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

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 2

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 1

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6 Down by 1

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
7

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
11

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 1

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 3

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 2

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Down by 6

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
19

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
20 Up by 7

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
23

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 1

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 1

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29 Down by 9

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
24
Number
30

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
31

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 1

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 1

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 1

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 1

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
38 Up by 1

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 2

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Down by 6

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
15
Weeks
23
Number
41 Up by 4

Vanity Kills
ABC
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 5

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 3

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
44 Up by 4

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 3

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
46 Up by 4

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 4

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
27
Number
48 Debut

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 6

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
Peak
39
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
49 Dropout

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
26

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Date

July 5, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×2) 9

2 2 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 17

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 18

6 4 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 4 7

4 5 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 19

5 6 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×4) 20

7 7 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 7 16

8 8 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 8 15

9 9 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 9 13

10 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 19

11 11 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 23

13 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 12 15

16 13 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 13 11

14 14 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 14

15 15 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 15 14

18 16 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 16 6

17 17 New Order – “Shellshock” 17 14

12 18 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 19

19 19 Level 42 – “Something About You” 9 21

27 20 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 20 4

21 21 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 21 12

22 22 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 22 13

23 23 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 23 10

24 24 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 24 11

25 25 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 25 9

26 26 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 26 8

28 27 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 27 8

29 28 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 28 8

20 29 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 10 24

30 30 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 30 11

31 31 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 31 8

32 32 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 32 6

33 33 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 33 4

35 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 34 4

36 35 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 35 7

37 36 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 36 3

38 37 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 6

39 38 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 38 6

41 39 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 39 4

34 40 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 15 23

45 41 ABC – “Vanity Kills” 41 3

47 42 Bananarama – “Venus” 42 2

40 43 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 20 19

48 44 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 44 2

42 45 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 22

50 46 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 46 2

43 47 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 27

NE 48 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 48 1

NE 49 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 49 1

44 50 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 39 12

DROPOUTS:

46 -- Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 40 9

49 -- Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 26

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