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

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 1

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 3

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 2

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & The Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
7 Down by 1

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
8

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 1

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 1

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 1

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 6

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 2

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16 Down by 6

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
17

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 1

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 1

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 1

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 4

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 1

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
25 Down by 11

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background
Peak
6
Weeks
27
Number
26 Up by 1

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 1

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 5

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
29 Up by 9

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 8

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 1

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 1

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 5

Cities in Dust
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
35

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 5

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37

I Engineer
Animotion
From the album: Strange Behavior
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Down by 2

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
36
Weeks
9
Number
39 Up by 1

Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 3

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 2

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

One Hit (To the Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 5

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 14

I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
4
Weeks
27
Number
46 Down by 14

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
47 Up by 3

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 2

Secret
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
49 Down by 2

Don't Run Wild
The Del Fuegos
Peak
16
Weeks
22
Number
50 Debut

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
From the album: Reconciled
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

A Love Bizarre
Sheila E.
From the album: Romance 1600
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
51 Dropout

Rise
Public Image Ltd.
From the album: Album
Peak
41
Weeks
10

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Date

April 19, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×2) 8

3 2 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 2 9

2 3 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 12

7 4 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 16

5 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “La Femme Accident” 5 16

4 6 Echo & The Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 25

6 7 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 20

8 8 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 8 16

9 9 INXS – “What You Need” 9 14

11 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Crush” 10 8

12 11 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 11 11

13 12 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 14

19 13 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 13 8

16 14 The Smiths – “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” 14 11

15 15 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 15 16

10 16 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 23

17 17 Opus – “Live Is Life” 17 13

18 18 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 18 13

20 19 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 19 12

21 20 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 20 11

22 21 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 21 12

26 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “If You Leave” 22 7

24 23 Level 42 – “Something About You” 23 10

25 24 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 24 13

14 25 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 27

27 26 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 26 8

28 27 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 27 6

23 28 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 15 14

38 29 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 29 5

30 30 The Alarm – “Strength” 30 15

39 31 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 31 4

33 32 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 32 9

34 33 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 33 6

29 34 Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Cities in Dust” 9 24

35 35 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 35 10

41 36 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 36 4

37 37 Animotion – “I Engineer” 37 6

36 38 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 36 9

40 39 Simple Minds – “Sanctify Yourself” 39 4

43 40 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 40 3

42 41 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 41 5

44 42 New Order – “Shellshock” 42 3

45 43 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To the Body)” 43 3

49 44 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 44 2

31 45 Eurythmics – “I Love You Like a Ball and Chain” 4 27

32 46 Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 26

50 47 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 47 2

46 48 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Secret” 11 19

47 49 The Del Fuegos – “Don't Run Wild” 16 22

NE 50 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 50 1

NE 51 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

48 -- Sheila E. – “A Love Bizarre” 7 21

51 -- Public Image Ltd. – “Rise ” 41 10

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