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 Up by 1

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Down by 1

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 1

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 1

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 1

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 1

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 4

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 2

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
16

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 9

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 3

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 21

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 4

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
22

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Down by 2

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
24

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 6

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
26 Up by 1

Valerie
Steve Winwood
From the album: Talking Back to the Night
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
27 Up by 2

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 1

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 2

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Down by 8

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
32 Up by 1

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 8

Satellite
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
34

Strap Me In
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 1

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 1

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 6

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
38 Up by 5

Faith
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 2

Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
From the album: They Might Be Giants
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 9

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 3

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
42 Up by 2

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Debut

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 1

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 1

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
45
Weeks
5
Number
46 Up by 1

Don't Shed a Tear
Paul Carrack
From the album: One Good Reason
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Up by 1

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Down by 13

Holiday
The Other Ones
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
49 Down by 10

Girlfriend in a Coma
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
50 Down by 8

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

Never Let Me Down
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
31
Weeks
16

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Date

December 19, 1987

Songs

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2 1 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×4) 13

1 2 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 11

3 3 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 3 9

5 4 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 4 9

4 5 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 15

6 6 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 6 14

7 7 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 16

9 8 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 8 10

8 9 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 21

10 10 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 9

11 11 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 11 7

12 12 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 12 10

14 13 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 7

18 14 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 14 4

13 15 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 17

16 16 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 16 12

26 17 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 17 3

15 18 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 13 15

40 19 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 19 2

20 20 U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 20 10

17 21 Belinda Carlisle – “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” 16 13

22 22 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 22 12

21 23 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 12 17

24 24 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 24 8

19 25 Prince – “U Got the Look” 6 21

27 26 Steve Winwood – “Valerie” 26 11

29 27 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 27 5

28 28 T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 28 9

30 29 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 29 6

32 30 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 30 9

23 31 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 5 20

33 32 Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 32 5

25 33 The Hooters – “Satellite” 25 14

34 34 The Cars – “Strap Me In” 34 7

36 35 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 35 5

37 36 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 36 4

31 37 Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 21 17

43 38 George Michael – “Faith” 38 5

41 39 They Might Be Giants – “Don't Let's Start” 39 7

49 40 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 40 2

38 41 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 8 20

44 42 U2 – “In God's Country” 42 3

NE 43 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 43 1

45 44 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 44 3

46 45 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 45 5

47 46 Paul Carrack – “Don't Shed a Tear” 46 3

48 47 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 47 3

35 48 The Other Ones – “Holiday” 12 21

39 49 The Smiths – “Girlfriend in a Coma” 9 18

42 50 Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 2 22

DROPOUTS:

50 -- David Bowie – “Never Let Me Down” 31 16

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