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

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 1

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 2

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
6 Up by 1

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 1

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
8 Up by 3

Change
Sparks
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 3

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10

Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
11 Down by 3

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
12 Down by 3

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
13 Up by 5

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 3

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Down by 2

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
16 Down by 2

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
17 Down by 2

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 1

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
19 Down by 3

Loving The Alien
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
20

Get It On (Bang A Gong)
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 3

Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
23

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 2

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 3

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 4

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 4

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 5

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 4

When Your Heart Is Weak
Cock Robin
From the album: Cock Robin
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
32

Into the Groove
Madonna
From the album: Like a Virgin
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 1

Tonight It's You
Cheap Trick
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34 Down by 4

Can't Get There from Here
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
35 Down by 14

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
36 Up by 5

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 6

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38

Oh Sheila
Ready for the World
From the album: Ready for the World
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39

I Got You Babe
UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
From the album: Baggariddim
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40

Fortress Around Your Heart
Sting
From the album: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 3

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 5

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 8

Viva le Rock
Adam Ant
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
45 Up by 4

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 9

The Unforgettable Fire
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
47 Debut

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 4

A View to A Kill
Duran Duran
From the album: A View to A Kill (Soundtrack Album)
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
50 Debut

p: Machinery
Propaganda
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

Heartbeat City
The Cars
From the album: Heartbeat City
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
47 Dropout

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
14
Weeks
25
Number
50 Dropout

Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
23
Weeks
20

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Date

September 28, 1985

Songs

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1 1 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×3) 11

2 2 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 1(×5) 17

4 3 ABC – “Be Near Me” 3 6

5 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 4 5

3 5 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 3 19

7 6 Tears for Fears – “Shout” 6 16

6 7 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 4 22

11 8 Sparks – “Change” 8 12

12 9 U2 – “Bad” 9 9

10 10 Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere” 9 15

8 11 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 3 23

9 12 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 2 24

18 13 a-ha – “Take On Me” 13 8

17 14 Godley & Creme – “Cry” 14 11

13 15 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×8) 20

14 16 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 11 17

15 17 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 10 19

19 18 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 16 14

16 19 David Bowie – “Loving The Alien” 15 17

20 20 The Power Station – “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” 17 17

24 21 Prince & The Revolution – “Pop Life” 21 10

22 22 Shriekback – “Nemesis” 21 18

23 23 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 23 11

26 24 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 24 5

25 25 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 25 16

29 26 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 26 4

31 27 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 27 4

28 28 Eurythmics – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” 28 6

33 29 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 29 6

35 30 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 30 4

27 31 Cock Robin – “When Your Heart Is Weak” 20 16

32 32 Madonna – “Into the Groove” 32 10

34 33 Cheap Trick – “Tonight It's You” 33 9

30 34 R.E.M. – “Can't Get There from Here” 24 12

21 35 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 1(×1) 24

41 36 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 36 4

43 37 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 37 3

38 38 Ready for the World – “Oh Sheila” 38 8

39 39 UB40 ft. Chrissie Hynde – “I Got You Babe” 39 8

40 40 Sting – “Fortress Around Your Heart” 40 6

44 41 The Cure – “Close To Me” 41 2

42 42 Paul Young – “I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” 42 4

48 43 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 43 2

36 44 Adam Ant – “Viva le Rock” 26 12

49 45 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 45 2

37 46 U2 – “The Unforgettable Fire” 4 25

NE 47 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 47 1

NE 48 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 48 1

45 49 Duran Duran – “A View to A Kill” 9 20

NE 50 Propaganda – “p: Machinery” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

46 -- The Cars – “Heartbeat City” 12 22

47 -- Alphaville – “Forever Young” 14 25

50 -- Paul Young – “Every Time You Go Away” 23 20

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