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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

Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
From the album: Brotherhood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Superman
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

Brand New Lover
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 1

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 2

Infected
The The
From the album: Infected
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 2

French Kissin' in the USA
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9 Down by 4

Suburbia
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
10 Up by 1

Love For Sale
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 4

Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12

Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 1

Electric Café
Kraftwerk
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Down by 4

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
15 Down by 2

Sometimes
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 3

One Simple Thing
Stabilizers
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17

Notorious
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 2

Wig
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 5

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 1

The Boy In The Bubble
Paul Simon
From the album: Graceland
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 2

Cuyahoga
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 4

Welcome to the Boomtown
David & David
From the album: Boomtown
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
23 Down by 7

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
24 Up by 10

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25

Ask
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26

C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
26
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 1

Always The Sun
The Stranglers
From the album: Dreamtime
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Up by 1

I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 4

The Last Time
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Big Time
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Down by 9

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
32

Change of Heart
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 6

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
34 Up by 8

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 4

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
36 Up by 2

Only Love Remains
Paul McCartney
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37

You Know I Love You...Don't You?
Howard Jones
From the album: One to One
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 1

Behind the Wall of Sleep
The Smithereens
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 1

Desire
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Up by 1

Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 2

Shelter
Lone Justice
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 3

Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 8

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
44 Down by 8

Cry For Love
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
30
Weeks
14
Number
45 Up by 2

The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
From the album: The Way It Is
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 2

Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
47 Debut

The Honeythief
Hipsway
From the album: Hipsway
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Cry Wolf
a-ha
From the album: Scoundrel Days
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Let's Go!
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders
From the album: Get Close
Peak
21
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

What About Love
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
49 Dropout

Word Up!
Cameo
From the album: Word Up!
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
50 Dropout

World Shut Your Mouth
Julian Cope
From the album: Saint Julian
Peak
28
Weeks
16

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Date

January 24, 1987

Songs

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1 1 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×3) 9

2 2 R.E.M. – “Superman” 1(×2) 12

4 3 Dead Or Alive – “Brand New Lover” 3 9

3 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 1(×8) 18

7 5 The The – “Infected” 5 14

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

9 7 Debbie Harry – “French Kissin' in the USA ” 7 10

8 8 Timbuk 3 – “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 8 15

5 9 Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia” 3 15

11 10 Talking Heads – “Love For Sale” 10 9

15 11 The B-52's – “Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland” 11 6

12 12 The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses” 12 19

14 13 Kraftwerk – “Electric Café” 13 12

10 14 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 3 17

13 15 Erasure – “Sometimes” 13 13

19 16 Stabilizers – “One Simple Thing” 16 11

17 17 Duran Duran – “Notorious” 17 13

20 18 The B-52's – “Wig” 18 10

24 19 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 19 4

21 20 Paul Simon – “The Boy In The Bubble” 20 8

23 21 R.E.M. – “Cuyahoga” 21 7

18 22 David & David – “Welcome to the Boomtown” 18 19

16 23 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 1(×1) 22

34 24 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 24 2

25 25 The Smiths – “Ask” 25 11

26 26 Robbie Nevil – “C'est La Vie” 26 16

28 27 The Stranglers – “Always The Sun” 27 12

29 28 Grace Jones – “I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)” 28 9

33 29 Eurythmics – “The Last Time” 29 6

30 30 Peter Gabriel – “Big Time” 30 9

22 31 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 9 21

32 32 Cyndi Lauper – “Change of Heart” 32 8

27 33 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 4 24

42 34 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 34 3

31 35 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 5 23

38 36 Paul McCartney – “Only Love Remains” 36 7

37 37 Howard Jones – “You Know I Love You...Don't You?” 37 8

39 38 The Smithereens – “Behind the Wall of Sleep” 38 6

40 39 Gene Loves Jezebel – “Desire” 39 5

41 40 Iggy Pop – “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” 40 4

43 41 Lone Justice – “Shelter” 41 4

45 42 Timbuk 3 – “Life Is Hard” 42 3

35 43 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 1(×5) 25

36 44 Iggy Pop – “Cry For Love” 30 14

47 45 Bruce Hornsby & The Range – “The Way It Is” 45 3

44 46 The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian” 16 18

NE 47 Hipsway – “The Honeythief” 47 1

NE 48 a-ha – “Cry Wolf” 48 1

NE 49 Wang Chung – “Let's Go!” 49 1

46 50 The Pretenders – “Don't Get Me Wrong” 21 16

DROPOUTS:

48 -- 'Til Tuesday – “What About Love” 14 18

49 -- Cameo – “Word Up!” 8 19

50 -- Julian Cope – “World Shut Your Mouth” 28 16

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