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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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1 Up by 1

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2 Down by 1

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
6

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 2

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 1

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 3

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
11 Up by 1

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 2

Word Up!
Cameo
From the album: Word Up!
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 3

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 3

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
15

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 4

Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 4

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
18 Down by 1

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 5

Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 1

Love Comes Quickly
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 4

What About Love
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22

Bloc Bloc Bloc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 3

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 1

Panic
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
25 Down by 4

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
26 Up by 3

Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28

Paranoimia
The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 1

Welcome to the Boomtown
David & David
From the album: Boomtown
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31

Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
From the album: Communards
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 14

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
33 Up by 2

The Sound of Musik
Falco
From the album: Emotional
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 2

In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

World Shut Your Mouth
Julian Cope
From the album: Saint Julian
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 3

Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders
From the album: Get Close
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 11

Suburbia
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 6

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
39 Up by 10

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 6

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
41 Down by 3

A Question Of Lust
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
7
Weeks
27
Number
42 Down by 2

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
23
Weeks
20
Number
43 Up by 2

C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 3

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
13
Weeks
20
Number
45 Up by 1

Love Is the Hero
Billy Squier
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Up by 1

Human
The Human League
From the album: Crash
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Debut

Infected
The The
From the album: Infected
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 6

Anotherloverholenyohead
Prince & The Revolution
From the album: Parade (Music From the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon")
Peak
34
Weeks
15
Number
49 Debut

Like Flames
Berlin
From the album: Count Three & Pray
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Cry For Love
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

88 Seconds in Greensboro
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
7
Weeks
30
Number
44 Dropout

Give It Up
Talk Talk
From the album: The Colour of Spring
Peak
17
Weeks
23
Number
50 Dropout

Positively Lost Me
The Rave-Ups
Peak
3
Weeks
30

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Date

October 25, 1986

Songs

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2 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 1(×1) 5

1 2 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 1(×5) 12

3 3 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 1(×4) 15

4 4 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 4 9

5 5 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 4 19

6 6 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 6 17

9 7 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 7 11

8 8 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 8 16

10 9 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 9 10

7 10 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 3 22

12 11 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 11 12

14 12 Cameo – “Word Up!” 12 7

16 13 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 13 8

11 14 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 2 20

15 15 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 15 14

20 16 Talking Heads – “Wild Wild Life” 16 8

13 17 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 8 24

17 18 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 10 13

24 19 The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses” 19 6

19 20 Pet Shop Boys – “Love Comes Quickly” 19 10

25 21 'Til Tuesday – “What About Love” 21 6

22 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Bloc Bloc Bloc” 17 10

26 23 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 23 4

23 24 The Smiths – “Panic” 21 12

21 25 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 21 17

29 26 The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian” 26 5

27 27 INXS – “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” 27 8

28 28 The Art of Noise ft. Max Headroom – “Paranoimia” 28 11

30 29 David & David – “Welcome to the Boomtown” 29 6

33 30 Wang Chung – “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 30 4

31 31 The Communards ft. Sarah Jane Morris – “Don't Leave Me This Way ” 31 9

18 32 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 6 20

35 33 Falco – “The Sound of Musik” 33 5

36 34 Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” 34 3

37 35 Julian Cope – “World Shut Your Mouth” 35 4

39 36 The Pretenders – “Don't Get Me Wrong” 36 3

48 37 Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia” 37 2

32 38 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 1(×3) 23

49 39 Timbuk 3 – “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 39 2

34 40 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 25

38 41 Depeche Mode – “A Question Of Lust” 7 27

40 42 Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 23 20

45 43 Robbie Nevil – “C'est La Vie” 43 3

41 44 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 13 20

46 45 Billy Squier – “Love Is the Hero” 45 4

47 46 The Human League – “Human” 46 3

NE 47 The The – “Infected” 47 1

42 48 Prince & The Revolution – “Anotherloverholenyohead” 34 15

NE 49 Berlin – “Like Flames” 49 1

NE 50 Iggy Pop – “Cry For Love” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “88 Seconds in Greensboro” 7 30

44 -- Talk Talk – “Give It Up” 17 23

50 -- The Rave-Ups – “Positively Lost Me” 3 30

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