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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 Up by 2

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2 Down by 1

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
6 Up by 1

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Down by 1

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
8

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
9

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
10 Up by 1

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 1

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Up by 6

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14

In Shreds
The Chameleons
From the album: What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
15

Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 2

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 2

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 2

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 2

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Down by 12

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age Of Consent
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
23 Up by 4

Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)
Kim Carnes
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
25

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26

Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
27 Up by 2

A View to A Kill
Duran Duran
From the album: A View to A Kill (Soundtrack Album)
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 5

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 1

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
30 Down by 12

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
3
Weeks
30
Number
31 Up by 9

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

One Night in Bangkok
Murray Head
From the album: Chess
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 2

In My House
Mary Jane Girls
From the album: Only Four You
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Down by 4

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
35 Down by 4

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
36 Down by 4

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
Peak
12
Weeks
28
Number
37 Up by 2

Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38

Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39 Up by 2

Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 3

All You Zombies
The Hooters
From the album: Nervous Night
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 1

Little By Little
Robert Plant
From the album: Shaken 'n' Stirred
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 6

Loving The Alien
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 3

The Perfect Kiss
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 5

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 2

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 5

Get It On (Bang A Gong)
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

When Your Heart Is Weak
Cock Robin
From the album: Cock Robin
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 5

Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)
Thompson Twins
Peak
5
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
37 Dropout

No Mercy
The Stranglers
Peak
22
Weeks
25
Number
44 Dropout

Less Cities, More Moving People
The Fixx
From the album: Phantoms
Peak
8
Weeks
27

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Date

June 15, 1985

Songs

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3 1 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×1) 5

1 2 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 1(×1) 9

2 3 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 1(×1) 15

4 4 The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 1(×4) 19

5 5 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 4 24

7 6 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 6 17

6 7 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 1(×2) 26

8 8 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×4) 22

9 9 Animotion – “Obsession” 6 21

11 10 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 10 14

12 11 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 11 12

13 12 Tears for Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 12 12

19 13 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 13 9

14 14 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 14 20

15 15 Howard Jones – “Things Can Only Get Better” 15 11

16 16 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 16 14

17 17 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 17 11

20 18 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 18 10

21 19 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 19 8

22 20 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 20 7

23 21 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 21 4

10 22 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 8 26

27 23 Kim Carnes – “Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)” 23 6

24 24 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 24 15

25 25 The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 25 8

26 26 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” 26 10

29 27 Duran Duran – “A View to A Kill” 27 5

33 28 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 28 2

28 29 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 15 18

18 30 General Public – “Tenderness” 3 30

40 31 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 31 4

34 32 Murray Head – “One Night in Bangkok” 32 7

35 33 Mary Jane Girls – “In My House” 33 7

30 34 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 14 20

31 35 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 12 24

32 36 Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 28

39 37 Paul Young – “Every Time You Go Away” 37 6

38 38 The Alan Parsons Project – “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)” 38 8

41 39 The Firm – “Satisfaction Guaranteed” 39 7

43 40 The Hooters – “All You Zombies” 40 4

42 41 Robert Plant – “Little By Little” 41 4

48 42 David Bowie – “Loving The Alien” 42 2

46 43 New Order – “The Perfect Kiss” 43 3

49 44 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 44 2

47 45 Shriekback – “Nemesis” 45 3

51 46 The Power Station – “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” 46 2

NE 47 Tears for Fears – “Shout” 47 1

NE 48 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 48 1

NE 49 Cock Robin – “When Your Heart Is Weak” 49 1

45 50 Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me (Original UK Version 1984)” 5 28

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumours” 1(×3) 28

37 -- The Stranglers – “No Mercy” 22 25

44 -- The Fixx – “Less Cities, More Moving People” 8 27

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