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 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 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
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 1

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 3

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 1

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Up by 2

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 3

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
10 Down by 1

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
11 Up by 5

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 1

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
13 Down by 1

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
14 Up by 5

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 2

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 1

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 4

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Down by 1

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 4

Hot Thing
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
21 Down by 7

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
22 Up by 6

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 1

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 6

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
25 Down by 3

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
26 Up by 1

Housequake
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 4

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 4

When We Was Fab
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 1

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
29
Weeks
14
Number
30 Down by 5

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
31 Up by 3

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 6

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
33 Down by 4

Waterfall
Wendy & Lisa
From the album: Wendy and Lisa
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
34 Up by 11

Hot Hot Hot!!!
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 3

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 1

I Get Weak
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37 Down by 4

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
38 Up by 5

Birth, School, Work, Death
The Godfathers
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39

Birthday
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 2

The Motion Of Love
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 5

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Down by 6

On The Turning Away
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
36
Weeks
14
Number
43 Up by 1

Devil Inside
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 3

Kiss and Tell
Bryan Ferry
From the album: "Bright Lights, Big City" Soundtrack
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 10

Rhythm of Love
Yes
From the album: Big Generator
Peak
28
Weeks
16
Number
46 Down by 6

In God's Country
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
30
Weeks
14
Number
47 Up by 1

One Step Up
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 2

Father Figure
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 8

Hazy Shade of Winter
The Bangles
From the album: Less than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
24
Weeks
17
Number
50 Down by 1

Got My Mind Set on You
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
25
Weeks
20

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Date

March 5, 1988

Songs

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1 1 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 1(×4) 15

3 2 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 2 14

4 3 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 3 12

5 4 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 4 7

2 5 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×3) 13

7 6 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 6 18

8 7 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 7 10

10 8 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 8 8

6 9 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 3 20

9 10 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×8) 24

16 11 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 11 9

11 12 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 20

12 13 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 22

19 14 Eurythmics – “Shame” 14 7

13 15 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 10 13

15 16 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 20

21 17 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 17 11

17 18 Prince – “It” 17 11

23 19 Prince – “Hot Thing” 19 6

20 20 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 20 15

14 21 The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 18

28 22 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 22 5

24 23 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 23 7

18 24 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 26

22 25 Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 21

27 26 Prince – “Housequake” 26 6

31 27 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 27 6

32 28 George Harrison – “When We Was Fab” 28 6

30 29 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 29 14

25 30 The Smiths – “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” 17 16

34 31 The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before” 31 4

26 32 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 27

29 33 Wendy & Lisa – “Waterfall” 5 25

45 34 The Cure – “Hot Hot Hot!!!” 34 2

38 35 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 35 5

37 36 Belinda Carlisle – “I Get Weak” 36 8

33 37 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×8) 32

43 38 The Godfathers – “Birth, School, Work, Death” 38 3

39 39 The Sugarcubes – “Birthday” 39 7

42 40 Gene Loves Jezebel – “The Motion Of Love” 40 5

46 41 Morrissey – “Suedehead” 41 2

36 42 Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away” 36 14

44 43 INXS – “Devil Inside” 43 3

47 44 Bryan Ferry – “Kiss and Tell” 44 2

35 45 Yes – “Rhythm of Love” 28 16

40 46 U2 – “In God's Country” 30 14

48 47 Bruce Springsteen – “One Step Up” 47 2

50 48 George Michael – “Father Figure” 48 2

41 49 The Bangles – “Hazy Shade of Winter” 24 17

49 50 George Harrison – “Got My Mind Set on You” 25 20

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