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

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
5

Like the Weather
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
6 Up by 4

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
From the album: Viva Hate
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
8

Charlton Heston
Stump
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 4

Route 66
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
11

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 1

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 1

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 2

Crash
The Primitives
From the album: Lovely
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
15 Up by 1

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 2

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
Book of Love
From the album: Lullaby
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17

Reptile
The Church
From the album: Starfish
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
18 Down by 3

Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)
Cyndi Lauper
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 1

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 2

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 2

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 2

Wild Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 4

Jump in the River
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 5

Blue Monday '88
New Order
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
25 Down by 4

Mirror People
Love and Rockets
From the album: Earth, Sun, Moon
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
26

Ship of Fools
Robert Plant
From the album: Now and Zen
Peak
26
Weeks
17
Number
27 Down by 2

Blind
Talking Heads
Peak
24
Weeks
14
Number
28 Up by 5

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
29 Up by 3

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
31 Up by 3

Back on the Breadline
Hunters & Collectors
From the album: Fate
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 4

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 4

Glam Slam
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 7

Put This Love to the Test
Jon Astley
From the album: The Compleat Angler
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
From the album: Diesel and Dust
Peak
35
Weeks
15
Number
36 Up by 1

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
37 Down by 9

You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics
From the album: Savage
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
38 Down by 7

What For
James
Peak
17
Weeks
25
Number
39 Up by 4

I Wish U Heaven
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40

Time and Tide
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41 Up by 1

What's the Matter Here?
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 4

Into Temptation
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 5

Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 6

Doctorin' the Tardis
The Timelords
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
45 Down by 6

Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
46 Debut

Desire
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Ana Ng
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Lincoln
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 1

Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 2

Satellite
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
50 Debut

Jane Says
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Jane's Addiction
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

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

I Feel Free
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Heaven On Earth
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
50 Dropout

Alphabet St.
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
15
Weeks
23

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Date

October 8, 1988

Songs

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2 1 Siouxsie and The Banshees – "Peek-a-Boo" 1(×1) 10

1 2 Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon" 1(×3) 14

3 3 Information Society – "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" 3 13

4 4 Mekons – "Ghosts Of American Astronauts" 3 18

5 5 10,000 Maniacs – "Like the Weather" 1(×2) 23

10 6 The Psychedelic Furs – "All That Money Wants" 6 6

7 7 Morrissey – "Everyday Is Like Sunday" 7 21

8 8 Stump – "Charlton Heston" 8 12

9 9 Debbie Harry – "Liar, Liar" 9 11

6 10 Depeche Mode – "Route 66" 3 22

11 11 Erasure – "Chains of Love" 11 10

13 12 Julian Cope – "Charlotte Anne" 12 9

14 13 10,000 Maniacs – "Verdi Cries" 13 9

12 14 The Primitives – "Crash" 10 21

16 15 Transvision Vamp – "Tell That Girl to Shut Up" 15 10

18 16 Book of Love – "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" 16 11

17 17 The Church – "Reptile" 14 16

15 18 Cyndi Lauper – "Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China)" 12 14

20 19 Rod Stewart – "Forever Young" 19 10

22 20 When In Rome – "The Promise" 20 5

23 21 INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart" 21 9

24 22 The Escape Club – "Wild Wild West" 22 8

27 23 Sinéad O'Connor – "Jump in the River" 23 4

19 24 New Order – "Blue Monday '88" 1(×4) 24

21 25 Love and Rockets – "Mirror People" 17 19

26 26 Robert Plant – "Ship of Fools" 26 17

25 27 Talking Heads – "Blind" 24 14

33 28 R.E.M. – "Talk About the Passion" 12 21

32 29 Camper Van Beethoven – "Eye of Fatima (Part One)" 29 10

30 30 Tracy Chapman – "Fast Car" 30 12

34 31 Hunters & Collectors – "Back on the Breadline" 31 8

36 32 Edie Brickell New Bohemians – "What I Am" 32 4

29 33 Prince – "Glam Slam" 29 12

41 34 Jon Astley – "Put This Love to the Test" 34 3

35 35 Midnight Oil – "The Dead Heart" 35 15

37 36 Jane Wiedlin – "Inside A Dream" 36 6

28 37 Eurythmics – "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart" 7 20

31 38 James – "What For" 17 25

43 39 Prince – "I Wish U Heaven" 39 3

40 40 Basia – "Time and Tide" 40 8

42 41 10,000 Maniacs – "What's the Matter Here?" 41 4

46 42 Crowded House – "Into Temptation" 42 2

48 43 Q Lazzarus – "Goodbye Horses" 43 2

38 44 The Timelords – "Doctorin' the Tardis" 6 20

39 45 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – "Balloon Man" 1(×4) 27

NE 46 U2 – "Desire" 46 1

NE 47 They Might Be Giants – "Ana Ng" 47 1

49 48 Tracy Chapman – "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" 48 2

47 49 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Satellite" 1(×1) 31

NE 50 Jane's Addiction – "Jane Says" 50 1

DROPOUTS:

44 -- INXS – "New Sensation" 10 24

45 -- Belinda Carlisle – "I Feel Free" 40 9

50 -- Prince – "Alphabet St." 15 23

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