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 6 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 2

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 2

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 2

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 6

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 4

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
12 Up by 5

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
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
15
Number
14 Down by 2

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
15 Up by 1

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 2

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 2

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 5

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 5

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 6

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 1

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 3

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 3

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 13

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
25 Up by 3

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Down by 6

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 5

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 5

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 8

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 1

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 3

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 5

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 6

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 12

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 8

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
36 Down by 6

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
19
Number
37 Up by 1

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 3

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 3

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 4

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 2

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 13

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
43 Up by 4

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 4

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 10

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
46 Down by 10

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
31
Weeks
13
Number
47 Up by 3

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
45 Dropout

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

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

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

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Date

May 17, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×6) 12

2 2 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 2 13

3 3 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 16

6 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 4 12

5 5 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 15

4 6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 20

9 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 7 11

8 8 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 8 12

15 9 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 9 10

10 10 INXS – “What You Need” 6 18

7 11 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 20

17 12 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 12 17

13 13 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 13 15

12 14 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 18

16 15 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 15 15

18 16 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 16 16

19 17 Level 42 – “Something About You” 17 14

23 18 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 18 9

24 19 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 19 8

14 20 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 14 17

22 21 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 21 12

25 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 22 8

26 23 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 23 7

11 24 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 7 20

28 25 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 25 7

20 26 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 16 16

32 27 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 27 6

33 28 New Order – “Shellshock” 28 7

21 29 Opus – “Live Is Life” 15 17

31 30 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 30 10

34 31 Animotion – “I Engineer” 31 10

37 32 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 32 5

39 33 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 33 4

46 34 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 34 2

27 35 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 29

30 36 The Alarm – “Strength” 30 19

38 37 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 37 9

41 38 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 38 6

42 39 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 39 4

44 40 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 40 4

43 41 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 41 5

29 42 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 24

47 43 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 43 3

48 44 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 44 3

35 45 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 15 20

36 46 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 31 13

50 47 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 47 2

NE 48 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 48 1

NE 49 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 49 1

NE 50 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 50 1

NE 51 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

49 -- Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 30

51 -- Simple Minds – “Sanctify Yourself” 39 7

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