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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 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3 Up by 1

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 2

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 1

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 1

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 2

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Down by 1

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
9 Down by 1

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Up by 1

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Down by 1

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 2

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 1

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Down by 4

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 5

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 1

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 3

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 2

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 2

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 2

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 2

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 6

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
26 Up by 2

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 4

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 7

It's Called a Heart
Depeche Mode
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
29

This Time
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 2

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 3

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
32
Weeks
14
Number
33 Up by 2

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 4

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 5

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 9

Master and Servant
Depeche Mode
From the album: Some Great Reward
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
37 Down by 7

Weird Science
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
38 Up by 7

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 2

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Down by 4

Take On Me
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
41 Down by 4

Slave to the Rhythm
Grace Jones
From the album: Slave to the Rhythm
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
42 Up by 2

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 3

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 1

In Between Days
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
45 Up by 3

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 7

Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
From the album: Songs from the Big Chair
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
47 Debut

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 3

To Live and Die in L.A.
Wang Chung
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
51 Down by 9

Tonight She Comes
The Cars
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
35
Weeks
10

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

The Screams of Passion
The Family
Peak
27
Weeks
16
Number
50 Dropout

Spies Like Us
Paul McCartney
Peak
46
Weeks
7
Number
51 Dropout

Looking Over My Shoulder
'Til Tuesday
Peak
11
Weeks
21

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Date

January 18, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×4) 12

3 2 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 20

4 3 Arcadia – “Election Day” 3 13

2 4 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 16

6 5 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 15

5 6 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 20

9 7 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 7 14

7 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 21

8 9 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 22

11 10 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 10 14

10 11 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 17

14 12 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 12 10

13 13 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 11

15 14 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 14 9

16 15 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 15 11

12 16 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 18

22 17 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 17 10

18 18 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 18 11

20 19 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 19 11

17 20 New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 15

23 21 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 10

24 22 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 22 9

25 23 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 23 8

26 24 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 24 7

19 25 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 12 14

28 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 26 6

31 27 Queen – “One Vision” 27 6

21 28 Depeche Mode – “It's Called a Heart” 21 14

29 29 INXS – “This Time” 29 9

32 30 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 30 8

34 31 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 31 6

33 32 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 32 14

35 33 a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 33 6

38 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 34 3

40 35 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 35 3

27 36 Depeche Mode – “Master and Servant” 10 20

30 37 Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” 9 21

45 38 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 38 3

41 39 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 39 5

36 40 a-ha – “Take On Me” 7 24

37 41 Grace Jones – “Slave to the Rhythm” 30 12

44 42 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 42 5

46 43 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 43 3

43 44 The Cure – “In Between Days” 1(×4) 27

48 45 The Alarm – “Strength” 45 2

39 46 Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” 18 19

NE 47 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 47 1

NE 48 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 48 1

NE 49 INXS – “What You Need” 49 1

47 50 Wang Chung – “To Live and Die in L.A.” 22 15

42 51 The Cars – “Tonight She Comes” 35 10

DROPOUTS:

49 -- The Family – “The Screams of Passion” 27 16

50 -- Paul McCartney – “Spies Like Us” 46 7

51 -- 'Til Tuesday – “Looking Over My Shoulder” 11 21

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