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 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
6

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 1

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 2

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
10

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 7

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 1

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 1

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 2

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 3

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 3

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 3

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 3

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 3

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 3

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 11

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
23 Up by 2

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Down by 11

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
25 Down by 9

The Lady Don't Mind
Talking Heads
From the album: Little Creatures
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
26 Up by 1

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 1

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 6

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 3

Cloudbusting
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
30

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
17
Number
31

I Can't Wait
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Rock A Little
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
32 Up by 1

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 2

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 3

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 1

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 2

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 2

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 9

Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
From the album: Living in the Background, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
29
Number
39 Up by 1

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Down by 8

King for a Day
Thompson Twins
From the album: Here's to Future Days
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
41 Up by 5

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 9

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 2

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 3

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 3

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 3

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 4

Sanctify Yourself
Simple Minds
From the album: Once Upon a Time
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
48 Down by 4

Stereotomy
The Alan Parsons Project
Peak
36
Weeks
11
Number
49 Debut

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 9

Le Bel Age (The Best Years)
Pat Benatar
Peak
35
Weeks
12

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Tinderbox
Peak
9
Weeks
25
Number
50 Dropout

Election Day
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27

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Date

May 3, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×4) 10

2 2 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 2 11

3 3 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 14

4 4 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 18

5 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 5 18

6 6 INXS – “What You Need” 6 16

8 7 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 7 13

9 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 8 10

7 9 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 7 18

10 10 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 10 10

18 11 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 11 9

12 12 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 16

14 13 The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 13 13

15 14 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 14 15

17 15 Opus – “Live Is Life” 15 15

19 16 Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 16 14

20 17 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 17 13

21 18 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 18 14

22 19 Level 42 – “Something About You” 19 12

23 20 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 20 15

24 21 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 21 8

11 22 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 27

25 23 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 23 10

13 24 The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 22

16 25 Talking Heads – “The Lady Don't Mind” 15 18

27 26 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 26 7

28 27 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 27 6

34 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 28 6

26 29 Kate Bush – “Cloudbusting” 1(×1) 25

30 30 The Alarm – “Strength” 30 17

31 31 Stevie Nicks – “I Can't Wait” 31 11

33 32 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 32 8

35 33 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 33 5

37 34 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 34 5

36 35 Animotion – “I Engineer” 35 8

38 36 New Order – “Shellshock” 36 5

39 37 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 37 4

29 38 Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy” 6 29

40 39 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 39 7

32 40 Thompson Twins – “King for a Day” 15 16

46 41 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 41 3

51 42 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 42 2

45 43 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 43 4

47 44 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 44 2

48 45 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 45 3

49 46 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 46 2

43 47 Simple Minds – “Sanctify Yourself” 39 6

44 48 The Alan Parsons Project – “Stereotomy” 36 11

NE 49 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 49 1

NE 50 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 50 1

42 51 Pat Benatar – “Le Bel Age (The Best Years)” 35 12

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities In Dust” 9 25

50 -- Arcadia – “Election Day” 1(×1) 27

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