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 Up by 1

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Down by 1

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 1

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 2

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 2

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 3

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Down by 2

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 3

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 1

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Down by 3

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 10

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 4

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
13

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
14 Up by 1

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 2

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
16

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 3

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
18

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 9

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Down by 1

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
21 Down by 1

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 12

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 6

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 7

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 1

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
26
Weeks
14
Number
27 Up by 8

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 2

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29 Down by 7

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
30 Down by 7

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
31 Up by 2

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 13

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 8

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
34 Up by 8

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 3

Don't Shed a Tear
Paul Carrack
From the album: One Good Reason
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37 Up by 3

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
37
Weeks
10
Number
38 Down by 9

Faith
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
39 Up by 2

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40 Debut

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 9

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
42 Up by 4

I Get Weak
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Debut

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 20

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
45 Down by 9

Valerie
Steve Winwood
From the album: Talking Back to the Night
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
46 Debut

Birthday
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 1

Be Still My Beating Heart
Sting
From the album: ...Nothing Like the Sun
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Debut

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 5

Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
From the album: They Might Be Giants
Peak
39
Weeks
12
Number
50 Down by 7

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
13
Weeks
20

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Strap Me In
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
47 Dropout

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
49 Dropout

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
50 Dropout

Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
16
Weeks
17

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Date

January 23, 1988

Songs

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2 1 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×1) 7

1 2 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×8) 18

4 3 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 3 14

6 4 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 4 9

3 5 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 14

9 6 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 6 8

5 7 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 16

11 8 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 8 6

10 9 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 9 12

7 10 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 20

21 11 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 11 7

8 12 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 15

13 13 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 5 19

15 14 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 12

13 15 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 21

16 16 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 14

14 17 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 26

18 18 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 18 10

28 19 Prince – “It” 19 5

19 20 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 19 17

20 21 Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 20 10

34 22 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 22 4

17 23 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 16 17

31 24 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 24 9

26 25 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 25 11

27 26 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 26 14

35 27 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 27 5

30 28 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 28 10

22 29 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 12 15

23 30 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 23 13

33 31 U2 – “In God's Country” 31 8

45 32 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 32 2

25 33 T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 25 14

42 34 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 34 3

38 35 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 35 8

39 36 Paul Carrack – “Don't Shed a Tear” 36 8

40 37 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 37 10

29 38 George Michael – “Faith” 29 10

41 39 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 39 8

NE 40 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 40 1

32 41 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 22

46 42 Belinda Carlisle – “I Get Weak” 42 2

NE 43 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 43 1

24 44 U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 19 15

36 45 Steve Winwood – “Valerie” 25 16

NE 46 The Sugarcubes – “Birthday” 46 1

48 47 Sting – “Be Still My Beating Heart” 47 3

NE 48 Eurythmics – “Shame” 48 1

44 49 They Might Be Giants – “Don't Let's Start” 39 12

43 50 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 13 20

DROPOUTS:

37 -- The Cars – “Strap Me In” 32 11

47 -- Yello – “Oh Yeah” 5 24

49 -- Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 12 21

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

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