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 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Down by 1

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 2

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Change
Sparks
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 2

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 7

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 1

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 6

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 1

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Down by 1

Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
12 Down by 5

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 5

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 5

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 3

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
16 Down by 3

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
17

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
18 Up by 2

Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 2

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 6

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 4

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 6

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
23 Up by 10

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 7

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
26 Down by 3

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
27 Up by 4

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 6

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
29 Down by 2

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
25
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 4

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 1

Tonight It's You
Cheap Trick
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
32 Up by 6

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 6

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Loving The Alien
David Bowie
From the album: Tonight
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
35 Up by 9

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 7

Voices Carry
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Voices Carry
Peak
2
Weeks
26
Number
37 Down by 7

Get It On (Bang A Gong)
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
38 Up by 4

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 1

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 1

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 6

When Your Heart Is Weak
Cock Robin
From the album: Cock Robin
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
42 Down by 6

Into the Groove
Madonna
From the album: Like a Virgin
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
43 Up by 6

One of the Living
Tina Turner
From the album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 3

p: Machinery
Propaganda
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 8

Would I Lie to You?
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
46 Debut

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 3

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Up by 1

Like to Get to Know You Well
Howard Jones
From the album: The 12" Album
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

Communication
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Can't Get There from Here
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
45 Dropout

Oh Sheila
Ready for the World
From the album: Ready for the World
Peak
38
Weeks
9
Number
46 Dropout

I Got You Babe
UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
From the album: Baggariddim
Peak
39
Weeks
9
Number
48 Dropout

Fortress Around Your Heart
Sting
From the album: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Peak
40
Weeks
7

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Date

October 12, 1985

Songs

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2 1 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×1) 8

1 2 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 13

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 3 7

6 4 U2 – “Bad” 4 11

5 5 Sparks – “Change” 5 14

4 6 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 1(×5) 19

14 7 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 7 6

9 8 a-ha – “Take On Me” 8 10

15 9 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 9 6

11 10 Godley & Creme – “Cry” 10 13

10 11 Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere” 9 17

7 12 Tears for Fears – “Shout” 6 18

8 13 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 3 21

19 14 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 14 7

12 15 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 4 24

13 16 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 3 25

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

20 18 Prince & The Revolution – “Pop Life” 18 12

21 19 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 19 13

26 20 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 20 6

25 21 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 21 8

16 22 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 11 19

33 23 The Cure – “Close To Me” 23 4

24 24 Eurythmics – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” 24 8

18 25 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 10 21

23 26 Shriekback – “Nemesis” 21 20

31 27 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 27 5

22 28 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×8) 22

27 29 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 25 18

34 30 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 30 6

32 31 Cheap Trick – “Tonight It's You” 31 11

38 32 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 32 4

39 33 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 33 3

28 34 David Bowie – “Loving The Alien” 15 19

44 35 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 35 2

29 36 'Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry” 2 26

30 37 The Power Station – “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” 17 19

42 38 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 38 3

40 39 Paul Young – “I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” 39 6

41 40 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 40 4

35 41 Cock Robin – “When Your Heart Is Weak” 20 18

36 42 Madonna – “Into the Groove” 32 12

49 43 Tina Turner – “One of the Living” 43 2

47 44 Propaganda – “p: Machinery” 44 3

37 45 Eurythmics – “Would I Lie to You?” 1(×1) 26

NE 46 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 46 1

NE 47 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 47 1

51 48 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 48 2

50 49 Howard Jones – “Like to Get to Know You Well” 49 2

NE 50 The Power Station – “Communication” 50 1

NE 51 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

43 -- R.E.M. – “Can't Get There from Here” 24 13

45 -- Ready for the World – “Oh Sheila” 38 9

46 -- UB40 ft. Chrissie Hynde – “I Got You Babe” 39 9

48 -- Sting – “Fortress Around Your Heart” 40 7

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