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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 2

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Down by 1

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3 Down by 1

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
5 Up by 1

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 1

Stay Up Late
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
7

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
9 Up by 1

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 1

Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party, Back to School (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 1

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 2

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 4

Driver 8
R.E.M.
From the album: Fables of the Reconstruction
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
14 Up by 1

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 3

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
17

One Vision
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 4

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 5

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 5

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 5

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 3

I Touch Roses
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
23 Down by 10

Time Bomb Town
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
24 Down by 4

Roll Over
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
25 Down by 4

Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 5

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 3

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 4

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 6

Face the Face
Pete Townshend
From the album: White City: A Novel
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 6

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 6

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 3

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33

Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
From the album: Eaten Alive
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 5

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 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
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 5

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 10

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
38 Up by 5

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 11

So in Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
40 Up by 2

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 7

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Debut

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 14

Be Near Me
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
44 Down by 6

Blue Kiss
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
45 Up by 2

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Debut

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 2

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Up by 2

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
51
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Youthquake
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
44 Dropout

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

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

Don't Stop the Dance
Bryan Ferry
From the album: Boys and Girls
Peak
31
Weeks
19

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Date

March 1, 1986

Songs

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3 1 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 16

1 2 Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 19

2 3 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×8) 18

4 4 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 20

6 5 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 13

5 6 Talking Heads – “Stay Up Late” 5 21

7 7 Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 15

8 8 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 8 20

10 9 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 9 17

11 10 Oingo Boingo – “Dead Man's Party” 10 16

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

14 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 12 9

9 13 R.E.M. – “Driver 8” 1(×1) 26

15 14 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 14 9

18 15 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 15 9

16 16 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 15

17 17 Queen – “One Vision” 17 12

22 18 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 18 7

24 19 INXS – “What You Need” 19 7

25 20 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 20 5

26 21 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 21 7

19 22 BOOK OF LOVE – “I Touch Roses” 15 17

13 23 Lindsey Buckingham – “Time Bomb Town” 2 22

20 24 Thompson Twins – “Roll Over” 13 17

21 25 Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking” 21 16

31 26 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 26 4

30 27 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 27 9

32 28 Opus – “Live Is Life” 28 6

23 29 Pete Townshend – “Face the Face” 17 17

36 30 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 30 6

37 31 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 31 5

35 32 The Alarm – “Strength” 32 8

33 33 Diana Ross – “Chain Reaction” 33 11

39 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 34 5

40 35 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 35 4

41 36 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 36 4

27 37 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 1(×4) 26

43 38 Level 42 – “Something About You” 38 3

28 39 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “So in Love” 1(×4) 27

42 40 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 40 6

48 41 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 41 2

NE 42 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 42 1

29 43 ABC – “Be Near Me” 1(×2) 28

38 44 Jane Wiedlin – “Blue Kiss” 10 23

47 45 Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 45 4

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

49 47 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 47 3

50 48 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 48 2

NE 48 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 48 1

NE 50 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 50 1

51 51 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 51 2

DROPOUTS:

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

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

45 -- The Art of Noise – “Legs” 23 13

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

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