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 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 1

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
8 Up by 1

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 1

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
11 Up by 1

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 3

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13

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

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 8

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
16 Up by 2

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
17
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 3

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 3

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
20

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 9

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Down by 3

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
23 Up by 3

Panic
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 3

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 5

Love Comes Quickly
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 5

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
28 Down by 5

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
29 Down by 5

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
30 Up by 8

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 3

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
32 Up by 10

Bloc Bloc Bloc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 4

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
34 Down by 1

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
33
Weeks
17
Number
35 Up by 8

Paranoimia
The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 2

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
16
Number
37

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Down by 2

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
36
Weeks
12
Number
39

Mad About You
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Belinda
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Up by 1

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 6

Rumbleseat
John Cougar Mellencamp
From the album: Scarecrow
Peak
35
Weeks
12
Number
42 Up by 6

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 11

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
44 Up by 2

Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
From the album: Communards
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 5

Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 6

Some Candy Talking
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
47 Up by 2

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 4

Shellshock
New Order
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
15
Weeks
24
Number
49 Down by 4

Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Models
Peak
16
Weeks
21
Number
50 Debut

Word Up!
Cameo
From the album: Word Up!
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

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

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Date

September 13, 1986

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 1(×4) 9

2 2 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 2 14

3 3 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 3 16

5 4 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 4 13

4 5 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 1(×3) 17

6 6 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 19

8 7 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 7 21

9 8 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 8 14

10 9 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 9 11

11 10 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 10 18

12 11 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 11 10

15 12 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 12 6

13 13 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 13 14

14 14 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 14 7

7 15 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 7 25

18 16 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 16 5

17 17 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 17 18

21 18 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 18 8

16 19 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 3 25

20 20 Bananarama – “Venus” 20 12

30 21 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 21 3

19 22 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 5 23

26 23 The Smiths – “Panic” 23 6

27 24 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 24 6

25 25 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 25 11

31 26 Pet Shop Boys – “Love Comes Quickly” 26 4

22 27 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 21 18

23 28 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 23 14

24 29 Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 29

38 30 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 30 4

28 31 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 28

42 32 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Bloc Bloc Bloc” 32 4

29 33 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 20 19

33 34 Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 33 17

43 35 The Art of Noise ft. Max Headroom – “Paranoimia” 35 5

34 36 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 16

37 37 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 37 9

36 38 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 36 12

39 39 Belinda Carlisle – “Mad About You” 39 8

41 40 Robert Palmer – “I Didn't Mean to Turn You On” 40 5

35 41 John Cougar Mellencamp – “Rumbleseat” 35 12

48 42 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 42 2

32 43 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 2 27

46 44 The Communards ft. Sarah Jane Morris – “Don't Leave Me This Way ” 44 3

50 45 Talking Heads – “Wild Wild Life” 45 2

40 46 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Some Candy Talking” 40 8

49 47 INXS – “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” 47 2

44 48 New Order – “Shellshock” 15 24

45 49 Models – “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” 16 21

NE 50 Cameo – “Word Up!” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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