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

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
5 Up by 2

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 1

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 2

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9

Hot Hot Hot!!!
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Down by 5

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
11

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
12

(Nothing but) Flowers
Talking Heads
From the album: Naked
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 3

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Down 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
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
15

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16 Down by 2

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
17

Kiss and Tell
Bryan Ferry
From the album: "Bright Lights, Big City" Soundtrack
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 14

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 5

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 1

Breakaway
Big Pig
From the album: Bonk
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 1

Birth, School, Work, Death
The Godfathers
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
22 Down by 4

Hot Thing
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
23 Down by 4

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
24 Up by 9

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 2

Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Down by 4

When We Was Fab
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 4

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
28 Up by 1

Ingrid (and the Footman)
Jane Siberry
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 1

Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Down by 5

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
31 Down by 5

Always On My Mind
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 7

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 5

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
34 Up by 1

Everything Your Heart Desires
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Ooh Yeah!
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 1

Tall Cool One
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 1

Only A Memory
The Smithereens
From the album: Green Thoughts
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37 Up by 8

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 7

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
39 Up by 3

What For
James
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Down by 6

40 Years
House of Freaks
Peak
34
Weeks
12
Number
41 Up by 2

Heaven Knows
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
42 Up by 2

Moonbeam
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Down by 5

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
29
Weeks
17
Number
44 Up by 3

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 4

Starfish and Coffee
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
6
Weeks
30
Number
46 Debut

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 2

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Up by 2

So Important
Sparks
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

Just Like Heaven
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
36

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Housequake
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
22
Weeks
17
Number
48 Dropout

Touched By The Hand of God
New Order
From the album: Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
14
Weeks
22

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Date

May 28, 1988

Songs

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2 1 The Church – “Under the Milky Way” 1(×1) 11

1 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Satellite” 1(×1) 12

3 3 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 1(×5) 19

4 4 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 4 20

7 5 Morrissey – “Suedehead” 5 14

6 6 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 6 17

8 7 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Balloon Man” 7 8

10 8 Pet Shop Boys – “Heart” 8 6

9 9 The Cure – “Hot Hot Hot!!!” 9 14

5 10 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 1(×2) 24

11 11 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 11 18

12 12 Talking Heads – “(Nothing but) Flowers” 12 11

16 13 New Order – “Blue Monday '88” 13 5

13 14 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 1(×3) 26

15 15 The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before” 15 16

14 16 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 1(×4) 27

17 17 Bryan Ferry – “Kiss and Tell” 17 14

32 18 Depeche Mode – “Route 66” 18 3

24 19 INXS – “New Sensation” 19 6

21 20 Big Pig – “Breakaway” 20 10

20 21 The Godfathers – “Birth, School, Work, Death” 19 15

18 22 Prince – “Hot Thing” 10 18

19 23 Eurythmics – “Shame” 7 19

33 24 10,000 Maniacs – “Like the Weather” 24 4

27 25 Thomas Dolby – “Airhead” 25 7

22 26 George Harrison – “When We Was Fab” 16 18

23 27 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 18 19

29 28 Jane Siberry – “Ingrid (and the Footman)” 28 9

30 29 Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning” 29 9

25 30 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×3) 25

26 31 Pet Shop Boys – “Always On My Mind” 26 10

39 32 Prince – “Alphabet St.” 32 5

28 33 R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 7 22

35 34 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Everything Your Heart Desires” 34 7

36 35 Robert Plant – “Tall Cool One” 35 8

37 36 The Smithereens – “Only A Memory” 36 8

45 37 Sinéad O'Connor – “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” 37 3

31 38 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 9 21

42 39 James – “What For” 39 6

34 40 House of Freaks – “40 Years” 34 12

43 41 Robert Plant – “Heaven Knows” 41 7

44 42 Men Without Hats – “Moonbeam” 42 4

38 43 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 29 17

47 44 Morrissey – “Everyday Is Like Sunday” 44 2

41 45 Prince – “Starfish and Coffee” 6 30

NE 46 The Timelords – “Doctorin' the Tardis” 46 1

49 47 The Primitives – “Crash” 47 2

50 48 Sparks – “So Important” 48 2

NE 49 Eurythmics – “You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart” 49 1

46 50 The Cure – “Just Like Heaven” 1(×8) 36

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Prince – “Housequake” 22 17

48 -- New Order – “Touched By The Hand of God” 14 22

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