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

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Down by 1

Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
From the album: Brotherhood
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5

Brand New Lover
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6

Shoplifters of the World Unite
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
8

Infected
The The
From the album: Infected
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
9

French Kissin' in the USA
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
10

Love For Sale
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
11

Cuyahoga
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 27

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Down by 1

Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 1

Shelter
Lone Justice
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Down by 1

The Last Time
Eurythmics
From the album: Revenge
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
16 Up by 1

Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 1

The Boy In The Bubble
Paul Simon
From the album: Graceland
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 1

I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
19 Up by 1

The Honeythief
Hipsway
From the album: Hipsway
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 2

Manhattan Skyline
a-ha
From the album: Scoundrel Days
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 10

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Down by 9

Wig
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
23 Up by 2

Midnight Blue
Lou Gramm
From the album: Ready or Not
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 2

Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Genesis
From the album: Invisible Touch
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 7

One Simple Thing
Stabilizers
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
26 Up by 4

Sign O' the Times
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 6

Electric Café
Kraftwerk
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
28 Up by 1

Swan Swan H
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 6

Behind the Wall of Sleep
The Smithereens
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
30 Down by 6

Superman
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
31 Up by 2

What If We Give It Away?
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32

Love Removal Machine
The Cult
From the album: Electric
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 5

With or Without You
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Skin Trade
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 1

Come As You Are
Peter Wolf
From the album: Come As You Are
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 1

(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
From the album: Broadcast
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 3

Hairstyles and Attitudes
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 11

Desire
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
39 Down by 5

(Forever) Live and Die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
40 Up by 1

Heartbreak Beat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Midnight to Midnight
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Up by 3

Party Girl
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 7

This Wheel's On Fire
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
43 Up by 2

The Flowers of Guatemala
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 5

Day In, Day Out
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 5

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 3

Begin the Begin
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
47

Right On Track
Breakfast Club
From the album: Breakfast Club
Peak
47
Weeks
4
Number
48 Debut

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
Los Lobos
From the album: By The Light Of The Moon
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
From the album: The Way It Is
Peak
39
Weeks
12
Number
46 Dropout

Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
Los Lobos
From the album: By The Light Of The Moon
Peak
46
Weeks
4
Number
48 Dropout

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
8
Weeks
24

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Date

April 4, 1987

Songs

50

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1 1 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 1(×4) 12

3 2 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 2 14

2 3 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×7) 19

4 4 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 4 13

5 5 Dead Or Alive – “Brand New Lover” 1(×2) 19

6 6 The Smiths – “Shoplifters of the World Unite” 6 9

7 7 The B-52's – “Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland” 3 16

8 8 The The – “Infected” 3 24

9 9 Debbie Harry – “French Kissin' in the USA ” 7 20

10 10 Talking Heads – “Love For Sale” 9 19

11 11 R.E.M. – “Cuyahoga” 11 17

39 12 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 12 2

12 13 Iggy Pop – “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” 12 14

15 14 Lone Justice – “Shelter” 14 14

14 15 Eurythmics – “The Last Time” 14 16

17 16 Timbuk 3 – “Life Is Hard” 16 13

16 17 Paul Simon – “The Boy In The Bubble” 16 18

19 18 Grace Jones – “I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)” 18 19

20 19 Hipsway – “The Honeythief” 19 11

22 20 a-ha – “Manhattan Skyline” 20 7

31 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 21 4

13 22 The B-52's – “Wig” 11 20

25 23 Lou Gramm – “Midnight Blue” 23 8

26 24 Genesis – “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” 24 8

18 25 Stabilizers – “One Simple Thing” 12 21

30 26 Prince – “Sign O' the Times” 26 5

21 27 Kraftwerk – “Electric Café” 10 22

29 28 R.E.M. – “Swan Swan H” 28 6

23 29 The Smithereens – “Behind the Wall of Sleep” 21 16

24 30 R.E.M. – “Superman” 1(×2) 22

33 31 R.E.M. – “What If We Give It Away?” 31 6

32 32 The Cult – “Love Removal Machine” 32 7

38 33 U2 – “With or Without You” 33 3

28 34 Duran Duran – “Skin Trade” 28 9

36 35 Peter Wolf – “Come As You Are” 35 6

37 36 Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” 36 5

40 37 Timbuk 3 – “Hairstyles and Attitudes” 37 4

27 38 Gene Loves Jezebel – “Desire” 27 15

34 39 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “(Forever) Live and Die” 1(×8) 28

41 40 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbreak Beat” 40 4

44 41 Grace Jones – “Party Girl” 41 3

35 42 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “This Wheel's On Fire” 30 10

45 43 R.E.M. – “The Flowers of Guatemala” 43 3

49 44 David Bowie – “Day In, Day Out” 44 2

50 45 XTC – “Dear God” 45 2

43 46 R.E.M. – “Begin the Begin” 3 27

47 47 Breakfast Club – “Right On Track” 47 4

NE 48 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 48 1

NE 49 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 49 1

NE 50 Los Lobos – “Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Bruce Hornsby & The Range – “The Way It Is” 39 12

46 -- Los Lobos – “Shakin' Shakin' Shakes” 46 4

48 -- Timbuk 3 – “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 8 24

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