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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

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 2

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 1

Missionary Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 8

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 2

Word Up!
Cameo
From the album: Word Up!
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 3

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 1

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 6

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 1

Wild Wild Life
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 1

Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 4

Suburbia
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 9

Point Of No Return
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
16

What About Love
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Down by 9

Red Rain
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 5

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 10

The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
From the album: The Dream Academy
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
20 Up by 1

Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 2

Velcro Fly
ZZ Top
From the album: Afterburner
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 9

Infected
The The
From the album: Infected
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 2

Welcome to the Boomtown
David & David
From the album: Boomtown
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24

Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
INXS
From the album: Listen Like Thieves
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Up by 2

The Sound of Musik
Falco
From the album: Emotional
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 4

Bloc Bloc Bloc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Crush
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
27 Up by 1

In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 1

Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders
From the album: Get Close
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 1

World Shut Your Mouth
Julian Cope
From the album: Saint Julian
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Down by 10

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
31 Up by 9

Superman
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 6

Sometimes
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 6

Notorious
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 2

C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Down by 9

Brilliant Mind
FURNITURE
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
36 Down by 4

Dreamtime
Daryl Hall
From the album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
37 Down by 4

Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards featuring Sarah Jane Morris
From the album: Communards
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
38 Up by 10

Electric Café
Kraftwerk
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 4

Like Flames
Berlin
From the album: Count Three & Pray
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 2

Human
The Human League
From the album: Crash
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41

Love Is the Hero
Billy Squier
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
42 Up by 2

Cry For Love
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Down by 8

Love Comes Quickly
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
44 Down by 7

Spirit in the Sky
Doctor & The Medics
From the album: Laughing at the Pieces
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
45 Up by 4

Always The Sun
The Stranglers
From the album: Dreamtime
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 12

The Big Sky
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
27
Number
47 Debut

Ask
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 2

Stay the Night
Benjamin Orr
From the album: The Lace
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

One Simple Thing
Stabilizers
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

Hunting High and Low
a-ha
From the album: Hunting High and Low
Peak
6
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Paranoimia
The Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom
From the album: In Visible Silence
Peak
28
Weeks
13
Number
47 Dropout

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

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Date

November 15, 1986

Songs

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 1(×4) 8

2 2 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 2 12

3 3 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 1(×5) 15

4 4 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 4 14

7 5 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 5 13

5 6 Eurythmics – “Missionary Man” 1(×4) 18

15 7 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 7 7

10 8 Cameo – “Word Up!” 8 10

12 9 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 9 11

11 10 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 10 15

17 11 Wang Chung – “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 11 7

13 12 Talking Heads – “Wild Wild Life” 12 11

14 13 The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses” 13 9

18 14 Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia” 14 5

6 15 Nu Shooz – “Point Of No Return” 5 20

16 16 'Til Tuesday – “What About Love” 16 9

8 17 Peter Gabriel – “Red Rain” 8 19

23 18 Timbuk 3 – “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 18 5

9 19 The Dream Academy – “The Edge of Forever” 4 22

21 20 The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian” 20 8

19 21 ZZ Top – “Velcro Fly” 15 17

31 22 The The – “Infected” 22 4

25 23 David & David – “Welcome to the Boomtown” 23 9

24 24 INXS – “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” 24 11

27 25 Falco – “The Sound of Musik” 25 8

22 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Bloc Bloc Bloc” 17 13

28 27 Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” 27 6

29 28 The Pretenders – “Don't Get Me Wrong” 28 6

30 29 Julian Cope – “World Shut Your Mouth” 29 7

20 30 Pet Shop Boys – “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” 3 25

40 31 R.E.M. – “Superman” 31 2

38 32 Erasure – “Sometimes” 32 3

39 33 Duran Duran – “Notorious” 33 3

36 34 Robbie Nevil – “C'est La Vie” 34 6

26 35 FURNITURE – “Brilliant Mind” 2 23

32 36 Daryl Hall – “Dreamtime” 10 16

33 37 The Communards ft. Sarah Jane Morris – “Don't Leave Me This Way ” 31 12

48 38 Kraftwerk – “Electric Café” 38 2

43 39 Berlin – “Like Flames” 39 4

42 40 The Human League – “Human” 40 6

41 41 Billy Squier – “Love Is the Hero” 41 7

44 42 Iggy Pop – “Cry For Love” 42 4

35 43 Pet Shop Boys – “Love Comes Quickly” 19 13

37 44 Doctor & The Medics – “Spirit in the Sky” 21 20

49 45 The Stranglers – “Always The Sun” 45 2

34 46 Kate Bush – “The Big Sky” 8 27

NE 47 The Smiths – “Ask” 47 1

50 48 Benjamin Orr – “Stay the Night” 48 2

NE 49 Stabilizers – “One Simple Thing” 49 1

46 50 a-ha – “Hunting High and Low” 6 23

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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