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

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 1

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 2

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6 Down by 1

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 2

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Down by 2

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
10

Word Up!
Cameo
From the album: Word Up!
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13

Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 2

Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 2

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 2

What About Love
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 2

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 3

Suburbia
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 4

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
20 Down by 6

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
21 Up by 2

Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Bloc Bloc Bloc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 12

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 2

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 2

Welcome to the Boomtown
David & David
From the album: Boomtown
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 6

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
27 Up by 3

The Sound of Musik
Falco
From the album: Emotional
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 4

In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 5

Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders
From the album: Get Close
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 3

World Shut Your Mouth
Julian Cope
From the album: Saint Julian
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 9

Infected
The The
From the album: Infected
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 7

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
33 Down by 2

Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
From the album: Communards
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
34 Down by 10

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
35 Down by 7

Love Comes Quickly
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
36 Up by 3

C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Down by 8

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
38 Up by 5

Sometimes
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 7

Notorious
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Superman
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 1

Love Is the Hero
Billy Squier
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Up by 2

Human
The Human League
From the album: Crash
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 2

Like Flames
Berlin
From the album: Count Three & Pray
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 3

Cry For Love
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 8

Paranoimia
The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
28
Weeks
13
Number
46 Down by 8

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
47 Down by 6

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
48 Debut

Electric Café
Kraftwerk
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Always The Sun
The Stranglers
From the album: Dreamtime
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Stay the Night
Benjamin Orr
From the album: The Lace
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Panic
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
48 Dropout

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device
Peak
23
Weeks
21
Number
49 Dropout

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
50 Dropout

The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
13
Weeks
21

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Date

November 8, 1986

Songs

50

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 1(×3) 7

3 2 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 2 11

2 3 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 1(×5) 14

6 4 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 4 13

4 5 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 1(×4) 17

5 6 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 5 19

9 7 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 7 12

8 8 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 8 18

7 9 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 4 21

10 10 Cameo – “Word Up!” 10 9

11 11 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 11 14

12 12 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 12 10

13 13 Talking Heads – “Wild Wild Life” 13 10

16 14 The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses” 14 8

17 15 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 15 6

18 16 'Til Tuesday – “What About Love” 16 8

19 17 Wang Chung – “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 17 6

21 18 Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia” 18 4

15 19 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 15 16

14 20 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 3 24

23 21 The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian” 21 7

22 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Bloc Bloc Bloc” 17 12

35 23 Timbuk 3 – “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 23 4

26 24 INXS – “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” 24 10

27 25 David & David – “Welcome to the Boomtown” 25 8

20 26 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 2 22

30 27 Falco – “The Sound of Musik” 27 7

32 28 Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” 28 5

34 29 The Pretenders – “Don't Get Me Wrong” 29 5

33 30 Julian Cope – “World Shut Your Mouth” 30 6

40 31 The The – “Infected” 31 3

25 32 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 10 15

31 33 The Communards ft. Sarah Jane Morris – “Don't Leave Me This Way ” 31 11

24 34 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 8 26

28 35 Pet Shop Boys – “Love Comes Quickly” 19 12

39 36 Robbie Nevil – “C'est La Vie” 36 5

29 37 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 21 19

43 38 Erasure – “Sometimes” 38 2

46 39 Duran Duran – “Notorious” 39 2

NE 40 R.E.M. – “Superman” 40 1

42 41 Billy Squier – “Love Is the Hero” 41 6

44 42 The Human League – “Human” 42 5

45 43 Berlin – “Like Flames” 43 3

47 44 Iggy Pop – “Cry For Love” 44 3

37 45 The Art of Noise ft. Max Headroom – “Paranoimia” 28 13

38 46 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 6 22

41 47 The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 1(×3) 25

NE 48 Kraftwerk – “Electric Café” 48 1

NE 49 The Stranglers – “Always The Sun” 49 1

NE 50 Benjamin Orr – “Stay the Night” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Smiths – “Panic” 21 13

48 -- Device – “Hanging on a Heart Attack” 23 21

49 -- Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×5) 26

50 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “The Native Daughters of the Golden West” 13 21

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