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

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
4 Up by 1

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 2

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
6 Up by 1

How Soon is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Meat Is Murder, Hatful of Hollow
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 2

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Down by 2

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
9 Down by 1

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
10 Up by 7

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
12

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
14 Down by 4

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
15

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Up by 1

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 1

In Shreds
The Chameleons
From the album: What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 5

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
20 Up by 3

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Down by 1

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
22

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
22
Weeks
19
Number
23 Up by 2

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 6

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 4

Love & Pride
KING
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
26 Up by 3

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 3

Radioactive
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
28

Just Another Night
Mick Jagger
From the album: She's the Boss
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Down by 2

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Sparks
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
30 Down by 4

Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)
Eurythmics
From the album: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
31

Take Me With U
Prince & The Revolution featuring Apollonia
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 2

Lucky
Greg Kihn
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 3

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 3

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 6

Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 5

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38

Let's Talk About Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
38
Weeks
10
Number
39 Up by 1

I Can't Stand The Rain
Tina Turner
From the album: Private Dancer
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Up by 3

Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 3

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 10

Since Yesterday
Strawberry Switchblade
From the album: Strawberry Switchblade
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
43 Up by 5

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 11

Big in Japan
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young, Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
45 Down by 10

Heartbeat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Mirror Moves
Peak
26
Weeks
18
Number
46 Debut

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 2

The Belle of St. Mark
Sheila E.
From the album: The Glamorous Life
Peak
7
Weeks
27
Number
48 Down by 2

Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Ammonia Avenue
Peak
30
Weeks
20
Number
49 Debut

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

Wait
Wang Chung
From the album: Points on the Curve
Peak
35
Weeks
17
Number
49 Dropout

Why Can't I Have You
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
37
Weeks
13
Number
50 Dropout

We Belong
Pat Benatar
From the album: Tropico
Peak
32
Weeks
16

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Date

April 27, 1985

Songs

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1 1 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 1(×2) 19

2 2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×4) 15

4 3 General Public – “Tenderness” 3 23

5 4 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 4 17

3 5 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 1(×3) 22

7 6 The Smiths – “How Soon is Now?” 6 12

9 7 Animotion – “Obsession” 7 14

6 8 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 2 24

8 9 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 8 21

17 10 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 10 8

11 11 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 11 19

12 12 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 12 17

13 13 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 21

10 14 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 1(×3) 24

15 15 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 15 11

16 16 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 16 13

18 17 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 17 10

19 18 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 18 13

14 19 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 5 21

23 20 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 20 7

20 21 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 15 16

22 22 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 22 19

25 23 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 23 5

30 24 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 24 2

21 25 KING – “Love & Pride” 16 15

29 26 Tears for Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 26 5

24 27 The Firm – “Radioactive” 24 11

28 28 Mick Jagger – “Just Another Night” 28 11

27 29 Sparks – “Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat” 26 10

26 30 Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty • Four)” 1(×4) 23

31 31 Prince & The Revolution ft. Apollonia – “Take Me With U” 31 10

34 32 Greg Kihn – “Lucky” 32 8

36 33 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 33 8

37 34 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 34 7

41 35 Howard Jones – “Things Can Only Get Better” 35 4

39 36 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” 36 5

42 37 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 37 4

38 38 The Alan Parsons Project – “Let's Talk About Me” 38 10

40 39 Tina Turner – “I Can't Stand The Rain” 39 8

43 40 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” 40 3

44 41 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 41 3

32 42 Strawberry Switchblade – “Since Yesterday” 20 15

48 43 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 43 2

33 44 Alphaville – “Big in Japan” 10 23

35 45 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbeat” 26 18

NE 46 The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 46 1

45 47 Sheila E. – “The Belle of St. Mark” 7 27

46 48 The Alan Parsons Project – “Ammonia Avenue” 30 20

NE 49 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 49 1

NE 50 The Alan Parsons Project – “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Wang Chung – “Wait” 35 17

49 -- The Cars – “Why Can't I Have You” 37 13

50 -- Pat Benatar – “We Belong” 32 16

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