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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

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
7

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 4

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Down by 1

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
10 Down by 1

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
11

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 3

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 3

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
14 Down by 1

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 2

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
17

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 3

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Down by 3

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
22 Up by 5

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 1

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 6

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25

Valerie
Steve Winwood
From the album: Talking Back to the Night
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
26

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
27 Up by 1

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 6

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
29

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
30 Down by 7

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 3

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 1

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 3

Faith
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 1

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Down by 3

Strap Me In
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
36 Up by 2

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 11

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 7

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
39

Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
From the album: They Might Be Giants
Peak
39
Weeks
9
Number
40 Up by 2

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 3

Don't Shed a Tear
Paul Carrack
From the album: One Good Reason
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
42
Weeks
7
Number
43 Up by 2

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
43
Weeks
5
Number
44 Up by 5

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 8

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
46 Down by 6

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
47 Debut

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 7

Satellite
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
49 Down by 3

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
50 Down by 3

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
8
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
23

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Date

January 2, 1988

Songs

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1 1 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×6) 15

2 2 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 11

3 3 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 13

4 4 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 4 11

5 5 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 5 16

6 6 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 17

7 7 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 12

12 8 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 8 6

8 9 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 18

9 10 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 23

11 11 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 11 9

15 12 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 12 4

10 13 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 11

13 14 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 9

16 15 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 15 5

14 16 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 12 12

17 17 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 16 14

21 18 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 18 7

19 19 U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 19 12

20 20 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 20 14

18 21 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 19

27 22 Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 22 7

24 23 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 23 10

30 24 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 24 3

25 25 Steve Winwood – “Valerie” 25 13

26 26 T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 26 11

28 27 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 27 8

22 28 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 13 17

29 29 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 29 11

23 30 Belinda Carlisle – “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” 16 15

34 31 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 31 4

33 32 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 32 7

36 33 George Michael – “Faith” 33 7

35 34 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 34 6

32 35 The Cars – “Strap Me In” 32 9

38 36 U2 – “In God's Country” 36 5

48 37 Prince – “It” 37 2

31 38 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 12 19

39 39 They Might Be Giants – “Don't Let's Start” 39 9

42 40 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 40 5

44 41 Paul Carrack – “Don't Shed a Tear” 41 5

43 42 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 42 7

45 43 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 43 5

49 44 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 44 2

37 45 Prince – “U Got the Look” 6 23

40 46 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 5 22

NE 47 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 47 1

41 48 The Hooters – “Satellite” 25 16

46 49 Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 21 19

47 50 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 8 22

DROPOUTS:

50 -- Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 2 23

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