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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 Up by 1

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2 Up by 2

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Down by 2

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
4 Down by 1

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
5

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
6 Up by 2

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 2

With or Without You
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 1

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 1

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 3

Day In, Day Out
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
13

Hairstyles and Attitudes
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
14 Up by 1

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 1

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 6

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 4

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
19 Down by 1

Sign O' the Times
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
20 Up by 2

The Passenger
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21

(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
From the album: Broadcast
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
22 Up by 4

Something So Strong
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 4

Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
From the album: Brotherhood
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
24 Up by 7

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 5

Brand New Lover
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
26 Up by 8

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27

Party Girl
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
28 Down by 3

Shoplifters of the World Unite
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
29 Up by 4

Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths
From the album: Louder Than Bombs
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 6

Shelter
Lone Justice
Peak
13
Weeks
25
Number
31 Up by 1

Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
Los Lobos
From the album: By The Light Of The Moon
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
32 Up by 9

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 3

Wot's It To Ya?
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 3

Something in My House
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35

Heartbreak Beat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Midnight to Midnight
Peak
35
Weeks
15
Number
36 Up by 9

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

April Skies
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38 Up by 9

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 11

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 12

Swan Swan H
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
41 Down by 12

What If We Give It Away?
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
42 Down by 12

The Flowers of Guatemala
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
30
Weeks
14
Number
43 Up by 1

Meet El Presidente
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
43
Weeks
6
Number
44 Up by 2

If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Up by 4

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Debut

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 1

Jammin' Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 8

Manhattan Skyline
a-ha
From the album: Scoundrel Days
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
49 Debut

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 8

Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland
The B-52's
From the album: Bouncing Off The Satellites
Peak
3
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Iggy Pop
From the album: Blah Blah Blah
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
43 Dropout

The Honeythief
Hipsway
From the album: Hipsway
Peak
17
Weeks
21

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Date

June 20, 1987

Songs

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2 1 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 13

4 2 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 2 10

1 3 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 1(×1) 24

3 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 15

5 5 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 1(×6) 23

8 6 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 6 12

7 7 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 7 12

6 8 U2 – “With or Without You” 6 14

10 9 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 9 8

11 10 Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 10

12 11 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 11 10

9 12 David Bowie – “Day In, Day Out” 8 13

13 13 Timbuk 3 – “Hairstyles and Attitudes” 13 15

15 14 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 14 6

16 15 XTC – “Dear God” 15 13

17 16 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 16 9

23 17 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 17 5

14 18 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 1(×1) 25

18 19 Prince – “Sign O' the Times” 7 16

22 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Passenger” 20 11

21 21 Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” 21 16

26 22 Crowded House – “Something So Strong” 22 8

19 23 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×7) 30

31 24 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 24 5

20 25 Dead Or Alive – “Brand New Lover” 1(×2) 30

34 26 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 26 4

27 27 Grace Jones – “Party Girl” 27 14

25 28 The Smiths – “Shoplifters of the World Unite” 6 20

33 29 The Smiths – “Sheila Take a Bow” 29 8

24 30 Lone Justice – “Shelter” 13 25

32 31 Los Lobos – “Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)” 31 12

41 32 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 32 3

36 33 Robbie Nevil – “Wot's It To Ya?” 33 4

37 34 Dead Or Alive – “Something in My House” 34 8

35 35 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbreak Beat” 35 15

45 36 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 36 2

39 37 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “April Skies” 37 7

47 38 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 38 2

50 39 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 39 2

28 40 R.E.M. – “Swan Swan H” 18 17

29 41 R.E.M. – “What If We Give It Away?” 19 17

30 42 R.E.M. – “The Flowers of Guatemala” 30 14

44 43 Duran Duran – “Meet El Presidente” 43 6

46 44 Prince – “If I Was Your Girlfriend” 44 4

49 45 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 45 3

NE 46 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 46 1

48 47 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Jammin' Me” 47 2

40 48 a-ha – “Manhattan Skyline” 16 18

NE 49 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 49 1

42 50 The B-52's – “Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland” 3 27

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Iggy Pop – “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” 12 24

43 -- Hipsway – “The Honeythief” 17 21

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