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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 8 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 2

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
6 Down by 2

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
7

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 3

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Down by 3

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
13

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
14 Up by 4

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 4

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 4

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 5

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Up by 4

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 9

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
24 Up by 4

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 6

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
26 Down by 6

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
27 Up by 4

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 4

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
29 Up by 12

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 1

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 4

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 5

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
33 Up by 1

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 2

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 2

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
36 Up by 2

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 2

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 6

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 6

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 8

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
31
Weeks
18
Number
41 Up by 7

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Up by 4

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 4

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 5

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 6

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 16

Around the World In a Day
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Around the World In a Day
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
47 Down by 14

Close To Me
The Cure
From the album: The Head On the Door
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
48 Down by 8

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
49 Up by 1

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Love Vigilantes
New Order
From the album: Low-Life
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
43 Dropout

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
33
Weeks
9

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Date

February 15, 1986

Songs

51

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×8) 16

2 2 Arcadia – “Election Day” 2 17

3 3 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 3 14

6 4 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 18

5 5 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 19

4 6 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 24

7 7 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 13

8 8 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 8 18

12 9 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 9 11

10 10 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 10 15

11 11 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 11 14

9 12 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 20

13 13 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 15

18 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 14 10

15 15 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 15

16 16 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 13

17 17 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 17 15

22 18 Queen – “One Vision” 18 10

23 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 19 7

25 20 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 20 7

21 21 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 14

26 22 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 22 7

14 23 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 24

28 24 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 24 5

19 25 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 25

20 26 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 26

31 27 INXS – “What You Need” 27 5

24 28 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 21

41 29 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 29 3

29 30 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 28 10

35 31 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 31 5

27 32 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 23 12

34 33 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 33 9

36 34 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 34 7

37 35 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 35 9

38 36 The Alarm – “Strength” 36 6

39 37 Opus – “Live Is Life” 37 4

44 38 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 38 4

45 39 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 39 3

32 40 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 31 18

48 41 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 41 2

46 42 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 42 4

47 43 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 43 3

49 44 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 44 2

51 45 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 45 2

30 46 Prince & The Revolution – “Around the World In a Day” 26 12

33 47 The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 22

40 48 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” 12 18

50 49 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 49 2

NE 50 Level 42 – “Something About You” 50 1

NE 51 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- New Order – “Love Vigilantes” 8 18

43 -- a-ha – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” 33 9

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