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

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 1

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
7

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
8 Up by 2

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Charlton Heston
Stump
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 1

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
11 Up by 5

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12

Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)
Cyndi Lauper
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 5

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
14

Reptile
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 3

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
18 Up by 5

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 6

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 6

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 1

What For
James
Peak
17
Weeks
22
Number
22 Up by 3

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
Book of Love
From the album: Lullaby
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 5

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
24

Blind
Talking Heads
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Up by 6

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 3

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 6

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
28 Down by 1

Ship of Fools
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
29 Up by 1

Glam Slam
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 3

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 4

Wild Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 2

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 10

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 12

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
35 Down by 7

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion and the Cobra
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
36 Down by 4

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
37 Up by 2

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38

The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
38
Weeks
12
Number
39 Down by 2

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
40

I Feel Free
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Debut

Jump in the River
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Up by 2

Time and Tide
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
42
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 2

Back on the Breadline
Hunters & Collectors
From the album: Fate
Peak
43
Weeks
5
Number
44 Down by 8

Finest Worksong
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
45 Up by 2

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Debut

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 6

Under the Milky Way
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
48 Debut

What's the Matter Here?
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 7

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
3
Weeks
30
Number
50 Down by 4

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
5
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
49 Dropout

So Important
Sparks
Peak
32
Weeks
17
Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

September 17, 1988

Songs

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2 1 Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon" 1(×1) 11

1 2 10,000 Maniacs – "Like the Weather" 1(×2) 20

3 3 Mekons – "Ghosts Of American Astronauts" 3 15

5 4 Information Society – "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" 4 10

4 5 New Order – "Blue Monday '88" 1(×4) 21

6 6 Depeche Mode – "Route 66" 3 19

7 7 Morrissey – "Everyday Is Like Sunday" 7 18

10 8 Siouxsie and The Banshees – "Peek-a-Boo" 8 7

9 9 Stump – "Charlton Heston" 9 9

11 10 The Primitives – "Crash" 10 18

16 11 Debbie Harry – "Liar, Liar" 11 8

12 12 Cyndi Lauper – "Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)" 12 11

8 13 Eurythmics – "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart" 7 17

14 14 The Church – "Reptile" 14 13

15 15 Julian Cope – "Charlotte Anne" 15 6

19 16 Erasure – "Chains of Love" 16 7

17 17 Love and Rockets – "Mirror People" 17 16

23 18 Transvision Vamp – "Tell That Girl to Shut Up" 18 7

13 19 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – "Balloon Man" 1(×4) 24

26 20 10,000 Maniacs – "Verdi Cries" 20 6

20 21 James – "What For" 17 22

25 22 Book of Love – "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" 22 8

18 23 INXS – "New Sensation" 10 22

24 24 Talking Heads – "Blind" 24 11

31 25 The Psychedelic Furs – "All That Money Wants" 25 3

29 26 Rod Stewart – "Forever Young" 26 7

21 27 The Timelords – "Doctorin' the Tardis" 6 17

27 28 Robert Plant – "Ship of Fools" 27 14

30 29 Prince – "Glam Slam" 29 9

33 30 INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart" 30 6

35 31 The Escape Club – "Wild Wild West" 31 5

34 32 Tracy Chapman – "Fast Car" 32 9

43 33 When In Rome – "The Promise" 33 2

22 34 Prince – "Alphabet St." 15 21

28 35 Sinéad O'Connor – "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" 16 19

32 36 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Satellite" 1(×1) 28

39 37 Camper Van Beethoven – "Eye of Fatima (Part One)" 37 7

38 38 Midnight Oil – "The Dead Heart" 38 12

37 39 Robert Palmer – "Simply Irresistible" 31 12

40 40 Belinda Carlisle – "I Feel Free" 40 7

NE 41 Sinéad O'Connor – "Jump in the River" 41 1

44 42 Basia – "Time and Tide" 42 5

45 43 Hunters & Collectors – "Back on the Breadline" 43 5

36 44 R.E.M. – "Finest Worksong" 22 15

47 45 Jane Wiedlin – "Inside A Dream" 45 3

NE 46 Edie Brickell New Bohemians – "What I Am" 46 1

41 47 The Church – "Under the Milky Way" 1(×6) 27

NE 48 10,000 Maniacs – "What's the Matter Here?" 48 1

42 49 Morrissey – "Suedehead" 3 30

46 50 Pet Shop Boys – "Heart" 5 22

DROPOUTS:

48 -- Thomas Dolby – "Airhead" 14 22

49 -- Sparks – "So Important" 32 17

50 -- Eurythmics – "I Need You" 1(×5) 34

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