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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

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 1

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4 Down by 1

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 4

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Down by 1

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
9

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 1

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 1

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 1

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 3

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 3

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 9

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
18 Up by 1

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 4

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 5

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
21 Up by 4

Love & Pride
King
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 2

Since Yesterday
Strawberry Switchblade
From the album: Strawberry Switchblade
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 3

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
24 Up by 3

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 3

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
26

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
27 Up by 1

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Up by 4

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 8

Catch My Fall
Billy Idol
From the album: Rebel Yell
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 3

In Shreds
The Chameleons
From the album: What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 7

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 3

Do It Again
The Kinks
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
33 Up by 1

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
33
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 2

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
35
Weeks
11
Number
36 Up by 4

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Sparks
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 2

Radioactive
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 8

Here Come Cowboys
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
39 Up by 2

Why Can't I Have You
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 3

Just Another Night
Mick Jagger
From the album: She's the Boss
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 1

This Is Not America
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group
From the album: The Falcon and the Snowman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Up by 3

Take Me With U
Prince & The Revolution featuring Apollonia
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 12

Money Changes Everything
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
44

The Boys of Summer
Don Henley
From the album: Building the Perfect Beast
Peak
44
Weeks
7
Number
45 Up by 2

Let's Talk About Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Debut

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 10

Hello Again
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
48 Debut

Lucky
Greg Kihn
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

I Can't Stand The Rain
Tina Turner
From the album: Private Dancer
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

Pretending to Be Drunk
Sparks
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
48 Dropout

Louise
The Human League
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
32
Weeks
13
Number
49 Dropout

The Wild Boys
Duran Duran
From the album: Arena
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
50 Dropout

Blue Jean
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
3
Weeks
25

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Date

March 9, 1985

Songs

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1 1 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 1(×2) 15

2 2 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 1(×3) 17

4 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 3 17

3 4 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×4) 16

5 5 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 5 14

6 6 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 6 12

11 7 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 7 8

7 8 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 7 20

9 9 General Public – “Tenderness” 9 16

10 10 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 10 16

12 11 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 11 14

13 12 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 14

14 13 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 13 10

17 14 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 14 10

18 15 The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 15 5

16 16 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 16 12

8 17 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 1(×2) 29

19 18 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 18 9

23 19 Animotion – “Obsession” 19 7

15 20 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 22

25 21 King – “Love & Pride” 21 8

24 22 Strawberry Switchblade – “Since Yesterday” 22 8

20 23 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 28

27 24 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 24 6

22 25 R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 19 17

26 26 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 26 11

28 27 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 27 12

32 28 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 28 4

21 29 Billy Idol – “Catch My Fall” 11 18

33 30 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 30 6

38 31 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 31 3

29 32 The Kinks – “Do It Again” 25 11

34 33 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 33 13

36 34 Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 34 10

35 35 Wang Chung – “Wait” 35 11

40 36 Sparks – “Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat” 36 3

39 37 The Firm – “Radioactive” 37 4

30 38 The Psychedelic Furs – “Here Come Cowboys” 6 24

41 39 The Cars – “Why Can't I Have You” 39 7

43 40 Mick Jagger – “Just Another Night” 40 4

42 41 David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group – “This Is Not America” 41 6

45 42 Prince & The Revolution ft. Apollonia – “Take Me With U” 42 3

31 43 Cyndi Lauper – “Money Changes Everything” 24 12

44 44 Don Henley – “The Boys of Summer” 44 7

47 45 The Alan Parsons Project – “Let's Talk About Me” 45 3

NE 46 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 46 1

37 47 The Cars – “Hello Again” 7 20

NE 48 Greg Kihn – “Lucky” 48 1

NE 49 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 49 1

NE 50 Tina Turner – “I Can't Stand The Rain” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

46 -- Sparks – “Pretending to Be Drunk” 11 21

48 -- The Human League – “Louise” 32 13

49 -- Duran Duran – “The Wild Boys” 10 18

50 -- David Bowie – “Blue Jean” 3 25

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