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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

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Down by 1

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 1

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 2

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 3

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
9

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 1

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 1

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 4

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Up by 1

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 4

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 2

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 4

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 8

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
21

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 1

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 3

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 7

Change
Sparks
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
25

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
26 Up by 2

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 3

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 5

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
30

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 3

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 3

Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
33 Up by 6

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 2

Paisley Park
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
16
Weeks
22
Number
35

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
35
Weeks
12
Number
36 Up by 2

Communication
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Up by 7

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 8

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 3

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41 Up by 2

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Down by 5

One of the Living
Tina Turner
From the album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Soundtrack
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
43 Up by 7

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 5

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Debut

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 10

Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
47

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 15

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
49 Up by 2

Tonight She Comes
The Cars
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

This Time
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
51
Weeks
1
Number
52 Debut

Sleeping Bag
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
52
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

p: Machinery
Propaganda
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
45 Dropout

Shout
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
48 Dropout

A Good Heart
Feargal Sharkey
From the album: Feargal Sharkey
Peak
48
Weeks
5

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Date

November 23, 1985

Songs

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2 1 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×1) 12

1 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 13

3 3 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 14

4 4 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 4 12

6 5 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 10

8 6 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 6 8

7 7 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 16

5 8 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 19

9 9 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 13

10 10 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 12

11 11 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 11 14

13 12 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 12 7

14 13 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 13 9

18 14 Arcadia – “Election Day” 14 5

16 15 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 15 6

20 16 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 16 4

15 17 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 15 19

22 18 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 18 7

19 19 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 19 11

12 20 U2 – “Bad” 4 17

21 21 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 21 10

23 22 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 22 6

26 23 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 23 7

17 24 Sparks – “Change” 5 20

25 25 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 25 12

28 26 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 26 6

27 27 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 27 9

31 28 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 28 6

24 29 Godley & Creme – “Cry” 10 19

30 30 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 30 10

34 31 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 31 3

29 32 Talking Heads – “Road To Nowhere” 9 23

39 33 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 33 3

32 34 Prince & The Revolution – “Paisley Park” 16 22

35 35 Paul Young – “I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” 35 12

38 36 The Power Station – “Communication” 36 7

44 37 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 37 3

46 38 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 38 2

42 39 Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 39 4

40 40 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 40 8

43 41 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 41 6

37 42 Tina Turner – “One of the Living” 37 8

50 43 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 43 2

49 44 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 44 3

NE 45 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 45 1

36 46 Prince & The Revolution – “Pop Life” 18 18

47 47 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 47 2

33 48 Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” 1(×5) 25

51 49 The Cars – “Tonight She Comes” 49 2

NE 50 INXS – “This Time” 50 1

NE 51 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 51 1

NE 52 ZZ Top – “Sleeping Bag” 52 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Propaganda – “p: Machinery” 41 8

45 -- Tears for Fears – “Shout” 6 23

48 -- Feargal Sharkey – “A Good Heart” 48 5

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