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

Orange Crush
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 1

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
4 Down by 1

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
5 Up by 3

Into Temptation
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Jump in the River
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Up by 4

Ana Ng
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Lincoln
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 4

The Great Commandment
CAMOUFLAGE
From the album: Voices & Images
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Put This Love to the Test
Jon Astley
From the album: The Compleat Angler
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Down by 5

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
11 Down by 5

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
12 Down by 2

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
13

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
13
Weeks
22
Number
14

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 2

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
12
Weeks
32
Number
17 Up by 15

Stand
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Up by 3

Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19

Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20

I Wish U Heaven
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 5

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22

Jane Says
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Jane's Addiction
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23

Handle With Care
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24

Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Annie Lennox & Al Green
From the album: Scrooged (Original Motion Picture Score)
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 10

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
26 Down by 8

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
18
Weeks
21
Number
27 Up by 2

Life Is Grand
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
28
Weeks
17
Number
29 Up by 2

The Killing Jar
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Down by 5

Wild Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
31 Up by 2

Ghost Town
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 3

I Say Nothing
Voice of the Beehive
From the album: Let It Bee
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 6

Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
34 Up by 2

Baby Doll
Devo
From the album: Total Devo
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 2

Shake for the Sheik
Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 6

Desire
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
37 Up by 5

Kiss
The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones
From the album: The Best of the Art of Noise
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Down by 4

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
39 Up by 5

Straight Up
Paula Abdul
From the album: Forever Your Girl
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Up by 5

The Painted Desert
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 2

Walking Away
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 4

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
43 Debut

I Feel Possessed
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 5

What's the Matter Here?
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
45 Up by 2

Motorcrash
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 2

Angel of Harlem
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 6

I Don't Want Your Love
Duran Duran
From the album: Big Thing
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
48 Debut

I Beg Your Pardon
Kon Kan
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 9

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
50 Down by 4

Ghosts Of American Astronauts
Mekons
Peak
3
Weeks
29

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
39
Weeks
12
Number
50 Dropout

Back on the Breadline
Hunters & Collectors
From the album: Fate
Peak
26
Weeks
18

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Date

December 24, 1988

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Orange Crush” 1(×4) 9

2 2 The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 1(×3) 17

4 3 Julian Cope – “Charlotte Anne” 3 20

3 4 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo” 1(×5) 21

8 5 Crowded House – “Into Temptation” 5 13

7 6 Sinéad O'Connor – “Jump in the River” 6 15

11 7 They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng” 7 12

12 8 CAMOUFLAGE – “The Great Commandment” 8 10

9 9 Jon Astley – “Put This Love to the Test” 9 14

5 10 Erasure – “Chains of Love” 3 21

6 11 10,000 Maniacs – “Verdi Cries” 4 20

10 12 Debbie Harry – “Liar, Liar” 6 22

13 13 BOOK OF LOVE – “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls” 13 22

14 14 When In Rome – “The Promise” 9 16

17 15 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “What I Am” 15 15

16 16 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 12 32

32 17 R.E.M. – “Stand” 17 2

21 18 Marc Almond – “Tears Run Rings” 18 8

19 19 Q Lazzarus – “Goodbye Horses” 19 13

20 20 Prince – “I Wish U Heaven” 20 14

26 21 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 21 5

22 22 Jane's Addiction – “Jane Says” 22 12

23 23 Traveling Wilburys – “Handle With Care” 23 9

24 24 Annie Lennox & Al Green – “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” 24 8

15 25 Transvision Vamp – “Tell That Girl to Shut Up” 12 21

18 26 Camper Van Beethoven – “Eye of Fatima (Part One)” 18 21

29 27 Camper Van Beethoven – “Life Is Grand” 27 6

28 28 Jane Wiedlin – “Inside A Dream” 28 17

31 29 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Killing Jar” 29 10

25 30 The Escape Club – “Wild Wild West” 14 19

33 31 Cheap Trick – “Ghost Town” 31 8

35 32 Voice of the Beehive – “I Say Nothing” 32 7

27 33 Crowded House – “Better Be Home Soon” 1(×3) 25

36 34 Devo – “Baby Doll” 34 6

37 35 Escape Club – “Shake for the Sheik” 35 4

30 36 U2 – “Desire” 27 12

42 37 The Art of Noise ft. Tom Jones – “Kiss” 37 4

34 38 INXS – “Never Tear Us Apart” 20 20

44 39 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up” 39 4

45 40 10,000 Maniacs – “The Painted Desert” 40 3

43 41 Information Society – “Walking Away” 41 5

38 42 Information Society – “What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)” 3 24

NE 43 Crowded House – “I Feel Possessed” 43 1

39 44 10,000 Maniacs – “What's the Matter Here?” 30 15

47 45 The Sugarcubes – “Motorcrash” 45 2

48 46 U2 – “Angel of Harlem” 46 2

41 47 Duran Duran – “I Don't Want Your Love” 33 11

NE 48 Kon Kan – “I Beg Your Pardon” 48 1

40 49 Rod Stewart – “Forever Young” 15 21

46 50 Mekons – “Ghosts Of American Astronauts” 3 29

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Tracy Chapman – “Talkin' Bout a Revolution” 39 12

50 -- Hunters & Collectors – “Back on the Breadline” 26 18

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