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

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 1

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 2

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
6

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 14

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
11

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 1

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 5

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
14 Up by 3

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
16

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 1

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 3

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Down by 7

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
20

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 9

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 2

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 2

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 10

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
25 Up by 1

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 7

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
27 Up by 2

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 4

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 4

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 20

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 4

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 7

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 9

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
33 Down by 2

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
31
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 2

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 6

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 1

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
36
Weeks
12
Number
37 Down by 10

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
18
Number
38 Up by 5

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 1

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Up by 2

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 13

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
42 Up by 2

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 2

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 4

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 2

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 3

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 12

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
49 Up by 2

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 11

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
51 Down by 5

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
15
Weeks
20

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Date

June 7, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×2) 16

2 2 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 15

4 3 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 3 13

5 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 4 14

3 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 15

6 6 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 19

7 7 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 15

22 8 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 8 5

9 9 Level 42 – “Something About You” 9 17

10 10 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 10 20

11 11 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 11 12

13 12 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 12 11

8 13 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 18

17 14 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 14 9

15 15 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 15 19

16 16 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 16 10

18 17 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 17 11

21 18 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 18 10

12 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 23

20 20 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 20 15

30 21 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 21 3

24 22 New Order – “Shellshock” 22 10

25 23 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 23 7

14 24 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 23

26 25 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 25 8

19 26 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 15 18

29 27 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 27 13

32 28 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 28 9

33 29 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 29 6

50 30 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 2

34 30 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 30 7

38 31 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 31 5

23 32 INXS – “What You Need” 6 21

31 33 Animotion – “I Engineer” 31 13

36 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 34 7

41 35 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 35 4

37 36 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 36 12

27 37 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 13 18

43 38 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 38 4

40 39 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 39 8

42 40 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 40 6

28 41 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 21

44 42 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 42 4

45 43 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 43 4

48 44 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 44 2

47 45 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 45 3

49 46 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 46 2

35 47 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 14 20

51 49 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 49 2

39 50 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 7 23

46 51 Opus – “Live Is Life” 15 20

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