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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

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 2

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 1

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 1

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 2

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Down by 4

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

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

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 2

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 4

Change
Sparks
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
14 Up by 3

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
17 Up by 4

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 4

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
19 Up by 1

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 13

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 1

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 4

Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
23 Up by 7

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 8

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 1

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 8

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
28

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 6

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 13

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 4

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 9

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
34 Up by 5

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 9

Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
36

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
36
Weeks
10
Number
37

One of the Living
Tina Turner
From the album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Down by 9

People Are People
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
39 Down by 8

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
40 Up by 2

Communication
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41

p: Machinery
Propaganda
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
42 Up by 2

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
42
Weeks
6
Number
43 Down by 3

She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
From the album: Love
Peak
10
Weeks
25
Number
44 Down by 6

Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: Fine Young Cannibals
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
45 Up by 3

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Debut

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 3

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 1

A Good Heart
Feargal Sharkey
From the album: Feargal Sharkey
Peak
48
Weeks
4
Number
49 Debut

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Last Time Forever
Squeeze
Peak
25
Weeks
21
Number
46 Dropout

Going Down to Liverpool
The Bangles
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
47 Dropout

Raspberry Beret
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
25

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Date

November 9, 1985

Songs

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×3) 11

2 2 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 12

5 3 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 3 10

3 4 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 17

6 5 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 5 10

8 6 The Cure – “Close To Me” 6 8

7 7 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 14

4 8 U2 – “Bad” 4 15

10 9 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 11

11 10 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 10

13 11 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 11 6

12 12 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 12 12

9 13 Sparks – “Change” 5 18

17 14 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 14 5

15 15 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 15 7

16 16 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 16 17

21 17 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 17 4

14 18 Godley & Creme – “Cry” 10 17

20 19 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 19 9

33 20 Arcadia – “Election Day” 20 3

22 21 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 21 8

18 22 Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere” 9 21

30 23 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 23 5

32 24 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 24 4

25 25 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 25 10

27 26 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 26 5

19 27 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 1(×5) 23

28 28 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 28 7

23 29 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 16 20

43 30 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 30 2

35 31 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 31 4

34 32 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 32 8

24 33 Tears for Fears – “Shout” 6 22

39 34 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 34 4

26 35 Prince & The Revolution – “Pop Life” 18 16

36 36 Paul Young – “I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” 36 10

37 37 Tina Turner – “One of the Living” 37 6

29 38 Depeche Mode – “People Are People” 3 25

31 39 Eurythmics – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” 24 12

42 40 The Power Station – “Communication” 40 5

41 41 Propaganda – “p: Machinery” 41 7

44 42 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 42 6

40 43 The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” 10 25

38 44 Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” 11 23

48 45 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 45 4

NE 46 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 46 1

50 47 Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 47 2

49 48 Feargal Sharkey – “A Good Heart” 48 4

NE 49 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 49 1

NE 50 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 50 1

NE 51 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Squeeze – “Last Time Forever” 25 21

46 -- The Bangles – “Going Down to Liverpool” 3 28

47 -- Prince & The Revolution – “Raspberry Beret” 1(×8) 25

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