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 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 7

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
6

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Down by 4

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 5

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 3

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 3

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
14

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 2

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 8

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
18

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 1

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
20 Up by 2

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 5

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
22 Down by 3

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
23

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Down by 3

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
25 Up by 6

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
27

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 1

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
29 Down by 4

Valerie
Steve Winwood
From the album: Talking Back to the Night
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 3

Faith
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 1

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 5

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 1

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 2

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35

Strap Me In
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 11

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 7

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 10

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
39 Up by 1

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 1

Don't Shed a Tear
Paul Carrack
From the album: One Good Reason
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 1

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
42 Up by 1

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
42
Weeks
6
Number
43 Down by 13

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
44 Down by 5

Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
From the album: They Might Be Giants
Peak
39
Weeks
10
Number
45 Down by 7

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
46 Down by 1

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
47 Debut

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 2

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
49 Down by 1

Satellite
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
25
Weeks
17
Number
50 Debut

Be Still My Beating Heart
Sting
From the album: ...Nothing Like the Sun
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
50 Dropout

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
8
Weeks
22

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Date

January 9, 1988

Songs

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1 1 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×7) 16

2 2 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 12

3 3 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 14

4 4 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 4 12

12 5 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 5 5

6 6 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 18

7 7 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 13

8 8 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 8 7

5 9 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 5 17

15 10 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 10 6

11 11 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 11 10

9 12 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 19

10 13 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 24

14 14 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 10

13 15 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 12

24 16 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 16 4

17 17 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 16 15

18 18 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 18 8

20 19 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 19 15

22 20 Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 20 8

16 21 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 12 13

19 22 U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 19 13

23 23 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 23 11

21 24 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 20

31 25 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 25 5

26 26 T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 26 12

27 27 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 27 9

29 28 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 28 12

25 29 Steve Winwood – “Valerie” 25 14

33 30 George Michael – “Faith” 30 8

32 31 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 31 8

37 32 Prince – “It” 32 3

34 33 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 33 7

36 34 U2 – “In God's Country” 34 6

35 35 The Cars – “Strap Me In” 32 10

47 36 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 36 2

44 37 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 37 3

28 38 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 13 18

40 39 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 39 6

41 40 Paul Carrack – “Don't Shed a Tear” 40 6

42 41 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 41 8

43 42 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 42 6

30 43 Belinda Carlisle – “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” 16 16

39 44 They Might Be Giants – “Don't Let's Start” 39 10

38 45 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 12 20

45 46 Prince – “U Got the Look” 6 24

NE 47 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 47 1

46 48 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 5 23

48 49 The Hooters – “Satellite” 25 17

NE 50 Sting – “Be Still My Beating Heart” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 21 19

50 -- The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 8 22

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