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

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Down by 1

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 4

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 1

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 2

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Down by 3

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 3

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 1

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 2

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Down by 3

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
13 Up by 4

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Down by 4

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
15

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 6

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 6

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Down by 5

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
20

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 3

One Hit (To the Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 4

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 7

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 3

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 4

A Question of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 2

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 8

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
28 Down by 7

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
29 Up by 1

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 10

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31

I Engineer
Animotion
From the album: Strange Behavior
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
32 Up by 2

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 3

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 4

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Down by 10

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
36 Up by 3

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
37
Weeks
11
Number
38 Up by 4

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Down by 7

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
40 Up by 1

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
From the album: Reconciled
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Up by 4

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 1

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 3

Left of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 3

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 3

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 11

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
47 Up by 4

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Debut

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
51
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Goodbye Is Forever
Arcadia
From the album: So Red the Rose
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
44 Dropout

Bring On the Dancing Horses
Echo & The Bunnymen
From the album: Songs to Learn & Sing
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
49 Dropout

Strength
The Alarm
Peak
30
Weeks
20
Number
50 Dropout

Life in a Northern Town
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
25

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Date

May 31, 1986

Songs

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2 1 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×1) 15

1 2 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 14

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Crush” 3 14

8 4 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 4 12

6 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “If You Leave” 5 13

4 6 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 18

7 7 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 14

5 8 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 17

12 9 Level 42 – “Something About You” 9 16

11 10 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 10 19

13 11 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 11 11

9 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 22

17 13 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 13 10

10 14 The Smiths – “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” 10 17

15 15 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 15 18

22 16 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 16 9

23 17 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 17 8

18 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 18 10

14 19 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 22

20 20 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 20 14

24 21 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To the Body)” 21 9

26 22 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 22 4

16 23 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 15 17

27 24 New Order – “Shellshock” 24 9

29 25 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Lust” 25 6

28 26 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 26 7

19 27 INXS – “What You Need” 6 20

21 28 ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 20

30 29 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 29 12

40 30 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 30 2

31 31 Animotion – “I Engineer” 31 12

34 32 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 32 8

36 33 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 33 5

38 34 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 34 6

25 35 The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 14 19

39 36 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 36 6

37 37 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 37 11

42 38 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 38 4

32 39 Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 7 22

41 40 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 40 7

45 41 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 41 3

43 42 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 42 5

46 43 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left of Center” 43 3

47 44 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 44 3

48 45 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 45 3

35 46 Opus – “Live Is Life” 15 19

51 47 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 47 2

NE 48 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 48 1

NE 49 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 49 1

NE 50 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 50 1

NE 51 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 51 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Arcadia – “Goodbye Is Forever” 16 17

44 -- Echo & The Bunnymen – “Bring On the Dancing Horses” 1(×9) 30

49 -- The Alarm – “Strength” 30 20

50 -- The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town” 5 25

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