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 4

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3 Up by 1

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4 Down by 1

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Down by 4

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6 Up by 6

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Up by 1

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 1

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Down by 4

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
11

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
12 Down by 5

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
13 Up by 2

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Up by 1

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 1

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 2

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 6

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
20 Down by 1

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
21

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 9

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 3

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 3

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 3

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 3

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 8

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 7

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
35 Up by 7

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 13

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 1

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 4

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Down by 12

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
41 Up by 4

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 13

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
43 Down by 10

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
44 Down by 4

I Still Believe (Great Design)
The Call
Peak
39
Weeks
11
Number
45 Up by 6

Vanity Kills
ABC
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 2

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
47 Debut

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 2

Let's Go All the Way
Sly Fox
From the album: Let's Go All the Way
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
50 Debut

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Stripped
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
46 Dropout

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
20
Number
48 Dropout

Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
49 Dropout

I Engineer
Animotion
Peak
31
Weeks
15

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Date

June 28, 1986

Songs

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5 1 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×1) 8

2 2 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 16

4 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 17

3 4 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 18

1 5 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×4) 19

12 6 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 6 6

8 7 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 7 15

9 8 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 8 14

10 9 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 9 12

6 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 18

11 11 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 22

7 12 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 18

15 13 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 13 14

14 14 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 13

16 15 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 15 13

17 16 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 16 10

18 17 New Order – “Shellshock” 17 13

20 18 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 18 5

13 19 Level 42 – “Something About You” 9 20

19 20 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 10 23

21 21 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 21 11

22 22 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 22 12

23 23 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 23 9

24 24 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 24 10

25 25 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 25 8

26 26 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 26 7

36 27 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 27 3

31 28 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 28 7

32 29 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 29 7

30 30 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 30 10

34 31 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 31 7

35 32 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 32 5

41 33 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 33 3

27 34 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 15 22

42 35 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 35 3

38 36 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 36 6

50 37 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 37 2

39 38 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 5

43 39 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 39 5

28 40 Eurythmics – “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)” 20 18

45 41 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 41 3

29 42 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 21

33 43 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 26

40 44 The Call – “I Still Believe (Great Design)” 39 11

51 45 ABC – “Vanity Kills” 45 2

44 46 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 40 9

NE 47 Bananarama – “Venus” 47 1

NE 48 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 48 1

47 49 Sly Fox – “Let's Go All the Way” 4 26

NE 50 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Depeche Mode – “Stripped” 27 15

46 -- The Smiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” 13 20

48 -- Robert Palmer – “Addicted to Love” 15 20

49 -- Animotion – “I Engineer” 31 15

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