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

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 2

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
6

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Down by 2

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
8

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 7

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 1

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
12

Holiday
The Other Ones
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 5

Girlfriend in a Coma
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 1

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 9

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 4

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
20 Down by 1

Breakout
Swing Out Sister
From the album: It's Better to Travel
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
21 Down by 1

Bridge to Your Heart
Wax
From the album: American English
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 1

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 5

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Down by 3

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
25 Down by 1

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
26 Down by 4

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
27 Down by 2

Hourglass
Squeeze
From the album: Babylon and On
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 2

Private Revolution
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
29 Up by 11

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 11

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 2

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
32

Never Let Me Down
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
33

Let's Work
Mick Jagger
From the album: Primitive Cool
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34

Can't Hardly Wait
The Replacements
Peak
34
Weeks
16
Number
35

Satellite
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37

Valerie
Steve Winwood
From the album: Talking Back to the Night
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 1

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 3

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 3

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 12

Catch
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
42 Down by 4

Love Will Find a Way
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
43 Down by 12

World Where You Live
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
44

Brilliant Disguise
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
44
Weeks
6
Number
45 Up by 3

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Strap Me In
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
From the album: They Might Be Giants
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 3

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

You Are The Girl
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
46 Dropout

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
7
Weeks
32
Number
49 Dropout

I Want Your Sex
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
30
Weeks
17
Number
50 Dropout

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
10
Weeks
28

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Date

November 7, 1987

Songs

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1 1 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×6) 9

2 2 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 2 7

3 3 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 10

4 4 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 15

7 5 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 5 5

6 6 Prince – “U Got the Look” 6 15

5 7 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 5 14

8 8 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 11

16 9 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 9 3

11 10 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 10 8

9 11 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 8 14

12 12 The Other Ones – “Holiday” 12 15

13 13 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 13 11

14 14 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 14 9

10 15 The Smiths – “Girlfriend in a Coma” 9 12

17 16 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 16 4

18 17 Belinda Carlisle – “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” 17 7

27 18 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 18 4

15 19 Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 2 16

19 20 Swing Out Sister – “Breakout” 15 13

20 21 Wax – “Bridge to Your Heart” 16 17

23 22 Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 22 11

28 23 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 23 6

21 24 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 5 20

24 25 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 20 18

22 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 14 20

25 27 Squeeze – “Hourglass” 24 12

26 28 World Party – “Private Revolution” 22 14

40 29 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 29 3

41 30 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 30 3

29 31 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 4 21

32 32 David Bowie – “Never Let Me Down” 32 11

33 33 Mick Jagger – “Let's Work” 33 9

34 34 The Replacements – “Can't Hardly Wait” 34 16

35 35 The Hooters – “Satellite” 35 8

36 36 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 36 6

37 37 Steve Winwood – “Valerie” 37 5

39 38 U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 38 4

42 39 T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 39 3

43 40 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 40 3

30 42 The Cure – “Catch” 15 19

38 42 Yes – “Love Will Find a Way” 38 6

31 43 Crowded House – “World Where You Live” 31 12

44 44 Bruce Springsteen – “Brilliant Disguise” 44 6

48 45 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 45 2

NE 46 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 46 1

NE 47 The Cars – “Strap Me In” 47 1

NE 48 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 48 1

NE 49 They Might Be Giants – “Don't Let's Start” 49 1

47 50 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 1(×2) 26

DROPOUTS:

45 -- The Cars – “You Are The Girl” 35 9

46 -- XTC – “Dear God” 7 32

49 -- George Michael – “I Want Your Sex” 30 17

50 -- The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 10 28

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