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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

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 4

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Down by 1

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5 Down by 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 2

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
8

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 3

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Down by 2

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 1

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
13

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 1

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 2

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
19 Down by 4

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
20 Up by 4

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 4

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 4

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 6

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 3

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 4

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
27 Down by 7

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
28 Down by 1

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 4

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 5

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 3

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down by 11

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
33 Up by 3

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 4

This Time
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 6

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
25
Weeks
15
Number
36 Down by 4

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
37 Up by 2

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 5

Tonight She Comes
The Cars
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 3

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
40
Weeks
11
Number
41 Up by 5

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 5

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 8

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 13

And She Was
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
45 Down by 9

Bad
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
46 Debut

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 1

Sleeping Bag
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
47
Weeks
4
Number
48 Debut

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Up by 1

Spies Like Us
Paul McCartney
Peak
49
Weeks
3
Number
50 Debut

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Change
Sparks
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
44 Dropout

Cry
Godley & Creme
From the album: The History Mix Volume 1
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
45 Dropout

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Paul Young
From the album: The Secret of Association
Peak
35
Weeks
14
Number
49 Dropout

Communication
The Power Station
From the album: The Power Station
Peak
36
Weeks
9

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Date

December 14, 1985

Songs

51

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1 1 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 15

2 2 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 2 15

7 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 3 7

3 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 16

4 5 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 17

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

5 7 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 13

8 8 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 10

12 9 Arcadia – “Election Day” 9 8

10 10 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 15

9 11 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 16

11 12 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 19

13 13 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 13 12

14 14 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 14 9

16 15 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 15 10

17 16 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 16 9

19 17 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 17 9

18 18 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 18 14

15 19 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 11 17

24 20 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 20 6

25 21 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 21 6

26 22 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 22 5

23 23 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 23 9

30 24 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 24 4

28 25 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 25 6

22 26 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 22 10

20 27 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 22

27 28 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 27 12

33 29 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 29 5

35 30 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 30 6

34 31 Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 31 7

21 32 Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 21 13

36 33 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 33 5

38 34 INXS – “This Time” 34 4

29 35 Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 25 15

32 36 Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 30 13

39 37 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 37 9

43 38 The Cars – “Tonight She Comes” 38 5

42 39 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 39 4

40 40 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 40 11

46 41 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 41 3

47 42 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 42 3

51 43 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 43 2

31 44 Talking Heads – “And She Was” 15 22

36 45 U2 – “Bad” 4 20

NE 46 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 46 1

48 47 ZZ Top – “Sleeping Bag” 47 4

NE 48 Queen – “One Vision” 48 1

50 49 Paul McCartney – “Spies Like Us” 49 3

NE 50 a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 50 1

NE 51 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Sparks – “Change” 5 22

44 -- Godley & Creme – “Cry” 10 21

45 -- Paul Young – “I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” 35 14

49 -- The Power Station – “Communication” 36 9

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