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 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
From the album: All Over the Place
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 1

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 1

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 10

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Dead or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 3

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Black Cars
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 4

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
13 Down by 2

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
14 Up by 2

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 1

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 5

Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 2

Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)
Kim Carnes
From the album: Barking at Airplanes
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 2

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 2

A View to a Kill
Duran Duran
From the album: A View to a Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 8

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears For Fears
From the album: Songs From the Big Chair
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 2

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
23
Weeks
18
Number
24 Up by 1

Loving the Alien
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 5

Shout
Tears For Fears
From the album: Songs From the Big Chair
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 8

Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
27 Up by 5

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 2

Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
29 Up by 12

Road to Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 4

Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31

One Night in Bangkok
Murray Head
From the album: Chess
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 7

Get It On (Bang A Gong)
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 2

All You Zombies
The Hooters
From the album: Nervous Night
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 3

Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Up by 3

The Perfect Kiss
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36

Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: Vulture Culture
Peak
36
Weeks
11
Number
37 Up by 5

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Up by 5

When Your Heart Is Weak
Cock Robin
From the album: Cock Robin
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 9

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World in a Day
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 5

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 12

In Shreds
The Chameleons
Peak
14
Weeks
23
Number
42 Down by 15

Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M.
From the album: Reckoning
Peak
4
Weeks
27
Number
43 Down by 15

Johnson's Aeroplane
INXS
From the album: The Swing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
44 Down by 11

In My House
Mary Jane Girls
From the album: Only Four You
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
45 Down by 5

Little By Little
Robert Plant
From the album: Shaken 'n' Stirred
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
46 Down by 2

Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
From the album: The Age of Consent
Peak
8
Weeks
29
Number
47 Down by 1

Bongo Bongo
The Steve Miller Band
From the album: Italian X Rays
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
48 Down by 1

Tenderness
General Public
From the album: All the Rage
Peak
3
Weeks
33
Number
49 Debut

We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Tina Turner
From the album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Life in One Day
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

Save a Prayer
Duran Duran
From the album: Rio
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

July 6, 1985

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1 1 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×4) 8

2 2 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 1(×1) 12

3 3 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 1(×1) 18

4 4 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 4 12

5 5 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 5 13

7 6 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 6 11

6 7 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 5 20

9 8 The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 8 17

19 9 Dead or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” 9 5

10 10 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 10 15

14 11 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 11 10

8 12 The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 1(×4) 22

11 13 Animotion – “Obsession” 6 24

16 14 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 14 7

15 15 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 15 17

17 16 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 16 14

12 17 Howard Jones – “Things Can Only Get Better” 12 14

20 18 Kim Carnes – “Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)” 18 9

21 19 The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 19 11

22 20 Duran Duran – “A View to a Kill” 20 8

13 21 Tears For Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” 12 15

24 22 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 22 7

23 23 Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 23 18

25 24 David Bowie – “Loving the Alien” 24 5

30 25 Tears For Fears – “Shout” 25 4

18 26 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×4) 25

32 27 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 27 5

26 28 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” 26 13

41 29 Talking Heads – “Road to Nowhere” 29 3

34 30 Paul Young – “Every Time You Go Away” 30 9

31 31 Murray Head – “One Night in Bangkok” 31 10

39 32 The Power Station – “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” 32 5

35 33 The Hooters – “All You Zombies” 33 7

37 34 The Firm – “Satisfaction Guaranteed” 34 10

38 35 New Order – “The Perfect Kiss” 35 6

36 36 The Alan Parsons Project – “Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)” 36 11

42 37 Shriekback – “Nemesis” 37 6

43 38 Cock Robin – “When Your Heart Is Weak” 38 4

48 39 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 39 2

45 40 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 40 4

29 41 The Chameleons – “In Shreds” 14 23

27 42 R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion” 4 27

28 43 INXS – “Johnson's Aeroplane” 1(×2) 29

33 44 Mary Jane Girls – “In My House” 33 10

40 45 Robert Plant – “Little By Little” 40 7

44 46 Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy” 8 29

46 47 The Steve Miller Band – “Bongo Bongo” 15 21

47 48 General Public – “Tenderness” 3 33

NE 49 Tina Turner – “We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” 49 1

NE 50 Howard Jones – “Life in One Day” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

50 -- Prince – “The Beautiful Ones” 12 26

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