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

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
3

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 3

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
7

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Charlton Heston
Stump
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 4

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Up by 1

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 1

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
12

Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)
Cyndi Lauper
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Up by 2

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14

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

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 4

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 1

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 1

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
19 Up by 3

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
Book of Love
From the album: Lullaby
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 5

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 5

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 9

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
23 Down by 2

What For
James
Peak
17
Weeks
23
Number
24

Blind
Talking Heads
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 5

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 5

Wild Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 6

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28

Ship of Fools
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
29

Glam Slam
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 2

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Down by 12

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 9

Jump in the River
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 10

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
34 Up by 3

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 8

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
36 Up by 2

The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
36
Weeks
13
Number
37 Up by 6

Back on the Breadline
Hunters & Collectors
From the album: Fate
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Re-Entry

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
39 Down by 5

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
40

I Feel Free
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41 Up by 1

Time and Tide
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
42 Up by 3

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 3

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 8

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
45 Up by 3

What's the Matter Here?
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

Put This Love to the Test
Jon Astley
From the album: The Compleat Angler
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

I Wish U Heaven
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 13

I Want Your (Hands on Me)
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: The Lion and the Cobra
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
49 Down by 10

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
31
Weeks
13
Number
50

Heart
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
5
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Finest Worksong
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
47 Dropout

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

Suedehead
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
3
Weeks
30

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Date

September 24, 1988

Songs

50

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1 1 Crowded House – “Better Be Home Soon” 1(×2) 12

2 2 10,000 Maniacs – “Like the Weather” 1(×2) 21

3 3 Mekons – “Ghosts Of American Astronauts” 3 16

4 4 Information Society – “What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)” 4 11

8 5 Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo” 5 8

6 6 Depeche Mode – “Route 66” 3 20

7 7 Morrissey – “Everyday Is Like Sunday” 7 19

9 8 Stump – “Charlton Heston” 8 10

5 9 New Order – “Blue Monday '88” 1(×4) 22

11 10 Debbie Harry – “Liar, Liar” 10 9

10 11 The Primitives – “Crash” 10 19

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

15 13 Julian Cope – “Charlotte Anne” 13 7

14 14 The Church – “Reptile” 14 14

16 15 Erasure – “Chains of Love” 15 8

20 16 10,000 Maniacs – “Verdi Cries” 16 7

18 17 Transvision Vamp – “Tell That Girl to Shut Up” 17 8

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

22 19 Book of Love – “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls” 19 9

25 20 The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 20 4

26 21 Rod Stewart – “Forever Young” 21 8

13 22 Eurythmics – “You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart” 7 18

21 23 James – “What For” 17 23

24 24 Talking Heads – “Blind” 24 12

30 25 INXS – “Never Tear Us Apart” 25 7

31 26 The Escape Club – “Wild Wild West” 26 6

33 27 When In Rome – “The Promise” 27 3

28 28 Robert Plant – “Ship of Fools” 27 15

29 29 Prince – “Glam Slam” 29 10

32 30 Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car” 30 10

19 31 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Balloon Man” 1(×4) 25

41 32 Sinéad O'Connor – “Jump in the River” 32 2

23 33 INXS – “New Sensation” 10 23

37 34 Camper Van Beethoven – “Eye of Fatima (Part One)” 34 8

27 35 The Timelords – “Doctorin' the Tardis” 6 18

38 36 Midnight Oil – “The Dead Heart” 36 13

43 37 Hunters & Collectors – “Back on the Breadline” 37 6

RE 38 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 12 19

34 39 Prince – “Alphabet St.” 15 22

40 40 Belinda Carlisle – “I Feel Free” 40 8

42 41 Basia – “Time and Tide” 41 6

45 42 Jane Wiedlin – “Inside A Dream” 42 4

46 43 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “What I Am” 43 2

36 44 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Satellite” 1(×1) 29

48 45 10,000 Maniacs – “What's the Matter Here?” 45 2

NE 46 Jon Astley – “Put This Love to the Test” 46 1

NE 47 Prince – “I Wish U Heaven” 47 1

35 48 Sinéad O'Connor – “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” 16 20

39 49 Robert Palmer – “Simply Irresistible” 31 13

50 50 Pet Shop Boys – “Heart” 5 23

DROPOUTS:

44 -- R.E.M. – “Finest Worksong” 22 15

47 -- The Church – “Under the Milky Way” 1(×6) 27

49 -- Morrissey – “Suedehead” 3 30

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