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

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
4

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
5

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6 Up by 4

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 2

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
9 Down by 3

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
10 Up by 1

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Down by 4

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
12 Up by 7

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 1

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
14

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
15

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
16

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 11

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 4

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 3

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Down by 10

Kiss
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
24 Down by 7

Vienna Calling
Falco
From the album: Falco 3
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
25 Up by 2

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
26 Up by 3

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 6

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
28 Down by 3

Peter Gunn
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 4

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
From the album: The Queen Is Dead, The World Won't Listen
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Down by 5

The Love Parade
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 6

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
34
Weeks
11
Number
35 Down by 4

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Boys Don't Cry
From the album: Boys Don't Cry
Peak
22
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 1

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
37 Up by 5

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 1

Vanity Kills
ABC
Peak
38
Weeks
7
Number
39 Up by 1

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 1

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 9

One Hit (To The Body)
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Dirty Work
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
42 Up by 4

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 2

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 9

So Serious
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Balance of Power
Peak
29
Weeks
15
Number
45 Up by 2

Mad About You
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Belinda
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 1

Some Candy Talking
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 5

Life's What You Make It
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
49

Hot Water
Level 42
From the album: True Colours
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 6

West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
7
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

August 2, 1986

Songs

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2 1 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 1(×1) 11

1 2 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 13

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 22

4 4 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 4 19

5 5 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 5 17

10 6 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 6 8

9 7 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 7 10

8 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 8 19

6 9 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 23

11 10 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 10 15

7 11 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 21

19 12 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 12 8

12 13 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 7 20

14 14 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 18

15 15 New Order – “Shellshock” 15 18

16 16 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 16 15

28 17 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 17 3

18 18 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 18 12

23 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 19 8

20 20 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 20 13

24 21 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 21 7

22 22 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 22 12

13 23 Prince & The Revolution – “Kiss” 1(×4) 24

17 24 Falco – “Vienna Calling” 17 14

27 25 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 25 12

29 26 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 26 5

21 27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 23

25 28 The Art of Noise ft. Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” 25 12

33 29 Bananarama – “Venus” 29 6

30 30 The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 30 10

26 31 The Dream Academy – “The Love Parade” 19 16

38 32 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 32 4

36 33 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 33 8

34 34 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 34 11

31 35 Boys Don't Cry – “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” 22 17

37 36 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 10

42 37 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 37 5

39 38 ABC – “Vanity Kills” 38 7

40 39 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 39 6

41 40 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 40 6

32 41 The Rolling Stones – “One Hit (To The Body)” 15 18

46 42 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 42 2

45 43 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 43 3

35 44 Electric Light Orchestra – “So Serious” 29 15

47 45 Belinda Carlisle – “Mad About You” 45 2

NE 46 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 46 1

48 47 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Some Candy Talking” 47 2

43 48 Talk Talk – “Life's What You Make It” 1(×4) 27

49 49 Level 42 – “Hot Water” 49 2

44 50 Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” 7 23

DROPOUTS:

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

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