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

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 1

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 2

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 3

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 3

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9

Hot Hot Hot!!!
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Down by 3

Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
11 Up by 1

(Nothing but) Flowers
Talking Heads
From the album: Naked
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Down by 4

Rent
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 6

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 1

Mandinka
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
15 Up by 1

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 1

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
17

Kiss and Tell
Bryan Ferry
From the album: "Bright Lights, Big City" Soundtrack
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
18

Breakaway
Big Pig
From the album: Bonk
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 2

Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 4

Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 7

No New Tale to Tell
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
22 Up by 5

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 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
28
Number
24 Down by 2

Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
25 Up by 1

Ingrid (and the Footman)
Jane Siberry
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 11

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 4

Birth, School, Work, Death
The Godfathers
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 2

Everything Your Heart Desires
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Ooh Yeah!
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 4

Hot Thing
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 2

Tall Cool One
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 4

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 4

What For
James
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 1

Only A Memory
The Smithereens
From the album: Green Thoughts
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
34 Down by 6

Shame
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
35 Down by 6

I Wanna Be A Flintstone
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Peak
18
Weeks
21
Number
36 Up by 2

Heaven Knows
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
36
Weeks
9
Number
37 Up by 7

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 1

Moonbeam
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 1

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 3

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 10

When We Was Fab
George Harrison
From the album: Cloud Nine
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
42 Up by 4

So Important
Sparks
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Down by 10

I Need a Man
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
44 Up by 6

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 4

Always On My Mind
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
46 Debut

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 2

Turquoise Jewelry
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Finest Worksong
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Circle in the Sand
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 3

40 Years
House of Freaks
Peak
34
Weeks
14

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Exhuming McCarthy
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
45 Dropout

Collideascope
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
48 Dropout

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Peak
29
Weeks
18

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Date

June 11, 1988

Songs

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1 1 The Church – “Under the Milky Way” 1(×3) 13

2 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Satellite” 1(×1) 14

3 3 Morrissey – “Suedehead” 3 16

5 4 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Balloon Man” 4 10

6 5 Pet Shop Boys – “Heart” 5 8

4 6 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 1(×5) 21

10 7 New Order – “Blue Monday '88” 7 7

11 8 Depeche Mode – “Route 66” 8 5

9 9 The Cure – “Hot Hot Hot!!!” 9 16

7 10 Terence Trent D'Arby – “Wishing Well” 4 22

12 11 Talking Heads – “(Nothing but) Flowers” 11 13

8 12 Pet Shop Boys – “Rent” 6 19

19 13 10,000 Maniacs – “Like the Weather” 13 6

13 14 Sinéad O'Connor – “Mandinka” 11 20

16 15 INXS – “New Sensation” 15 8

15 16 The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before” 15 18

17 17 Bryan Ferry – “Kiss and Tell” 17 16

18 18 Big Pig – “Breakaway” 18 12

21 19 Thomas Dolby – “Airhead” 19 9

24 20 Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning” 20 11

14 21 Love and Rockets – “No New Tale to Tell” 1(×2) 26

27 22 Prince – “Alphabet St.” 22 7

20 23 R.E.M. – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 1(×3) 28

22 24 Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again” 1(×4) 29

26 25 Jane Siberry – “Ingrid (and the Footman)” 25 11

37 26 The Timelords – “Doctorin' the Tardis” 26 3

23 27 The Godfathers – “Birth, School, Work, Death” 19 17

30 28 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Everything Your Heart Desires” 28 9

25 29 Prince – “Hot Thing” 10 20

32 30 Robert Plant – “Tall Cool One” 30 10

35 31 Sinéad O'Connor – “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” 31 5

36 32 James – “What For” 32 8

34 33 The Smithereens – “Only A Memory” 33 10

28 34 Eurythmics – “Shame” 7 21

29 35 The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” 18 21

38 36 Robert Plant – “Heaven Knows” 36 9

44 37 Eurythmics – “You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart” 37 3

39 38 Men Without Hats – “Moonbeam” 38 6

40 39 Morrissey – “Everyday Is Like Sunday” 39 4

43 40 The Primitives – “Crash” 40 4

31 41 George Harrison – “When We Was Fab” 16 20

46 42 Sparks – “So Important” 42 4

33 43 Eurythmics – “I Need a Man” 1(×3) 27

50 44 Love and Rockets – “Mirror People” 44 2

41 45 Pet Shop Boys – “Always On My Mind” 26 12

NE 46 Mekons – “Ghosts Of American Astronauts” 46 1

49 47 Camper Van Beethoven – “Turquoise Jewelry” 47 2

NE 48 R.E.M. – “Finest Worksong” 48 1

NE 49 Belinda Carlisle – “Circle in the Sand” 49 1

47 50 House of Freaks – “40 Years” 34 14

DROPOUTS:

42 -- R.E.M. – “Exhuming McCarthy” 7 23

45 -- The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Collideascope” 9 22

48 -- Echo & the Bunnymen – “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 29 18

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