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

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 2

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 2

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6 Up by 1

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 2

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 3

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10 Up by 1

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Down by 1

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 1

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 8

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 3

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 5

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
18 Down by 4

Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
19

What For
James
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
20 Up by 2

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 3

(Nothing but) Flowers
Talking Heads
From the album: Naked
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
22 Up by 6

Reptile
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 3

Finest Worksong
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 4

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
25 Down by 2

Hot Hot Hot!!!
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
26 Up by 7

Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)
Cyndi Lauper
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 3

Kiss and Tell
Bryan Ferry
From the album: "Bright Lights, Big City" Soundtrack
Peak
17
Weeks
23
Number
28 Up by 2

Heaven Knows
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
28
Weeks
16
Number
29 Up by 2

Moonbeam
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
30 Down by 5

Ingrid (and the Footman)
Jane Siberry
Peak
22
Weeks
18
Number
31 Down by 4

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
6
Weeks
26
Number
32

So Important
Sparks
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
33 Up by 2

Ship of Fools
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Down by 5

Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
35 Up by 7

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Blind
Talking Heads
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 8

Charlton Heston
Stump
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 5

Everything Your Heart Desires
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Ooh Yeah!
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
40 Up by 1

The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 5

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
4
Weeks
29
Number
42 Up by 5

Glam Slam
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Debut

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 7

Circle in the Sand
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
45 Debut

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 6

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
11
Weeks
27
Number
47 Up by 2

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 4

Breakaway
Big Pig
From the album: Bonk
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
49 Down by 4

Tall Cool One
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
28
Weeks
17
Number
50 Down by 7

Turquoise Jewelry
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
43
Weeks
9

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
15
Weeks
24
Number
50 Dropout

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
32

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Date

July 30, 1988

Songs

50

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1 1 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Balloon Man” 1(×4) 17

2 2 New Order – “Blue Monday '88” 2 14

5 3 10,000 Maniacs – “Like the Weather” 3 13

4 4 Depeche Mode – “Route 66” 4 12

3 5 The Church – “Under the Milky Way” 1(×6) 20

7 6 The Timelords – “Doctorin' the Tardis” 6 10

9 7 Mekons – “Ghosts Of American Astronauts” 7 8

8 8 Eurythmics – “You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart” 8 10

6 9 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Satellite” 1(×1) 21

11 10 INXS – “New Sensation” 10 15

10 11 Morrissey – “Suedehead” 3 23

13 12 Morrissey – “Everyday Is Like Sunday” 12 11

21 13 Crowded House – “Better Be Home Soon” 13 4

17 14 The Primitives – “Crash” 14 11

15 15 Prince – “Alphabet St.” 15 14

16 16 Sinéad O'Connor – “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” 16 12

12 17 Pet Shop Boys – “Heart” 5 15

14 18 Thomas Dolby – “Airhead” 14 16

19 19 James – “What For” 19 15

22 20 Love and Rockets – “Mirror People” 20 9

18 21 Talking Heads – “(Nothing but) Flowers” 11 20

28 22 The Church – “Reptile” 22 6

26 23 R.E.M. – “Finest Worksong” 23 8

20 24 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 1(×5) 28

23 25 The Cure – “Hot Hot Hot!!!” 9 23

33 26 Cyndi Lauper – “Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)” 26 4

24 27 Bryan Ferry – “Kiss and Tell” 17 23

30 28 Robert Plant – “Heaven Knows” 28 16

31 29 Men Without Hats – “Moonbeam” 29 13

25 30 Jane Siberry – “Ingrid (and the Footman)” 22 18

27 31 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 6 26

32 32 Sparks – “So Important” 32 11

35 33 Robert Plant – “Ship of Fools” 33 7

29 34 Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning” 18 18

42 35 Information Society – “What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)” 35 3

38 36 Talking Heads – “Blind” 36 4

39 37 Robert Palmer – “Simply Irresistible” 37 5

46 38 Stump – “Charlton Heston” 38 2

34 39 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Everything Your Heart Desires” 25 16

41 40 Midnight Oil – “The Dead Heart” 40 5

36 41 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 4 29

47 42 Prince – “Glam Slam” 42 2

NE 43 Debbie Harry – “Liar, Liar” 43 1

37 44 Belinda Carlisle – “Circle in the Sand” 37 8

NE 45 BOOK OF LOVE – “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls” 45 1

40 46 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 11 27

49 47 Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car” 47 2

44 48 Big Pig – “Breakaway” 18 19

45 49 Robert Plant – “Tall Cool One” 28 17

43 50 Camper Van Beethoven – “Turquoise Jewelry” 43 9

DROPOUTS:

48 -- The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before” 15 24

50 -- Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 1(×2) 32

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