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

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 2

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 2

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
9

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 1

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 2

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 3

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 2

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 2

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 5

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 1

One Hit (To the Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 5

A Question of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 3

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 5

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
21 Down by 1

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
22 Down by 9

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
23 Up by 2

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Down by 5

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
25 Up by 3

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 3

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 4

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 4

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 2

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 6

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 5

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
32 Up by 1

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
33 Up by 2

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 11

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 4

Left of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 7

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 7

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 9

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 1

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
From the album: Reconciled
Peak
39
Weeks
9
Number
40 Up by 1

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Down by 17

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
42 Down by 8

I Engineer
Animotion
From the album: Strange Behavior
Peak
31
Weeks
14
Number
43 Up by 3

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 6

What You Need
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
45 Down by 15

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 3

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Debut

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Brilliant Mind
Furniture
From the album: The Wrong People
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
50
Weeks
1
Number
51 Down by 14

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
37
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

(How to Be A) Millionaire
ABC
From the album: How to Be a Zillionaire!
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
48 Dropout

Manic Monday
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
50 Dropout

Conditioned Soul
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
51 Dropout

Live Is Life
Opus
From the album: Live Is Life, Up and Down
Peak
15
Weeks
20

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Date

June 14, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×3) 17

2 2 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 16

3 3 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 3 14

4 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “If You Leave” 4 15

5 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Crush” 3 16

8 6 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 6 6

7 7 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 16

6 8 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 20

9 9 Level 42 – “Something About You” 9 18

11 10 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 10 13

12 11 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 11 12

14 12 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 12 10

10 13 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 10 21

16 14 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 11

17 15 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 15 12

21 16 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 16 4

18 17 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To the Body)” 17 11

23 18 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Lust” 18 8

22 19 New Order – “Shellshock” 19 11

15 20 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 15 20

20 21 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 20 16

13 22 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 19

25 23 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 23 9

19 24 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 24

28 25 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 25 10

29 26 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 26 7

31 27 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 27 8

32 28 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 28 6

27 29 Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 27 14

36 30 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 30 5

26 31 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 24

33 32 Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 15 19

35 33 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 33 8

45 34 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 34 3

39 35 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left of Center” 35 5

43 36 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 36 5

44 37 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 37 5

47 38 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 38 3

40 39 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 39 9

41 40 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 40 7

24 41 The Smiths – “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” 10 19

34 42 Animotion – “I Engineer” 31 14

46 43 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 43 4

38 44 INXS – “What You Need” 6 22

30 45 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 3

49 46 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 46 3

NE 47 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 47 1

NE 48 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 48 1

NE 49 Furniture – “Brilliant Mind” 49 1

NE 50 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 50 1

37 51 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 37 13

DROPOUTS:

42 -- ABC – “(How to Be A) Millionaire” 12 21

48 -- The Bangles – “Manic Monday” 14 20

50 -- Eurythmics – “Conditioned Soul” 7 23

51 -- Opus – “Live Is Life” 15 20

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