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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

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3 Up by 1

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Down by 1

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
6

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 2

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
8

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Down by 2

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
10

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11

Hairstyles and Attitudes
Timbuk 3
From the album: Greetings from Timbuk 3
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
12 Up by 1

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 1

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 4

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 4

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 7

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
20

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 3

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 3

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23

Wot's It To Ya?
Robbie Nevil
From the album: Robbie Nevil
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 10

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 2

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Down by 5

Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
27 Up by 5

Catch
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28

Something in My House
Dead Or Alive
From the album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Peak
28
Weeks
14
Number
29 Down by 10

Something So Strong
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 1

Moments in Love
The Art of Noise
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 2

Party Girl
Grace Jones
From the album: Inside Story
Peak
27
Weeks
20
Number
32 Down by 6

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
33 Debut

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Up by 5

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 2

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 6

Bridge to Your Heart
Wax
From the album: American English
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 4

Johnny B
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 2

Good Times
INXS & Jimmy Barnes
From the album: "The Lost Boys" Soundtrack
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 4

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Debut

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 3

Jammin' Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
42 Up by 2

I Want Your Sex
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 2

I Heard a Rumour
Bananarama
From the album: "Disorderlies" Soundtrack
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 14

With or Without You
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
45 Up by 3

Can't Hardly Wait
The Replacements
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 13

Day In, Day Out
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
47 Debut

Holiday
The Other Ones
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 1

Since You've Been Gone
The Outfield
From the album: Bangin'
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Up by 1

Touch of Grey
Grateful Dead
From the album: In the Dark
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 14

The Passenger
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Through the Looking Glass
Peak
20
Weeks
17

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths
From the album: Louder Than Bombs
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
46 Dropout

April Skies
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
37
Weeks
12
Number
47 Dropout

If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
39
Weeks
9

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Date

August 1, 1987

Songs

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1 1 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 1(×2) 12

2 2 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 1(×4) 16

4 3 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 3 14

3 4 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 19

5 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 21

6 6 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 6 11

9 7 XTC – “Dear God” 7 19

8 8 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 8 16

7 9 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 3 18

10 10 Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 16

11 11 Timbuk 3 – “Hairstyles and Attitudes” 11 21

13 12 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 12 15

14 13 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 13 8

18 14 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 14 7

15 15 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 15 11

16 16 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 16 8

17 17 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 17 10

22 18 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 18 6

12 19 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 6 18

20 20 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 20 9

24 21 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 21 8

25 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 22 6

23 23 Robbie Nevil – “Wot's It To Ya?” 23 10

34 24 Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 24 2

27 25 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 25 9

21 26 Crowded House – “Don't Dream It's Over” 1(×6) 29

32 27 The Cure – “Catch” 27 5

28 28 Dead Or Alive – “Something in My House” 28 14

19 29 Crowded House – “Something So Strong” 17 14

31 30 The Art of Noise – “Moments in Love” 30 6

29 31 Grace Jones – “Party Girl” 27 20

26 32 World Party – “Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” 1(×1) 30

NE 33 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 33 1

39 34 U2 – “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” 34 5

37 35 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 35 7

42 36 Wax – “Bridge to Your Heart” 36 3

41 37 The Hooters – “Johnny B” 37 4

40 38 INXS & Jimmy Barnes – “Good Times” 38 5

43 39 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 39 4

NE 40 Prince – “U Got the Look” 40 1

38 41 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Jammin' Me” 38 8

44 42 George Michael – “I Want Your Sex” 42 4

45 43 Bananarama – “I Heard a Rumour” 43 3

30 44 U2 – “With or Without You” 6 20

48 45 The Replacements – “Can't Hardly Wait” 45 2

33 46 David Bowie – “Day In, Day Out” 8 19

NE 47 The Other Ones – “Holiday” 47 1

49 48 The Outfield – “Since You've Been Gone” 48 2

50 49 Grateful Dead – “Touch of Grey” 49 2

36 50 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Passenger” 20 17

DROPOUTS:

35 -- The Smiths – “Sheila Take a Bow” 25 13

46 -- The Jesus And Mary Chain – “April Skies” 37 12

47 -- Prince – “If I Was Your Girlfriend” 39 9

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