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

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 1

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
4

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
5

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Up by 1

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8 Down by 1

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 2

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 3

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 1

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Down by 3

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
13 Up by 4

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 1

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16 Up by 4

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Up by 1

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Down by 8

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
19

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 1

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 2

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
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
15
Number
23 Up by 4

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 1

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 1

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Down by 11

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

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 3

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 1

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
30 Up by 2

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Down by 7

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 1

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 4

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
34

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 9

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 4

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 1

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Debut

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Up by 1

Vanity Kills
ABC
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 1

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 1

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 2

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 3

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 10

Something About You
Level 42
From the album: World Machine
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
46 Down by 10

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
47 Down by 9

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
48 Debut

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 3

Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
15
Weeks
25
Number
50 Down by 1

Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
5
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
Eurythmics
From the album: Be Yourself Tonight
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
50 Dropout

La Femme Accident
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
4
Weeks
28

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Date

July 19, 1986

Songs

50

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1 1 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×4) 11

3 2 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 2 9

2 3 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 19

4 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 20

5 5 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 21

6 6 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 6 15

8 7 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 7 17

7 8 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 7 18

11 9 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 9 17

13 10 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 10 8

12 11 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 11 13

9 12 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×4) 22

17 13 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 13 6

14 14 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 16

16 15 New Order – “Shellshock” 15 16

20 16 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 16 13

18 17 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 17 12

10 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 21

19 19 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 19 14

21 20 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 20 10

23 21 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 21 11

22 22 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 22 15

27 23 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 23 6

25 24 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 24 10

26 25 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 25 10

15 26 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 15 16

28 27 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 27 10

31 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 28 6

30 29 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 29 13

32 30 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 30 8

24 31 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 25

33 32 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 32 5

29 33 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 21

34 34 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 34 9

44 35 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 35 3

40 36 Bananarama – “Venus” 36 4

37 37 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 8

39 38 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 38 6

NE 39 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 39 1

41 40 ABC – “Vanity Kills” 40 5

42 41 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 41 4

43 42 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 42 4

45 43 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 43 3

47 44 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 44 2

35 45 Level 42 – “Something About You” 9 23

36 46 Oingo Boingo – “Just Another Day” 10 26

38 47 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 38 8

NE 48 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 48 1

46 49 Electric Light Orchestra – “Calling America” 15 25

49 50 Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 24

DROPOUTS:

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

50 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “La Femme Accident” 4 28

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