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 You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
2
Weeks
17
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
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 1

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 1

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 1

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 1

Hot Thing
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Down by 3

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 1

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 1

Hot Hot Hot!!!
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 9

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Up by 4

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Down by 4

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
18

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19

When We Was Fab
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 4

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
21 Down by 4

Need You Tonight
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
22

Housequake
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 1

Birth, School, Work, Death
The Godfathers
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 4

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
26 Up by 2

Kiss and Tell
Bryan Ferry
From the album: "Bright Lights, Big City" Soundtrack
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 1

Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
28 Down by 1

I Don't Mind at All
Bourgeois Tagg
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
29

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 7

(Nothing but) Flowers
Talking Heads
From the album: Naked
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 1

Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
10
Weeks
25
Number
32 Down by 1

It
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
33 Down by 1

I Get Weak
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
32
Weeks
13
Number
34

Birthday
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
34
Weeks
12
Number
35

The Motion Of Love
Gene Loves Jezebel
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36

Devil Inside
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37 Down by 4

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
From the album: Actually
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
38 Up by 5

Always On My Mind
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 1

Father Figure
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Up by 2

40 Years
House of Freaks
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41

One Step Up
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Tunnel of Love
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
42 Down by 4

Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
43 Debut

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 3

Breakaway
Big Pig
From the album: Bonk
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 3

Ingrid (and the Footman)
Jane Siberry
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 3

Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 8

Litany (Life Goes On)
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
29
Weeks
19
Number
48 Debut

Only A Memory
The Smithereens
From the album: Green Thoughts
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Tall Cool One
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 6

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
31

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

New Direction
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
46 Dropout

The Perfect Girl
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
13
Weeks
22
Number
50 Dropout

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
3
Weeks
31

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Date

April 9, 1988

Songs

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1 1 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 1(×2) 12

2 2 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 2 17

3 3 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 1(×3) 19

5 4 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 4 13

4 5 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 1(×4) 20

6 6 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×3) 18

7 7 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 7 15

8 8 Eurythmics – “Shame” 8 12

10 9 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Satellite” 9 5

11 10 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 10 10

12 11 Prince – “Hot Thing” 11 11

9 12 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 9 14

14 13 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 13 11

15 14 The Cure – “Hot Hot Hot!!!” 14 7

24 15 The Church – “Under the Milky Way” 15 4

20 16 Morrissey – “Suedehead” 16 7

13 17 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 6 23

18 18 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 18 12

19 19 George Harrison – “When We Was Fab” 19 11

16 20 New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 14 16

17 21 INXS – “Need You Tonight” 3 25

22 22 Prince – “Housequake” 22 11

23 23 The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before” 23 9

25 24 The Godfathers – “Birth, School, Work, Death” 24 8

21 25 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×8) 29

28 26 Bryan Ferry – “Kiss and Tell” 26 7

26 27 Eurythmics – “Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)” 2 25

27 28 Bourgeois Tagg – “I Don't Mind at All” 1(×1) 27

29 29 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 29 10

37 30 Talking Heads – “(Nothing but) Flowers” 30 4

30 31 Men Without Hats – “Pop Goes the World” 10 25

31 32 Prince – “It” 17 16

32 33 Belinda Carlisle – “I Get Weak” 32 13

34 34 The Sugarcubes – “Birthday” 34 12

35 35 Gene Loves Jezebel – “The Motion Of Love” 35 10

36 36 INXS – “Devil Inside” 36 8

33 37 Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” 10 18

43 38 Pet Shop Boys – “Always On My Mind” 38 3

40 39 George Michael – “Father Figure” 39 7

42 40 House of Freaks – “40 Years” 40 5

41 41 Bruce Springsteen – “One Step Up” 41 7

38 42 Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” 20 20

NE 43 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Balloon Man” 43 1

47 44 Big Pig – “Breakaway” 44 3

48 45 Jane Siberry – “Ingrid (and the Footman)” 45 2

49 46 Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning” 46 2

39 47 Guadalcanal Diary – “Litany (Life Goes On)” 29 19

NE 48 The Smithereens – “Only A Memory” 48 1

NE 49 Robert Plant – “Tall Cool One” 49 1

44 50 New Order – “True Faith” 1(×7) 31

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Echo & the Bunnymen – “New Direction” 7 25

46 -- The Cure – “The Perfect Girl” 13 22

50 -- Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 3 31

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