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

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 4

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 1

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 2

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
8

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Down by 3

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
10

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

Hairstyles and Attitudes
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 1

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 2

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 4

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
16 Up by 2

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17

Something So Strong
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 1

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 2

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 5

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 1

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 7

With or Without You
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
23 Up by 10

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 4

Day In, Day Out
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
25 Up by 1

Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths
From the album: Louder Than Bombs
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 2

Wot's It To Ya?
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27

Party Girl
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
27
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 2

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 5

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 7

The Passenger
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 7

(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
From the album: Broadcast
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
32

Something in My House
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
33 Down by 4

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
34 Up by 6

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Down by 1

Sign O' the Times
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
37

April Skies
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
37
Weeks
10
Number
38 Down by 7

Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
Los Lobos
From the album: By The Light Of The Moon
Peak
31
Weeks
15
Number
39

If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 1

Moments in Love
The Art of Noise
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

Jammin' Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 5

Catch
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 8

Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
From the album: Brotherhood
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
45 Up by 4

Good Times
INXS & Jimmy Barnes
From the album: "The Lost Boys" Soundtrack
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 4

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Johnny B
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 4

Brand New Lover
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
49 Debut

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

I Want Your Sex
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Shoplifters of the World Unite
The Smiths
From the album: The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
46 Dropout

Heartbreak Beat
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Midnight to Midnight
Peak
35
Weeks
17
Number
47 Dropout

Shelter
Lone Justice
Peak
13
Weeks
27

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Date

July 11, 1987

Songs

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1 1 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 1(×3) 13

2 2 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 16

3 3 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 3 15

4 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 18

9 5 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 5 9

7 6 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 6 11

5 7 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 1(×6) 26

8 8 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 8 13

6 9 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 6 15

10 10 Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 13

12 11 Timbuk 3 – “Hairstyles and Attitudes” 11 18

13 12 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 12 8

14 13 XTC – “Dear God” 13 16

16 14 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 14 12

11 15 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 1(×1) 27

18 16 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 16 8

17 17 Crowded House – “Something So Strong” 17 11

19 18 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 18 5

21 19 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 19 7

25 20 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 20 5

22 21 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 21 6

15 22 U2 – “With or Without You” 6 17

33 23 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 23 4

20 24 David Bowie – “Day In, Day Out” 8 16

26 25 The Smiths – “Sheila Take a Bow” 25 11

28 26 Robbie Nevil – “Wot's It To Ya?” 26 7

27 27 Grace Jones – “Party Girl” 27 17

30 28 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 28 5

34 29 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 29 3

23 30 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Passenger” 20 14

24 31 Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” 21 19

32 32 Dead Or Alive – “Something in My House” 32 11

29 33 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 1(×1) 28

40 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 34 3

38 35 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 35 6

35 36 Prince – “Sign O' the Times” 7 19

37 37 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “April Skies” 37 10

31 38 Los Lobos – “Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)” 31 15

39 39 Prince – “If I Was Your Girlfriend” 39 7

41 40 The Art of Noise – “Moments in Love” 40 3

42 41 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Jammin' Me” 41 5

43 42 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 42 4

48 43 The Cure – “Catch” 43 2

36 44 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×7) 33

49 45 INXS & Jimmy Barnes – “Good Times” 45 2

50 46 U2 – “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” 46 2

NE 47 The Hooters – “Johnny B” 47 1

44 48 Dead Or Alive – “Brand New Lover” 1(×2) 33

NE 49 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 49 1

NE 50 George Michael – “I Want Your Sex” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- The Smiths – “Shoplifters of the World Unite” 6 22

46 -- The Psychedelic Furs – “Heartbreak Beat” 35 17

47 -- Lone Justice – “Shelter” 13 27

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