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

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World in a Day
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4 Up by 2

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 2

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 1

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
From the album: All Over the Place
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 4

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
9 Up by 1

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 1

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Down by 2

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 2

Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears For Fears
From the album: Songs From the Big Chair
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 2

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Black Cars
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16 Up by 2

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 6

Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
19 Up by 3

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Dead or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 1

Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)
Kim Carnes
From the album: Barking at Airplanes
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 4

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 5

A View to a Kill
Duran Duran
From the album: A View to a Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 1

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
23
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 4

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 7

Loving the Alien
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26

Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
27 Down by 8

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
28 Down by 8

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
29 Down by 6

In Shreds
The Chameleons
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
30 Up by 9

Shout
Tears For Fears
From the album: Songs From the Big Chair
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31

One Night in Bangkok
Murray Head
From the album: Chess
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Up by 6

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33

In My House
Mary Jane Girls
From the album: Only Four You
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34

Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35

All You Zombies
The Hooters
From the album: Nervous Night
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36

Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
36
Weeks
10
Number
37

Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 4

The Perfect Kiss
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 4

Get It On (Bang A Gong)
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40

Little By Little
Robert Plant
From the album: Shaken 'n' Stirred
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 9

Road to Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 2

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 3

When Your Heart Is Weak
Cock Robin
From the album: Cock Robin
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 15

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age of Consent
Peak
8
Weeks
28
Number
45 Up by 2

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 16

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Italian X Rays
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
47 Down by 6

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
3
Weeks
32
Number
48 Debut

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World in a Day
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 4

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
50 Down by 2

The Beautiful Ones
Prince
From the album: Purple Rain
Peak
12
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

Computer Blue
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Purple Rain
Peak
12
Weeks
29

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Date

June 29, 1985

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1 1 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×3) 7

2 2 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 1(×1) 11

3 3 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 1(×1) 17

6 4 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 4 11

7 5 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 5 12

5 6 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 5 19

8 7 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 7 10

4 8 The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 1(×4) 21

10 9 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 9 16

11 10 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 10 14

9 11 Animotion – “Obsession” 6 23

14 12 Howard Jones – “Things Can Only Get Better” 12 13

13 13 Tears For Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 12 14

16 14 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 14 9

15 15 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 15 16

18 16 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 16 6

17 17 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 17 13

12 18 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×4) 24

22 19 Dead or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” 19 4

21 20 Kim Carnes – “Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)” 20 8

25 21 The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 21 10

27 22 Duran Duran – “A View to a Kill” 22 7

24 23 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 23 17

28 24 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 24 6

32 25 David Bowie – “Loving the Alien” 25 4

26 26 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” 26 12

19 27 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 4 26

20 28 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 1(×2) 28

23 29 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 14 22

39 30 Tears For Fears – “Shout” 30 3

31 31 Murray Head – “One Night in Bangkok” 31 9

38 32 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 32 4

33 33 Mary Jane Girls – “In My House” 33 9

34 34 Paul Young – “Every Time You Go Away” 34 8

35 35 The Hooters – “All You Zombies” 35 6

36 36 The Alan Parsons Project – “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)” 36 10

37 37 The Firm – “Satisfaction Guaranteed” 37 9

42 38 New Order – “The Perfect Kiss” 38 5

43 39 The Power Station – “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” 39 4

40 40 Robert Plant – “Little By Little” 40 6

50 41 Talking Heads – “Road to Nowhere” 41 2

44 42 Shriekback – “Nemesis” 42 5

46 43 Cock Robin – “When Your Heart Is Weak” 43 3

29 44 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 8 28

47 45 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 45 3

30 46 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 15 20

41 47 General Public – “Tenderness” 3 32

NE 48 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 48 1

45 49 Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” 14 22

48 50 Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 12 26

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Prince & The Revolution – “Computer Blue” 12 29

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