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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 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Up by 1

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
4 Up by 3

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 1

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 1

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
7 Down by 4

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 1

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 1

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 3

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Down by 4

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 1

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
14

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
15

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
16

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 2

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 4

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 1

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Down by 3

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
22 Up by 2

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 5

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 8

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Down by 7

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
27

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 11

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 6

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Down by 9

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
32 Down by 6

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
33 Up by 3

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Down by 6

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
29
Weeks
14
Number
36 Up by 2

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 6

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 1

Vanity Kills
ABC
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 1

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 1

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Down by 12

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
44 Down by 11

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
45 Up by 3

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Mad About You
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Belinda
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Some Candy Talking
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Hot Water
Level 42
From the album: True Colours
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 3

Mountains
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
38
Weeks
9

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

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

Just Another Day
Oingo Boingo
From the album: Dead Man's Party
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
49 Dropout

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

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

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Date

July 26, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 12

2 2 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 2 10

4 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 21

7 4 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 4 18

6 5 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 5 16

5 6 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 22

3 7 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 20

9 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 8 18

10 9 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 9 9

13 10 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 10 7

11 11 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 11 14

8 12 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 7 19

12 13 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×4) 23

14 14 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 17

15 15 New Order – “Shellshock” 15 17

16 16 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 16 14

17 17 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 17 13

20 18 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 18 11

23 19 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 19 7

21 20 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 20 12

18 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 22

24 22 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 22 11

28 23 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 23 7

32 24 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 24 6

25 25 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 25 11

19 26 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 19 15

27 27 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 27 11

39 28 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 28 2

35 29 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 29 4

30 30 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 30 9

22 31 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 22 16

26 32 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 15 17

36 33 Bananarama – “Venus” 33 5

34 34 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 34 10

29 35 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 29 14

38 36 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 36 7

37 37 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 9

44 38 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 38 3

40 39 ABC – “Vanity Kills” 39 6

41 40 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 40 5

42 41 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 41 5

43 42 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 42 4

31 43 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 26

33 44 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 22

48 45 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 45 2

NE 46 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 46 1

NE 47 Belinda Carlisle – “Mad About You” 47 1

NE 48 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Some Candy Talking” 48 1

NE 49 Level 42 – “Hot Water” 49 1

47 50 Prince & The Revolution – “Mountains” 38 9

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

50 -- Falco – “Rock Me Amadeus” 5 24

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