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

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 3

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Up by 3

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 2

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 2

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
9 Down by 2

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
10

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 4

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 2

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Up by 9

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 9

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Up by 1

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 1

Catch
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 2

Bridge to Your Heart
Wax
From the album: American English
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 2

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 9

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
21 Down by 9

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
22 Down by 9

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
23 Down by 4

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 1

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 1

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
26 Up by 3

Holiday
The Other Ones
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
28

Moments in Love
The Art of Noise
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 6

Girlfriend in a Coma
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 4

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
31 Debut

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Up by 14

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 1

I Want Your Sex
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 3

Private Revolution
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 1

I Heard a Rumour
Bananarama
From the album: "Disorderlies" Soundtrack
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 2

Breakout
Swing Out Sister
From the album: It's Better to Travel
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 7

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
38 Down by 7

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
39

Can't Hardly Wait
The Replacements
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 1

Touch of Grey
Grateful Dead
From the album: In the Dark
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Up by 2

Happy When It Rains
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 2

Hourglass
Squeeze
From the album: Babylon and On
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

World Where You Live
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 11

Johnny B
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
45 Up by 4

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

Never Let Me Down
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 3

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 16

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
49 Debut

You Are The Girl
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 8

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
3
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Since You've Been Gone
The Outfield
From the album: Bangin'
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
47 Dropout

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
From the album: So
Peak
6
Weeks
22

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Date

September 5, 1987

Songs

50

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×5) 6

2 2 Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 2 7

3 3 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 1(×2) 17

4 4 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 3 19

8 5 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 5 12

9 6 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 6 11

5 7 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 4 16

6 8 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 1(×4) 21

7 9 XTC – “Dear God” 7 24

10 10 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 10 20

15 11 Prince – “U Got the Look” 11 6

14 12 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 12 13

22 13 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 13 5

23 14 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 14 5

16 15 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 15 13

17 16 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 16 11

18 17 The Cure – “Catch” 17 10

20 18 Wax – “Bridge to Your Heart” 18 8

21 19 U2 – “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” 19 10

11 20 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 24

12 21 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 8 21

13 22 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 13 13

19 23 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 15 16

25 24 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 24 9

24 25 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 19 14

29 26 The Other Ones – “Holiday” 26 6

27 27 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 22 14

28 28 The Art of Noise – “Moments in Love” 28 11

35 29 The Smiths – “Girlfriend in a Coma” 29 3

26 30 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 26

NE 31 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 31 1

46 32 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 32 2

34 33 George Michael – “I Want Your Sex” 33 9

37 34 World Party – “Private Revolution” 34 5

36 35 Bananarama – “I Heard a Rumour” 35 8

38 36 Swing Out Sister – “Breakout” 36 4

30 37 Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 21

31 38 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 17 15

39 39 The Replacements – “Can't Hardly Wait” 39 7

41 40 Grateful Dead – “Touch of Grey” 40 7

43 41 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Happy When It Rains” 41 4

44 42 Squeeze – “Hourglass” 42 3

45 43 Crowded House – “World Where You Live” 43 3

33 44 The Hooters – “Johnny B” 33 9

49 45 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 45 2

48 46 David Bowie – “Never Let Me Down” 46 2

50 47 Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 47 2

32 48 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 32 12

NE 49 The Cars – “You Are The Girl” 49 1

42 50 Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 3 23

DROPOUTS:

40 -- The Outfield – “Since You've Been Gone” 40 6

47 -- Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – “Don't Give Up” 6 22

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