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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

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 1

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Down by 2

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 1

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
8

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
9

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 2

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 2

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 1

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 4

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 6

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
17 Up by 1

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
18 Up by 9

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 3

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
20 Up by 1

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 3

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
23 Up by 2

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Down by 7

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
25 Up by 1

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 4

Panic
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 8

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
29

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 16

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 10

Love Comes Quickly
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
26
Number
33

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
33
Weeks
16
Number
34

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
35 Up by 1

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
35
Weeks
11
Number
36 Up by 1

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
36
Weeks
11
Number
37 Up by 1

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 6

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39

Mad About You
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Belinda
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40

Some Candy Talking
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Up by 1

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 1

Bloc Bloc Bloc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

Paranoimia
The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 16

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
15
Weeks
23
Number
45 Down by 22

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
46 Up by 3

Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
From the album: Communards
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 12

Can't Help Falling In Love
Lick the Tins
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
48 Debut

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
48 Dropout

Vanity Kills
ABC
Peak
37
Weeks
11
Number
50 Dropout

Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
3
Weeks
27

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Date

September 6, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 1(×3) 8

3 2 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 2 13

4 3 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 3 15

2 4 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 1(×3) 16

6 5 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 5 12

5 6 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 18

7 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 7 24

8 8 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 8 20

9 9 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 9 13

12 10 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 10 10

11 11 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 11 17

14 12 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 12 9

13 13 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 13 13

15 14 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 14 6

19 15 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 15 5

10 16 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 3 24

18 17 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 17 17

27 18 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 18 4

16 19 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 5 22

21 20 Bananarama – “Venus” 20 11

24 21 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 21 7

22 22 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 21 17

25 23 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 23 13

17 24 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 28

26 25 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 25 10

30 26 The Smiths – “Panic” 26 5

31 27 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 27 5

20 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 27

29 29 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 20 18

46 30 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 30 2

41 31 Pet Shop Boys – “Love Comes Quickly” 31 3

32 32 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 26

33 33 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 33 16

34 34 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 15

36 35 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 35 11

37 36 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 36 11

38 37 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 37 8

44 38 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 38 3

39 39 Belinda Carlisle – “Mad About You” 39 7

40 40 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Some Candy Talking” 40 7

42 41 Robert Palmer – “I Didn't Mean to Turn You On” 41 4

43 42 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Bloc Bloc Bloc” 42 3

45 43 The Art of Noise ft. Max Headroom – “Paranoimia” 43 4

28 44 New Order – “Shellshock” 15 23

23 45 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 16 20

49 46 The Communards ft. Sarah Jane Morris – “Don't Leave Me This Way ” 46 2

35 47 Lick the Tins – “Can't Help Falling In Love” 7 25

NE 48 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 48 1

NE 49 INXS – “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” 49 1

NE 50 Talking Heads – “Wild Wild Life” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 14 22

48 -- ABC – “Vanity Kills” 37 11

50 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Crush” 3 27

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