 Simple Minds – “Sanctify Yourself” 41 2

47 42 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 42 3

50 43 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 43 2

51 44 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 44 2

46 45 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 45 3

41 46 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 41 9

35 47 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 10 21

NE 48 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 48 1

NE 49 New Order – “Shellshock” 49 1

NE 50 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 50 1

44 51 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 31

DROPOUTS:

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

48 -- Queen – “One Vision” 17 16

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

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