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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

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 2

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 1

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
5 Down by 1

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
6

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Up by 5

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
10

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11

Hairstyles and Attitudes
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13 Down by 6

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
14

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Up by 1

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 2

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

Something So Strong
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 1

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 1

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 1

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 2

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 7

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
23 Up by 3

Wot's It To Ya?
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 5

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 3

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 4

With or Without You
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 3

Day In, Day Out
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 6

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 2

Party Girl
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
27
Weeks
18
Number
30 Down by 5

Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths
From the album: Louder Than Bombs
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
31 Up by 1

Something in My House
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
32 Up by 3

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 3

The Passenger
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
34 Down by 3

(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
From the album: Broadcast
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
35 Up by 5

Moments in Love
The Art of Noise
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 3

Coming Up Close
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Welcome Home
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
37

April Skies
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
37
Weeks
11
Number
38 Up by 3

Jammin' Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39

If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Up by 3

Catch
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 3

Good Times
INXS & Jimmy Barnes
From the album: "The Lost Boys" Soundtrack
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 3

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 3

Johnny B
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 4

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 4

I Want Your Sex
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Bridge to Your Heart
Wax
From the album: American English
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

I Heard a Rumour
Bananarama
From the album: "Disorderlies" Soundtrack
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 11

Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
Los Lobos
From the album: By The Light Of The Moon
Peak
31
Weeks
16
Number
50 Down by 6

Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
From the album: Brotherhood
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
34

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

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

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

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Date

July 18, 1987

Songs

50

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1 1 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 1(×4) 14

2 2 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 17

5 3 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 3 10

3 4 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 3 16

4 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 19

6 6 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 6 12

12 7 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 7 9

8 8 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 8 14

9 9 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 6 16

10 10 Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 14

11 11 Timbuk 3 – “Hairstyles and Attitudes” 11 19

13 12 XTC – “Dear God” 12 17

7 13 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 1(×6) 27

14 14 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 14 13

16 15 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 15 9

18 16 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 16 6

17 17 Crowded House – “Something So Strong” 17 12

19 18 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 18 8

20 19 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 19 6

21 20 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 20 7

23 21 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 21 5

15 22 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 1(×1) 28

26 23 Robbie Nevil – “Wot's It To Ya?” 23 8

29 24 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 24 4

28 25 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 25 6

22 26 U2 – “With or Without You” 6 18

24 27 David Bowie – “Day In, Day Out” 8 17

34 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 28 4

27 29 Grace Jones – “Party Girl” 27 18

25 30 The Smiths – “Sheila Take a Bow” 25 12

32 31 Dead Or Alive – “Something in My House” 31 12

35 32 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 32 7

30 33 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Passenger” 20 15

31 34 Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” 21 20

40 35 The Art of Noise – “Moments in Love” 35 4

33 36 'Til Tuesday – “Coming Up Close” 1(×1) 29

37 37 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “April Skies” 37 11

41 38 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Jammin' Me” 38 6

39 39 Prince – “If I Was Your Girlfriend” 39 8

43 40 The Cure – “Catch” 40 3

42 41 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 41 5

45 42 INXS & Jimmy Barnes – “Good Times” 42 3

46 43 U2 – “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” 43 3

47 44 The Hooters – “Johnny B” 44 2

49 45 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 45 2

50 46 George Michael – “I Want Your Sex” 46 2

NE 47 Wax – “Bridge to Your Heart” 47 1

NE 48 Bananarama – “I Heard a Rumour” 48 1

38 49 Los Lobos – “Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)” 31 16

44 50 New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle” 1(×7) 34

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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