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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

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Down by 1

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 1

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Down by 1

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 2

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Down by 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
9 Down by 1

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
10

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 1

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 2

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 2

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 2

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 2

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 3

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 1

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 5

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
19 Down by 4

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
20

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 3

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 1

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 7

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Down by 3

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
27 Down by 3

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
28 Up by 6

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 2

This Time
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 5

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
33 Down by 5

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
34 Up by 4

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 2

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 3

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 3

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 4

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Down by 12

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
40 Down by 11

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
41 Down by 6

Tonight She Comes
The Cars
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
42 Down by 1

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
43

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
44 Up by 3

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 3

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46

Spies Like Us
Paul McCartney
Peak
46
Weeks
6
Number
47 Debut

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 6

Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Peak
40
Weeks
14
Number
52 Down by 8

Sleeping Bag
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
44
Weeks
7

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

Who Needs Love Like That
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
50 Dropout

Perfect Way
Scritti Politti
Peak
25
Weeks
17
Number
51 Dropout

Lover Come Back to Me
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
21
Weeks
15

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Date

January 4, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×2) 10

3 2 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 14

2 3 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 18

4 4 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 18

6 5 Arcadia – “Election Day” 5 11

5 6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 19

9 7 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 7 13

7 8 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 20

8 9 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 16

10 10 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 15

12 11 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 11 12

14 12 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 12 12

11 13 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 13

16 14 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 14 9

17 15 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 15 8

19 16 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 16 7

18 17 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 17 9

13 18 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 18

15 19 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 12 12

20 20 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 20 9

21 21 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 21 12

22 22 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 22 8

26 23 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 23 9

25 24 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 24 8

32 25 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 25 7

23 26 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 19

24 27 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 22

34 28 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 28 6

31 29 INXS – “This Time” 29 7

30 30 Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 30 10

36 31 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 31 5

33 32 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 32 12

28 33 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 18 17

38 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 34 4

37 35 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 35 6

39 36 Queen – “One Vision” 36 4

40 37 a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 37 4

42 38 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 38 4

27 39 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 22 13

29 40 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 11 20

35 41 The Cars – “Tonight She Comes” 35 8

41 42 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 25

43 43 The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 27 15

47 44 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 44 3

48 45 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 45 3

46 46 Paul McCartney – “Spies Like Us” 46 6

NE 47 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 47 1

NE 48 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 48 1

NE 49 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 49 1

NE 50 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 50 1

45 51 The Replacements – “Bastards of Young” 40 14

44 52 ZZ Top – “Sleeping Bag” 44 7

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Erasure – “Who Needs Love Like That” 30 15

50 -- Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way” 25 17

51 -- Dead Or Alive – “Lover Come Back to Me” 21 15

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