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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

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 3

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
5 Down by 2

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
6 Down by 1

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
7

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 1

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 2

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 3

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 4

With or Without You
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
13

Hairstyles and Attitudes
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 1

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 2

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 5

Day In, Day Out
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 4

Something So Strong
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 5

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

The Passenger
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21

(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
From the album: Broadcast
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 4

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 9

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 6

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
25 Up by 11

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 3

Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths
From the album: Louder Than Bombs
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27

Party Girl
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
28 Down by 9

Sign O' the Times
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
29 Down by 6

Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
From the album: Brotherhood
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
30 Down by 5

Brand New Lover
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
31

Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
Los Lobos
From the album: By The Light Of The Moon
Peak
31
Weeks
13
Number
32 Up by 1

Wot's It To Ya?
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 6

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34

Something in My House
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 3

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 8

Shoplifters of the World Unite
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
37

April Skies
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Down by 8

Shelter
Lone Justice
Peak
13
Weeks
26
Number
39 Down by 4

Heartbreak Beat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Midnight to Midnight
Peak
35
Weeks
16
Number
40 Up by 6

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 4

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 1

Meet El Presidente
Duran Duran
From the album: Notorious
Peak
42
Weeks
7
Number
43 Up by 1

If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
43
Weeks
5
Number
44 Up by 3

Jammin' Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 4

What If We Give It Away?
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
19
Weeks
18
Number
46 Debut

Moments in Love
The Art of Noise
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 1

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 9

Swan Swan H
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
50 Debut

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

The Flowers of Guatemala
R.E.M.
From the album: Life's Rich Pageant
Peak
30
Weeks
14
Number
48 Dropout

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

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

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Date

June 27, 1987

Songs

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2 1 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 1(×1) 11

1 2 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 14

6 3 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 3 13

4 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 16

3 5 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 1(×1) 25

5 6 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 1(×6) 24

7 7 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 7 13

9 8 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 8 9

11 9 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 9 11

10 10 Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 11

14 11 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 11 7

8 12 U2 – “With or Without You” 6 15

13 13 Timbuk 3 – “Hairstyles and Attitudes” 13 16

15 14 XTC – “Dear God” 14 14

17 15 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 15 6

16 16 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 16 10

12 17 David Bowie – “Day In, Day Out” 8 14

22 18 Crowded House – “Something So Strong” 18 9

24 19 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 19 6

20 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Passenger” 20 12

21 21 Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” 21 17

26 22 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 22 5

32 23 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 23 4

18 24 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 1(×1) 26

36 25 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 25 3

29 26 The Smiths – “Sheila Take a Bow” 26 9

27 27 Grace Jones – “Party Girl” 27 15

19 28 Prince – “Sign O' the Times” 7 17

23 29 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×7) 31

25 30 Dead Or Alive – “Brand New Lover” 1(×2) 31

31 31 Los Lobos – “Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)” 31 13

33 32 Robbie Nevil – “Wot's It To Ya?” 32 5

39 33 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 33 3

34 34 Dead Or Alive – “Something in My House” 34 9

38 35 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 35 3

28 36 The Smiths – “Shoplifters of the World Unite” 6 21

37 37 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “April Skies” 37 8

30 38 Lone Justice – “Shelter” 13 26

35 39 The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbreak Beat” 35 16

46 40 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 40 2

45 41 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 41 4

43 42 Duran Duran – “Meet El Presidente” 42 7

44 43 Prince – “If I Was Your Girlfriend” 43 5

47 44 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Jammin' Me” 44 3

41 45 R.E.M. – “What If We Give It Away?” 19 18

NE 46 The Art of Noise – “Moments in Love” 46 1

NE 47 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 47 1

49 48 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 48 2

40 49 R.E.M. – “Swan Swan H” 18 18

NE 50 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

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