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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

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2 Down by 1

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
5

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
6 Up by 3

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
9 Down by 3

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
10

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
10
Weeks
16
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
15
Number
12 Up by 2

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 1

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 5

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 5

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 1

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 4

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 4

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
20 Down by 7

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
21

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 2

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 6

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 3

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 4

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 5

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 4

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
28 Down by 3

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
29 Down by 3

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

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 10

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 5

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
34 Up by 1

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Up by 1

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 2

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 2

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 10

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
39 Up by 4

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 5

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 3

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 7

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 14

A Sort Of Homecoming
U2
From the album: The Unforgettable Fire
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
45 Down by 13

Legs
The Art of Noise
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
46 Down by 6

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
31
Weeks
19
Number
47 Up by 2

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Debut

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Up by 2

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

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

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

Just Like Honey
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Psychocandy
Peak
12
Weeks
18

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Date

February 22, 1986

Songs

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2 1 Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 18

1 2 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×8) 17

3 3 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 3 15

4 4 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 19

5 5 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 20

9 6 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 6 12

7 7 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 14

8 8 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 8 19

6 9 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 25

10 10 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 10 16

11 11 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 11 15

14 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Secret” 12 11

12 13 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 21

19 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 14 8

20 15 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 15 8

16 16 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 14

18 17 Queen – “One Vision” 17 11

22 18 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 18 8

15 19 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 16

13 20 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 16

21 21 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 15

24 22 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 22 6

17 23 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 17 16

27 24 INXS – “What You Need” 24 6

29 25 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 25 4

31 26 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 26 6

23 27 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 25

25 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 26

26 29 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 27

34 30 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 30 8

41 31 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 31 3

37 32 Opus – “Live Is Life” 32 5

33 33 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 33 10

35 34 Dead Or Alive – “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)” 34 10

36 35 The Alarm – “Strength” 35 7

38 36 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 36 5

39 37 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 37 4

28 38 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 22

43 39 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 39 4

45 40 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 40 3

44 41 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 41 3

42 42 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 42 5

50 43 Level 42 – “Something About You” 43 2

30 44 U2 – “A Sort Of Homecoming” 28 11

32 45 The Art of Noise – “Legs” 23 13

40 46 Bryan Ferry – “Don't Stop the Dance” 31 19

49 47 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 47 3

NE 48 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 48 1

51 49 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 49 2

NE 50 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 50 1

NE 51 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

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

47 -- The Cure – “Close To Me” 5 22

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

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