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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

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Up by 1

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
4

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
5

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
6

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 3

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
9 Down by 2

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
10 Up by 6

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Down by 2

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
12

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
13

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
14

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 1

In Shreds
The Chameleons
From the album: What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 1

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 2

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 2

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 2

Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Down by 10

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
22 Up by 2

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 5

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 5

I Want You
Lindsey Buckingham
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
25

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
22
Weeks
22
Number
26

Love & Pride
King
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 4

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
28 Up by 7

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 7

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Big Bam Boom
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 1

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
32 Up by 6

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 6

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34

Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 2

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Debut

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 10

The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
From the album: The Riddle
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
38 Up by 2

One Night in Bangkok
Murray Head
From the album: Chess
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 9

Radioactive
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
24
Weeks
14
Number
40 Down by 9

Just Another Night
Mick Jagger
From the album: She's the Boss
Peak
28
Weeks
14
Number
41 Up by 2

Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 5

Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)
Kim Carnes
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 1

Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 2

In My House
Mary Jane Girls
From the album: Only Four You
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 4

Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 5

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Sparks
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
47 Down by 5

Lucky
Greg Kihn
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
48 Down by 19

Gratitude
Danny Elfman
From the album: Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
49 Up by 1

Ways to Be Wicked
Lone Justice
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

A View to A Kill
Duran Duran
From the album: A View to A Kill (Soundtrack Album)
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

I Can't Stand The Rain
Tina Turner
From the album: Private Dancer
Peak
39
Weeks
10
Number
48 Dropout

Let's Talk About Me
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
38
Weeks
12

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Date

May 18, 1985

Songs

50

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1 1 The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 1(×3) 15

3 2 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 2 11

2 3 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 1(×2) 22

4 4 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 4 20

5 5 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×4) 18

6 6 Animotion – “Obsession” 6 17

10 7 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 7 5

8 8 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 8 22

7 9 General Public – “Tenderness” 3 26

16 10 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 10 13

9 11 Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 1(×3) 25

12 12 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 12 20

13 13 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 24

14 14 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 14 16

15 15 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 15 14

17 16 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 16 16

18 17 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 17 10

20 18 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 18 8

21 19 Tears for Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 19 8

22 20 Howard Jones – “Things Can Only Get Better” 20 7

11 21 The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 8 24

24 22 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 22 10

28 23 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 23 7

19 24 Lindsey Buckingham – “I Want You” 2 27

25 25 The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 22 22

26 26 King – “Love & Pride” 16 18

23 27 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 5 24

35 28 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 28 5

36 29 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 29 6

33 30 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” 30 8

32 31 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 31 11

38 32 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 32 4

39 33 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 33 3

34 34 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” 34 6

37 35 The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 35 4

NE 36 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 36 1

27 37 Nik Kershaw – “The Riddle” 15 19

40 38 Murray Head – “One Night in Bangkok” 38 3

30 39 The Firm – “Radioactive” 24 14

31 40 Mick Jagger – “Just Another Night” 28 14

43 41 The Alan Parsons Project – “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)” 41 4

47 42 Kim Carnes – “Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)” 42 2

44 43 The Firm – “Satisfaction Guaranteed” 43 3

46 44 Mary Jane Girls – “In My House” 44 3

49 45 Paul Young – “Every Time You Go Away” 45 2

41 46 Sparks – “Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat” 26 13

42 47 Greg Kihn – “Lucky” 32 11

29 48 Danny Elfman – “Gratitude” 1(×3) 27

50 49 Lone Justice – “Ways to Be Wicked” 49 2

NE 50 Duran Duran – “A View to A Kill” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Tina Turner – “I Can't Stand The Rain” 39 10

48 -- The Alan Parsons Project – “Let's Talk About Me” 38 12

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