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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

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3 Up by 2

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Down by 1

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
5 Down by 1

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Up by 1

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 2

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Down by 3

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 1

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 4

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 1

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Down by 1

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
14

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 1

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

Love & Pride
King
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 1

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 1

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 9

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
20 Up by 1

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 1

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 2

In Shreds
The Chameleons
From the album: What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
24 Down by 4

Since Yesterday
Strawberry Switchblade
From the album: Strawberry Switchblade
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
25

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
26 Up by 1

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Sparks
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 4

Radioactive
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 2

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
29 Down by 1

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
26
Weeks
15
Number
30

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
30
Weeks
17
Number
31 Up by 8

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
32
Weeks
14
Number
33 Down by 4

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
34 Up by 2

Just Another Night
Mick Jagger
From the album: She's the Boss
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 6

Close (To The Edit)
The Art of Noise
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
36 Down by 1

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
35
Weeks
15
Number
37 Up by 1

Take Me With U
Prince & The Revolution featuring Apollonia
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38 Down by 1

Why Can't I Have You
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
37
Weeks
11
Number
39 Up by 1

Let's Talk About Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 1

Lucky
Greg Kihn
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 1

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

I Can't Stand The Rain
Tina Turner
From the album: Private Dancer
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 1

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 3

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 4

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 4

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 14

7 Chinese Bros.
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
48 Debut

Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 4

This Is Not America
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group
From the album: The Falcon and the Snowman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
40
Weeks
10
Number
50 Debut

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
19
Weeks
20
Number
48 Dropout

Love Like Blood
Killing Joke
From the album: Night Time
Peak
48
Weeks
3

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Date

April 6, 1985

Songs

50

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1 1 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×3) 12

2 2 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 1(×3) 19

5 3 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 3 16

3 4 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 2 21

4 5 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 1(×3) 21

7 6 General Public – “Tenderness” 6 20

9 7 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 7 14

8 8 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 8 18

6 9 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 5 18

11 10 The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 10 9

15 11 Animotion – “Obsession” 11 11

13 12 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 12 14

12 13 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 18

14 14 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 14 16

16 15 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 15 13

17 16 King – “Love & Pride” 16 12

18 17 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 17 10

19 18 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 18 8

10 19 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×4) 20

21 20 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 20 7

22 21 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 21 5

24 22 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 22 10

23 23 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 23 16

20 24 Strawberry Switchblade – “Since Yesterday” 20 12

25 25 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 10 20

27 26 Sparks – “Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat” 26 7

31 27 The Firm – “Radioactive” 27 8

26 28 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 7 24

28 29 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 26 15

30 30 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 30 17

39 31 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 31 4

32 32 Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 32 14

29 33 U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” 1(×7) 26

36 34 Mick Jagger – “Just Another Night” 34 8

29 35 The Art of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)” 1(×2) 33

35 36 Wang Chung – “Wait” 35 15

38 37 Prince & The Revolution ft. Apollonia – “Take Me With U” 37 7

37 38 The Cars – “Why Can't I Have You” 37 11

40 39 The Alan Parsons Project – “Let's Talk About Me” 39 7

41 40 Greg Kihn – “Lucky” 40 5

42 41 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 41 5

43 42 Tina Turner – “I Can't Stand The Rain” 42 5

44 43 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 43 4

47 44 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 44 2

49 45 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” 45 2

50 46 Tears for Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 46 2

33 47 R.E.M. – “7 Chinese Bros.” 1(×2) 32

NE 48 Howard Jones – “Things Can Only Get Better” 48 1

45 49 David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group – “This Is Not America” 40 10

NE 50 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

34 -- R.E.M. – “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” 19 20

48 -- Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood” 48 3

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