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

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
3 Up by 1

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
4 Down by 2

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 1

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6 Down by 1

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 1

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 1

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 1

Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 3

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 1

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 2

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Up by 5

Change
Sparks
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 8

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 1

Loving The Alien
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Down by 6

A View to A Kill
Duran Duran
From the album: A View to A Kill (Soundtrack Album)
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
18 Down by 5

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
19

Get It On (Bang A Gong)
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Down by 5

Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)
Kim Carnes
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
21 Down by 1

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
22 Up by 2

When Your Heart Is Weak
Cock Robin
From the album: Cock Robin
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23

Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 2

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
25 Up by 2

Can't Get There from Here
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 2

Viva le Rock
Adam Ant
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 2

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 2

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 4

All You Zombies
The Hooters
From the album: Nervous Night
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 2

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
31 Down by 10

88 Lines About 44 Women
The Nails
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 4

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 2

Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34

Life in One Day
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 4

Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Firm
From the album: The Firm
Peak
30
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 2

Into the Groove
Madonna
From the album: Like a Virgin
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 4

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 1

Tonight It's You
Cheap Trick
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Debut

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 3

When You Were Mine
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: She's So Unusual
Peak
13
Weeks
24
Number
41 Down by 1

Don't Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Southern Accents
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
42 Up by 1

We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Tina Turner
From the album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Peak
42
Weeks
8
Number
43 Debut

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 2

Oh Sheila
Ready for the World
From the album: Ready for the World
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 2

I Got You Babe
UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
From the album: Baggariddim
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 13

Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
From the album: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
47 Debut

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 4

Obsession
Animotion
From the album: Animotion
Peak
6
Weeks
31
Number
49 Debut

Fortress Around Your Heart
Sting
From the album: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50

Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
From the album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
32

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Some Like It Hot
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
45 Dropout

We Close Our Eyes
Go West
From the album: Go West
Peak
23
Weeks
24
Number
48 Dropout

The Perfect Kiss
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
34
Weeks
12
Number
49 Dropout

How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
From the album: Hatful of Hollow
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28

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Date

August 24, 1985

Songs

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1 1 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 1(×3) 12

3 2 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 2 19

4 3 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 3 18

2 4 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×8) 15

6 5 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 5 17

5 6 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 4 20

8 7 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 7 14

9 8 Tears for Fears – “Shout” 8 11

10 9 Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere” 9 10

7 10 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 1(×1) 19

12 11 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 11 14

14 12 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 12 12

18 13 Sparks – “Change” 13 7

22 14 The Cure – “In Between Days” 14 6

16 15 David Bowie – “Loving The Alien” 15 12

17 16 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 16 9

11 17 Duran Duran – “A View to A Kill” 9 15

13 18 The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 12 18

19 19 The Power Station – “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” 19 12

15 20 Kim Carnes – “Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)” 15 16

20 21 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 14 21

24 22 Cock Robin – “When Your Heart Is Weak” 22 11

23 23 Paul Young – “Every Time You Go Away” 23 16

26 24 Shriekback – “Nemesis” 24 13

27 25 R.E.M. – “Can't Get There from Here” 25 7

28 26 Adam Ant – “Viva le Rock” 26 7

29 27 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 27 6

30 28 Godley & Creme – “Cry” 28 6

25 29 The Hooters – “All You Zombies” 25 14

32 30 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 30 11

21 31 The Nails – “88 Lines About 44 Women” 1(×1) 25

36 32 U2 – “Bad” 32 4

35 33 Prince & The Revolution – “Pop Life” 33 5

34 34 Howard Jones – “Life in One Day” 34 8

31 35 The Firm – “Satisfaction Guaranteed” 30 17

38 36 Madonna – “Into the Groove” 36 5

41 37 a-ha – “Take On Me” 37 3

39 38 Cheap Trick – “Tonight It's You” 38 4

NE 39 ABC – “Be Near Me” 39 1

37 40 Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine” 13 24

40 41 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Come Around Here No More” 10 22

43 42 Tina Turner – “We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” 42 8

NE 43 Eurythmics – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” 43 1

46 44 Ready for the World – “Oh Sheila” 44 3

47 45 UB40 ft. Chrissie Hynde – “I Got You Babe” 45 3

33 46 Simple Minds – “Don't You (Forget About Me)” 5 27

NE 47 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 47 1

44 48 Animotion – “Obsession” 6 31

NE 49 Sting – “Fortress Around Your Heart” 49 1

50 50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” 1(×4) 32

DROPOUTS:

42 -- The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot” 8 23

45 -- Go West – “We Close Our Eyes” 23 24

48 -- New Order – “The Perfect Kiss” 34 12

49 -- The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” 1(×4) 28

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