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 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

Brand New Lover
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Down by 1

Superman
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Infected
The The
From the album: Infected
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
7

French Kissin' in the USA
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 3

Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

Love For Sale
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 2

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
11 Down by 2

Suburbia
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Please
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 1

Electric Café
Kraftwerk
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Up by 6

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 2

One Simple Thing
Stabilizers
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 3

Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
16 Up by 2

Wig
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Down by 3

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 6

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 2

Cuyahoga
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20

The Boy In The Bubble
Paul Simon
From the album: Graceland
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 6

Sometimes
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
22 Down by 5

Notorious
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
23 Down by 1

Welcome to the Boomtown
David & David
From the album: Boomtown
Peak
18
Weeks
20
Number
24 Up by 10

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 4

The Last Time
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26

C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
26
Weeks
17
Number
27

Always The Sun
The Stranglers
From the album: Dreamtime
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
28

I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Down by 6

True Colors
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
30

Big Time
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Down by 6

Ask
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
32

Change of Heart
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 7

Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 2

Only Love Remains
Paul McCartney
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 4

Thorn in My Side
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
36 Up by 2

Behind the Wall of Sleep
The Smithereens
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Up by 2

Desire
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Up by 4

Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 2

Shelter
Lone Justice
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Down by 7

Summer Of Love
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
41 Down by 4

You Know I Love You...Don't You?
Howard Jones
From the album: One to One
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
42 Down by 7

A Question of Time
Depeche Mode
From the album: Black Celebration
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
43 Up by 4

The Honeythief
Hipsway
From the album: Hipsway
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 1

The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
From the album: The Way It Is
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Down by 2

Fall On Me
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
46 Up by 2

Cry Wolf
a-ha
From the album: Scoundrel Days
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 2

Let's Go!
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 4

Cry For Love
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
49 Debut

This Wheel's On Fire
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
From the album: Different Light
Peak
16
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

January 31, 1987

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1 1 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×4) 10

3 2 Dead Or Alive – “Brand New Lover” 2 10

2 3 R.E.M. – “Superman” 1(×2) 13

4 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 1(×8) 19

5 5 The The – “Infected” 5 15

6 6 Wang Chung – “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 6 18

7 7 Debbie Harry – “French Kissin' in the USA ” 7 11

11 8 The B-52's – “Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland” 8 7

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

8 10 Timbuk 3 – “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 8 16

9 11 Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia” 3 16

13 12 Kraftwerk – “Electric Café” 12 13

19 13 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 13 5

16 14 Stabilizers – “One Simple Thing” 14 12

12 15 The Smithereens – “Blood And Roses” 12 20

18 16 The B-52's – “Wig” 16 11

14 17 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 3 18

24 18 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 18 3

21 19 R.E.M. – “Cuyahoga” 19 8

20 20 Paul Simon – “The Boy In The Bubble” 20 9

15 21 Erasure – “Sometimes” 13 14

17 22 Duran Duran – “Notorious” 17 14

22 23 David & David – “Welcome to the Boomtown” 18 20

34 24 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 24 4

29 25 Eurythmics – “The Last Time” 25 7

26 26 Robbie Nevil – “C'est La Vie” 26 17

27 27 The Stranglers – “Always The Sun” 27 13

28 28 Grace Jones – “I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)” 28 10

23 29 Cyndi Lauper – “True Colors” 1(×1) 23

30 30 Peter Gabriel – “Big Time” 30 10

25 31 The Smiths – “Ask” 25 12

32 32 Cyndi Lauper – “Change of Heart” 32 9

40 33 Iggy Pop – “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” 33 5

36 34 Paul McCartney – “Only Love Remains” 34 8

31 35 Eurythmics – “Thorn in My Side” 9 22

38 36 The Smithereens – “Behind the Wall of Sleep” 36 7

39 37 Gene Loves Jezebel – “Desire” 37 6

42 38 Timbuk 3 – “Life Is Hard” 38 4

41 39 Lone Justice – “Shelter” 39 5

33 40 The B-52's – “Summer Of Love” 4 25

37 41 Howard Jones – “You Know I Love You...Don't You?” 37 9

35 42 Depeche Mode – “A Question of Time” 5 24

47 43 Hipsway – “The Honeythief” 43 2

45 44 Bruce Hornsby & The Range – “The Way It Is” 44 4

43 45 R.E.M. – “Fall On Me” 1(×5) 26

48 46 a-ha – “Cry Wolf” 46 2

49 47 Wang Chung – “Let's Go!” 47 2

44 48 Iggy Pop – “Cry For Love” 30 15

NE 49 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “This Wheel's On Fire” 49 1

46 50 The Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian” 16 19

DROPOUTS:

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

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