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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

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Down by 1

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 1

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
6

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 1

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 6

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 2

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 2

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Up by 4

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 1

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 1

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 7

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
19 Down by 7

Holiday
The Other Ones
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
20 Up by 4

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Up by 4

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 3

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 8

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 2

Satellite
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 2

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 5

Girlfriend in a Coma
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
28 Down by 5

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
29 Up by 1

Valerie
Steve Winwood
From the album: Talking Back to the Night
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Up by 4

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 6

Bridge to Your Heart
Wax
From the album: American English
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
32 Down by 1

Never Let Me Down
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
31
Weeks
14
Number
33

Let's Work
Mick Jagger
From the album: Primitive Cool
Peak
33
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 3

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Down by 6

Breakout
Swing Out Sister
From the album: It's Better to Travel
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
36 Up by 2

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Up by 3

Strap Me In
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 8

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 4

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 5

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
41 Down by 5

Private Revolution
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
22
Weeks
17
Number
42 Up by 3

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 1

Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
From the album: They Might Be Giants
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Debut

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Up by 3

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 5

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
20
Weeks
21
Number
47 Down by 8

Hourglass
Squeeze
From the album: Babylon and On
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
48 Up by 1

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Up by 1

Faith
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
47 Dropout

Can't Hardly Wait
The Replacements
Peak
34
Weeks
18

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Date

November 28, 1987

Songs

50

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1 1 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×2) 10

3 2 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 2 8

2 3 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 12

5 4 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 4 6

4 5 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 13

6 6 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 18

7 7 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 14

8 8 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 8 11

10 9 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 9 7

16 10 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 10 6

9 11 Prince – “U Got the Look” 6 18

13 12 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 12 14

15 13 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 13 7

14 14 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 14 12

19 15 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 15 6

17 16 Belinda Carlisle – “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” 16 10

18 17 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 17 9

11 18 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 5 17

12 19 The Other Ones – “Holiday” 12 18

24 20 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 20 4

21 21 Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 21 14

26 22 U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 22 7

20 23 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 8 17

32 24 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 24 4

27 25 The Hooters – “Satellite” 25 11

28 26 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 26 9

22 27 The Smiths – “Girlfriend in a Coma” 9 15

23 28 Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 2 19

30 29 Steve Winwood – “Valerie” 29 8

34 30 T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 30 6

25 31 Wax – “Bridge to Your Heart” 16 20

31 32 David Bowie – “Never Let Me Down” 31 14

33 33 Mick Jagger – “Let's Work” 33 12

37 34 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 34 5

29 35 Swing Out Sister – “Breakout” 15 16

38 36 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 36 6

40 37 The Cars – “Strap Me In” 37 4

46 38 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 38 2

43 39 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 39 3

35 40 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 5 23

36 41 World Party – “Private Revolution” 22 17

45 42 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 42 2

44 43 They Might Be Giants – “Don't Let's Start” 43 4

NE 44 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 44 1

48 45 Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 45 2

41 46 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 20 21

39 47 Squeeze – “Hourglass” 24 15

49 48 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 48 2

50 49 George Michael – “Faith” 49 2

NE 50 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 14 22

47 -- The Replacements – “Can't Hardly Wait” 34 18

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