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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

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 9

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
2
Number
4 Down by 1

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 1

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
6 Down by 1

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
7

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
9

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 5

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 2

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 2

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 6

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 2

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Down by 5

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 2

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 3

Bloc Bloc Bloc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 4

Love Comes Quickly
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 7

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
21 Up by 1

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Up by 2

Word Up!
Cameo
From the album: Word Up!
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 7

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

Panic
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 8

Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 8

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
27 Down by 11

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
28 Up by 1

Paranoimia
The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29 Down by 1

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
23
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 7

Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 5

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
7
Weeks
28
Number
32 Up by 4

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 2

Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
From the album: Communards
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
34
Weeks
12
Number
35 Up by 9

What About Love
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 5

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
17
Weeks
21
Number
37 Down by 10

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
38 Up by 7

Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 7

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
40 Down by 2

If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
3
Weeks
31
Number
41 Up by 6

Welcome to the Boomtown
David & David
From the album: Boomtown
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 3

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
20
Weeks
22
Number
43 Down by 3

Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
44 Up by 6

The Sound of Musik
Falco
From the album: Emotional
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Debut

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 5

Left Of Center
Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson
From the album: Pretty In Pink (Soundtrack)
Peak
21
Weeks
21
Number
48 Debut

World Shut Your Mouth
Julian Cope
From the album: Saint Julian
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 6

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
50 Debut

Love Is the Hero
Billy Squier
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
30
Weeks
18
Number
46 Dropout

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
48 Dropout

Oh L'Amour
Erasure
From the album: Wonderland
Peak
33
Weeks
19
Number
49 Dropout

Mad About You
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Belinda
Peak
39
Weeks
10

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Date

October 4, 1986

Songs

50

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 1(×3) 9

2 2 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 1(×4) 12

12 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 3 2

3 4 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 2 17

4 5 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 3 19

5 6 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 4 16

7 7 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 7 14

8 8 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 8 21

9 9 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 9 13

10 10 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 10 10

6 11 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 6 17

14 12 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 12 8

15 13 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 13 6

20 14 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 14 7

17 15 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 15 11

11 16 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 1(×3) 20

19 17 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 17 9

21 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Bloc Bloc Bloc” 18 7

23 19 Pet Shop Boys – “Love Comes Quickly” 19 7

13 20 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 22

22 21 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 21 14

24 22 Cameo – “Word Up!” 22 4

30 23 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 23 5

25 24 The Smiths – “Panic” 21 9

33 25 Talking Heads – “Wild Wild Life” 25 5

18 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 13 17

16 27 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 7 24

29 28 The Art of Noise ft. Max Headroom – “Paranoimia” 28 8

28 29 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 23 17

37 30 The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses” 30 3

26 31 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 7 28

36 32 INXS – “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” 32 5

35 33 The Communards ft. Sarah Jane Morris – “Don't Leave Me This Way ” 33 6

34 34 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 34 12

44 35 'Til Tuesday – “What About Love” 35 3

31 36 Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 17 21

27 37 The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 3 28

45 38 The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian” 38 2

32 39 Bananarama – “Venus” 20 15

38 40 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “If You Leave” 3 31

47 41 David & David – “Welcome to the Boomtown” 41 3

39 42 INXS – “Listen Like Thieves” 20 22

40 43 Bourgeois Tagg – “Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)” 5 26

50 44 Falco – “The Sound of Musik” 44 2

NE 45 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 45 1

NE 46 Wang Chung – “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 46 1

42 47 Suzanne Vega ft. Joe Jackson – “Left Of Center” 21 21

NE 48 Julian Cope – “World Shut Your Mouth” 48 1

43 49 Robert Palmer – “I Didn't Mean to Turn You On” 38 8

NE 50 Billy Squier – “Love Is the Hero” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 30 18

46 -- Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” 1(×7) 31

48 -- Erasure – “Oh L'Amour” 33 19

49 -- Belinda Carlisle – “Mad About You” 39 10

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