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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

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6 Up by 1

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

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
8

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
9

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
12 Up by 5

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 1

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
14

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
15

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
16 Down by 3

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
17 Up by 1

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 1

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 15

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 4

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
21

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22 Up by 1

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 3

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
24 Up by 5

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 1

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
26 Down by 1

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
27 Down by 5

Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Pretty Poison
From the album: Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
19
Weeks
19
Number
28

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 2

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Down by 4

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
32 Up by 3

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 5

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 6

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 1

Don't Shed a Tear
Paul Carrack
From the album: One Good Reason
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 1

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
36
Weeks
12
Number
37 Up by 2

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
37
Weeks
10
Number
38 Up by 9

Hot Thing
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 9

Housequake
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 1

I Get Weak
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 15

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
42 Up by 1

Birthday
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 11

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
44 Down by 11

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
45 Up by 4

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 4

When We Was Fab
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

The Motion Of Love
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

China in Your Hand
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
25
Weeks
15
Number
44 Dropout

Faith
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
45 Dropout

Trip Through Your Wires
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
19
Weeks
16

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Date

February 6, 1988

Songs

50

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1 1 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×3) 9

2 2 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 2 11

3 3 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 3 16

5 4 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 4 10

4 5 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×8) 20

7 6 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 6 8

6 7 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 16

8 8 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 18

9 9 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 9 14

10 10 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 10 9

11 11 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 22

17 12 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 12 6

12 13 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 17

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

15 15 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 16

13 16 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 5 21

18 17 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 17 12

19 18 Prince – “It” 18 7

34 19 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 19 3

16 20 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 23

21 21 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 21 11

23 22 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 22 7

20 23 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 28

29 24 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 24 4

24 25 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 24 13

25 26 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 25 16

22 27 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 19 19

28 28 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 28 12

31 29 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 29 5

30 30 U2 – “In God's Country” 30 10

27 31 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 16 19

35 32 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 32 10

38 33 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 33 3

40 34 Eurythmics – “Shame” 34 3

36 35 Paul Carrack – “Don't Shed a Tear” 35 10

37 36 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 36 12

39 37 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 37 10

47 38 Prince – “Hot Thing” 38 2

48 39 Prince – “Housequake” 39 2

41 40 Belinda Carlisle – “I Get Weak” 40 4

26 41 Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 20 12

43 42 The Sugarcubes – “Birthday” 42 3

32 43 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 12 17

33 44 The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 23 15

49 45 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 45 2

50 46 George Harrison – “When We Was Fab” 46 2

NE 47 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 47 1

NE 48 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 48 1

NE 49 Gene Loves Jezebel – “The Motion Of Love” 49 1

46 50 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 7 24

DROPOUTS:

42 -- T'Pau – “China in Your Hand” 25 15

44 -- George Michael – “Faith” 29 11

45 -- U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” 19 16

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