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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

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
6 Up by 7

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 2

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
9 Up by 2

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 2

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 2

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
12 Down by 2

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 6

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
15

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
16 Down by 4

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
17

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Down by 3

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
20

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 2

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 4

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 2

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
25 Down by 2

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
26 Up by 3

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 6

Hot Thing
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 3

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
29 Up by 5

Housequake
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
31 Down by 3

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
28
Weeks
14
Number
32

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
33 Up by 7

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 8

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
35 Up by 8

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 7

When We Was Fab
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
37
Weeks
12
Number
38 Up by 1

I Get Weak
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 8

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 1

Birthday
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 10

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
25
Weeks
18
Number
42 Up by 3

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 1

Red Hill Mining Town
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
16
Weeks
21
Number
44 Up by 2

The Motion Of Love
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 10

Don't Shed a Tear
Paul Carrack
From the album: One Good Reason
Peak
35
Weeks
12
Number
46 Down by 10

Tunnel of Love
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
36
Weeks
14
Number
47 Down by 9

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

Devil Inside
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Birth, School, Work, Death
The Godfathers
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 2

Mean to Me
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
12
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
50 Dropout

Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm
Peak
23
Weeks
16

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Date

February 20, 1988

Songs

50

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1 1 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 1(×2) 13

2 2 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×3) 11

3 3 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 3 12

5 4 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 4 10

4 5 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 3 18

13 6 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 6 5

7 7 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 7 16

6 8 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×8) 22

11 9 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 9 8

8 10 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 18

9 11 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 20

10 12 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 10 11

19 13 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 13 6

14 14 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 16

15 15 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 18

12 16 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 24

17 17 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 17 14

18 18 Prince – “It” 18 9

16 19 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 19

20 20 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 20 13

21 21 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 21 9

24 22 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 22 7

27 23 Eurythmics – “Shame” 23 5

22 24 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 5 23

23 25 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 25

29 26 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 26 5

33 27 Prince – “Hot Thing” 27 4

25 28 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 30

34 29 Prince – “Housequake” 29 4

30 30 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 30 12

28 31 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 28 14

32 32 U2 – “In God's Country” 30 12

40 33 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 33 3

26 34 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 24 15

43 35 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 35 4

43 36 George Harrison – “When We Was Fab” 36 4

37 37 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 37 12

39 38 Belinda Carlisle – “I Get Weak” 38 6

47 39 The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before” 39 2

41 40 The Sugarcubes – “Birthday” 40 5

31 41 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 25 18

45 42 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 42 3

44 43 U2 – “Red Hill Mining Town” 16 21

46 44 Gene Loves Jezebel – “The Motion Of Love” 44 3

35 45 Paul Carrack – “Don't Shed a Tear” 35 12

36 46 Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” 36 14

38 47 Pretty Poison – “Catch Me (I'm Falling)” 19 21

NE 48 INXS – “Devil Inside” 48 1

NE 49 The Godfathers – “Birth, School, Work, Death” 49 1

48 50 Crowded House – “Mean to Me” 12 19

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Prince – “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” 20 13

50 -- The Alarm – “Rain in the Summertime” 23 16

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