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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

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
3

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Up by 2

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 3

Change
Sparks
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
9

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 1

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 1

Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 1

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 2

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 4

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Down by 3

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 1

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 8

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Up by 6

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Down by 3

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
21 Up by 1

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 7

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
23 Down by 3

Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
24

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 4

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 2

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 10

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 7

Black Cars
Gino Vannelli
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
29 Down by 6

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
30 Up by 5

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 9

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 5

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
33 Down by 3

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
34 Up by 5

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 3

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
25
Weeks
20
Number
36 Up by 2

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 5

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 2

One of the Living
Tina Turner
From the album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Down by 6

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
41 Up by 3

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42

p: Machinery
Propaganda
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 5

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 1

Communication
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 1

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Up by 1

Like to Get to Know You Well
Howard Jones
From the album: The 12" Album
Peak
46
Weeks
4
Number
47 Up by 3

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Up by 1

A Good Heart
Feargal Sharkey
From the album: Feargal Sharkey
Peak
50
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Nemesis
Shriekback
Peak
21
Weeks
21
Number
33 Dropout

Tonight It's You
Cheap Trick
Peak
31
Weeks
12

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Date

October 26, 1985

Songs

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2 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×1) 9

1 2 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 10

3 3 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 15

4 4 U2 – “Bad” 4 13

6 5 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 5 8

8 6 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 6 8

7 7 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 12

5 8 Sparks – “Change” 5 16

9 9 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 1(×5) 21

10 10 Godley & Creme – “Cry” 10 15

12 11 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 11 9

11 12 Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere” 9 19

14 13 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 13 8

16 14 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 14 10

19 15 The Cure – “Close To Me” 15 6

13 16 Tears for Fears – “Shout” 6 20

18 17 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 17 15

26 18 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 18 4

25 19 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 19 5

17 20 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 16 18

22 21 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 21 7

15 22 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 3 23

20 23 Prince & The Revolution – “Pop Life” 18 14

24 24 Eurythmics – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” 24 10

29 25 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 25 6

28 26 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 26 8

37 27 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 27 3

21 28 Gino Vannelli – “Black Cars” 4 26

23 29 The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 3 27

35 30 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 30 5

40 31 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 31 2

27 32 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 11 21

30 33 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 10 23

39 34 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 34 3

32 35 Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 25 20

38 36 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 36 6

37 37 Paul Young – “I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” 37 8

43 38 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 38 3

41 39 Tina Turner – “One of the Living” 39 4

34 40 Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×8) 24

44 41 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 41 2

42 42 Propaganda – “p: Machinery” 42 5

48 43 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 43 2

45 44 The Power Station – “Communication” 44 3

46 45 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 45 4

47 46 Howard Jones – “Like to Get to Know You Well” 46 4

50 47 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 47 2

NE 48 Arcadia – “Election Day” 48 1

49 49 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 49 2

51 50 Feargal Sharkey – “A Good Heart” 50 2

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Shriekback – “Nemesis” 21 21

33 -- Cheap Trick – “Tonight It's You” 31 12

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