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

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2 Down by 1

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 1

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 2

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
7

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 1

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Down by 1

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Up by 1

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 2

Charlton Heston
Stump
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)
Cyndi Lauper
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 3

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 2

Reptile
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Down by 1

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 3

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 2

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
18

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 3

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 3

What For
James
Peak
17
Weeks
20
Number
21 Up by 4

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 2

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion and the Cobra
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
23 Up by 3

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

Blind
Talking Heads
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 4

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
26 Down by 3

Finest Worksong
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
27

Ship of Fools
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Up by 4

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 4

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
Book of Love
From the album: Lullaby
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Glam Slam
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 5

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 2

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 7

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 7

Wild Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 3

The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
38
Weeks
10
Number
39 Down by 11

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
40 Down by 11

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
41 Up by 4

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 7

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
43 Up by 1

I Feel Free
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
43
Weeks
5
Number
44 Down by 6

Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
45 Down by 5

So Important
Sparks
Peak
32
Weeks
16
Number
46 Up by 2

Time and Tide
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Up by 3

Back on the Breadline
Hunters & Collectors
From the album: Fate
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Down by 9

Kidney Bingos
Wire
Peak
34
Weeks
12
Number
49 Debut

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 4

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
33

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

Moonbeam
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
29
Weeks
17
Number
49 Dropout

Heaven Knows
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
27
Weeks
20

A chart by

Date

September 3, 1988

Songs

50

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2 1 10,000 Maniacs – "Like the Weather" 1(×1) 18

1 2 New Order – "Blue Monday '88" 1(×4) 19

3 3 Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon" 3 9

5 4 Mekons – "Ghosts Of American Astronauts" 4 13

6 5 Information Society – "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" 5 8

4 6 Depeche Mode – "Route 66" 3 17

7 7 Eurythmics – "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart" 7 15

9 8 Morrissey – "Everyday Is Like Sunday" 8 16

8 9 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – "Balloon Man" 1(×4) 22

11 10 The Primitives – "Crash" 10 16

13 11 Stump – "Charlton Heston" 11 7

12 12 Cyndi Lauper – "Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)" 12 9

10 13 INXS – "New Sensation" 10 20

16 14 The Church – "Reptile" 14 11

14 15 The Timelords – "Doctorin' the Tardis" 6 15

19 16 Julian Cope – "Charlotte Anne" 16 4

15 17 Prince – "Alphabet St." 15 19

18 18 Love and Rockets – "Mirror People" 18 14

22 19 Debbie Harry – "Liar, Liar" 19 6

17 20 James – "What For" 17 20

25 21 Siouxsie and The Banshees – "Peek-a-Boo" 21 5

20 22 Sinéad O'Connor – "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" 16 17

26 23 Erasure – "Chains of Love" 23 5

24 24 Talking Heads – "Blind" 24 9

21 25 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Satellite" 1(×1) 26

23 26 R.E.M. – "Finest Worksong" 22 13

27 27 Robert Plant – "Ship of Fools" 27 12

32 28 Transvision Vamp – "Tell That Girl to Shut Up" 28 5

33 29 Book of Love – "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" 29 6

30 30 Prince – "Glam Slam" 30 7

31 31 Robert Palmer – "Simply Irresistible" 31 10

37 32 10,000 Maniacs – "Verdi Cries" 32 4

34 33 Rod Stewart – "Forever Young" 33 5

36 34 Tracy Chapman – "Fast Car" 34 7

42 35 INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart" 35 4

43 36 The Escape Club – "Wild Wild West" 36 3

NE 37 The Psychedelic Furs – "All That Money Wants" 37 1

41 38 Midnight Oil – "The Dead Heart" 38 10

28 39 The Church – "Under the Milky Way" 1(×6) 25

29 40 Morrissey – "Suedehead" 3 28

45 41 Camper Van Beethoven – "Eye of Fatima (Part One)" 41 5

35 42 Pet Shop Boys – "Heart" 5 20

44 43 Belinda Carlisle – "I Feel Free" 43 5

38 44 Thomas Dolby – "Airhead" 14 21

40 45 Sparks – "So Important" 32 16

48 46 Basia – "Time and Tide" 46 3

50 47 Hunters & Collectors – "Back on the Breadline" 47 3

39 48 Wire – "Kidney Bingos" 34 12

NE 49 Jane Wiedlin – "Inside A Dream" 49 1

46 50 Eurythmics – "I Need You" 1(×5) 33

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Men Without Hats – "Moonbeam" 29 17

49 -- Robert Plant – "Heaven Knows" 27 20

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