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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

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2 Up by 1

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Up by 1

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Down by 2

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
5

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
7 Up by 1

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8 Down by 1

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 2

Charlton Heston
Stump
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 11

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 1

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
12

Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)
Cyndi Lauper
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 4

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
14

Reptile
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Up by 1

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Up by 3

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 1

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18 Down by 5

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
19 Up by 4

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

What For
James
Peak
17
Weeks
21
Number
21 Down by 6

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
22 Down by 5

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
23 Up by 5

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24

Blind
Talking Heads
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 4

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 6

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

Ship of Fools
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
28 Down by 6

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion And The Cobra
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
29 Up by 4

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Glam Slam
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 6

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 7

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
33 Up by 2

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Up by 1

Wild Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 10

Finest Worksong
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
37 Down by 6

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
38

The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
38
Weeks
11
Number
39 Up by 2

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 3

I Feel Free
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 2

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
42 Down by 2

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
3
Weeks
29
Number
43 Debut

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 2

Time and Tide
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
45 Up by 2

Back on the Breadline
Hunters & Collectors
From the album: Fate
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Down by 4

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
47 Up by 1

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 4

Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
49 Down by 4

So Important
Sparks
Peak
32
Weeks
17
Number
50 Down by 1

I Need You
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
34

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

Moonbeam
Men Without Hats
From the album: Pop Goes the World
Peak
29
Weeks
18

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Date

September 10, 1988

Songs

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1 1 10,000 Maniacs – “Like the Weather” 1(×2) 19

3 2 Crowded House – “Better Be Home Soon” 2 10

4 3 Mekons – “Ghosts Of American Astronauts” 3 14

2 4 New Order – “Blue Monday '88” 1(×4) 20

5 5 Information Society – “What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)” 5 9

6 6 Depeche Mode – “Route 66” 3 18

8 7 Morrissey – “Everyday Is Like Sunday” 7 17

7 8 Eurythmics – “You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart” 7 16

11 9 Stump – “Charlton Heston” 9 8

21 10 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo” 10 6

10 11 The Primitives – “Crash” 10 17

12 12 Cyndi Lauper – “Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)” 12 10

9 13 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Balloon Man” 1(×4) 23

14 14 The Church – “Reptile” 14 12

16 15 Julian Cope – “Charlotte Anne” 15 5

19 16 Debbie Harry – “Liar, Liar” 16 7

18 17 Love and Rockets – “Mirror People” 17 15

13 18 INXS – “New Sensation” 10 21

23 19 Erasure – “Chains of Love” 19 6

20 20 James – “What For” 17 21

15 21 The Timelords – “Doctorin' the Tardis” 6 16

17 22 Prince – “Alphabet St.” 15 20

28 23 Transvision Vamp – “Tell That Girl to Shut Up” 23 6

24 24 Talking Heads – “Blind” 24 10

29 25 BOOK OF LOVE – “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls” 25 7

32 26 10,000 Maniacs – “Verdi Cries” 26 5

27 27 Robert Plant – “Ship of Fools” 27 13

22 28 Sinéad O'Connor – “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” 16 18

33 29 Rod Stewart – “Forever Young” 29 6

30 30 Prince – “Glam Slam” 30 8

37 31 The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 31 2

25 32 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Satellite” 1(×1) 27

35 33 INXS – “Never Tear Us Apart” 33 5

34 34 Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car” 34 8

36 35 The Escape Club – “Wild Wild West” 35 4

26 36 R.E.M. – “Finest Worksong” 22 14

31 37 Robert Palmer – “Simply Irresistible” 31 11

38 38 Midnight Oil – “The Dead Heart” 38 11

41 39 Camper Van Beethoven – “Eye of Fatima (Part One)” 39 6

43 40 Belinda Carlisle – “I Feel Free” 40 6

39 41 The Church – “Under the Milky Way” 1(×6) 26

40 42 Morrissey – “Suedehead” 3 29

NE 43 When In Rome – “The Promise” 43 1

46 44 Basia – “Time and Tide” 44 5

47 45 Hunters & Collectors – “Back on the Breadline” 45 4

42 46 Pet Shop Boys – “Heart” 5 21

48 47 Jane Wiedlin – “Inside A Dream” 47 2

44 48 Thomas Dolby – “Airhead” 14 22

45 49 Sparks – “So Important” 32 17

49 50 Eurythmics – “I Need You” 1(×5) 34

DROPOUTS:

50 -- Men Without Hats – “Moonbeam” 29 18

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