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

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 1

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 2

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 2

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 3

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 2

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 2

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 4

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
11 Down by 2

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
12

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 6

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 1

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 3

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
18

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
19

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Down by 4

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
21 Down by 6

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
22 Up by 1

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 3

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 3

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 3

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 7

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 5

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
28 Up by 6

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 5

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
30

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
18
Number
31 Up by 1

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Up by 5

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 3

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 1

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Down by 10

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
36 Down by 5

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
37 Up by 4

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 1

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39 Up by 3

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 11

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
41 Up by 2

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 2

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 2

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 5

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
46 Debut

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 2

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 2

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 11

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
30
Number
50 Debut

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 4

Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
39
Weeks
7

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
36
Weeks
11
Number
51 Dropout

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
35
Weeks
12

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Date

May 10, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×5) 11

2 2 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 2 12

3 3 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 15

5 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 19

7 5 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 14

8 6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 6 11

4 7 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 19

10 8 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 8 11

11 9 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 9 10

6 10 INXS – “What You Need” 6 17

9 11 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 7 19

12 12 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 17

13 13 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 13 14

14 14 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 14 16

21 15 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 15 9

17 16 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 16 14

20 17 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 17 16

18 18 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 18 15

19 19 Level 42 – “Something About You” 19 13

16 20 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 16 15

15 21 Opus – “Live Is Life” 15 16

23 22 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 22 11

26 23 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 23 8

27 24 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 24 7

28 25 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 25 7

33 26 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 26 6

22 27 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 28

34 28 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 28 6

24 29 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 23

30 30 The Alarm – “Strength” 30 18

32 31 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 31 9

37 32 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 32 5

36 33 New Order – “Shellshock” 33 6

35 34 Animotion – “I Engineer” 34 9

25 35 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 15 19

31 36 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 31 12

41 37 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 37 4

39 38 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 38 8

42 39 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 39 3

29 40 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 26

43 41 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 41 5

44 42 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 42 3

45 43 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 43 4

46 44 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 44 3

40 45 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 15 17

NE 46 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 46 1

49 47 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 47 2

50 48 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 48 2

38 49 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 30

NE 50 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 50 1

47 51 Simple Minds – “Sanctify Yourself” 39 7

DROPOUTS:

48 -- The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 36 11

51 -- Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 35 12

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