In Retrospect (Copy)

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Lips Like Sugar
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Strangelove
Depeche Mode
From the album: Music for the Masses
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Bullet The Blue Sky
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 1

Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

Jane's Getting Serious
Jon Astley
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 2

Heart and Soul
T'Pau
From the album: Bridge of Spies
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 6

Oh Yeah
Yello
From the album: Stella
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 3

U Got the Look
Prince
From the album: Sign O' the Times
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 5

Brainiac's Daughter
The Dukes of Stratosphear
From the album: Psonic Psunspot
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 3

Ages of You
R.E.M.
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
11 Down by 3

We Are What We Are
The Other Ones
From the album: The Other Ones
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
12

911
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: True Colors
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Down by 4

Dear God
XTC
From the album: Skylarking
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
14 Down by 4

Alone Again Or
The Damned
From the album: Anything
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
15 Up by 1

Flame of Hope
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

Catch
The Cure
From the album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 1

Bridge to Your Heart
Wax
From the album: American English
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 3

In Love with Love
Debbie Harry
From the album: Rockbird
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
19

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 11

It's a Sin
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Actually
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Up by 8

Girlfriend in a Coma
The Smiths
From the album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 10

The One I Love
R.E.M.
From the album: Document
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 3

Holiday
The Other Ones
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24

When Smokey Sings
ABC
From the album: Alphabet City
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Down by 5

Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
26 Down by 5

City of Dreams
Talking Heads
From the album: True Stories
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
27 Down by 5

The Game
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Echo & The Bunnymen
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
28 Down by 5

Long Goodbye
Thompson Twins
From the album: Close to the Bone
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
29 Debut

True Faith
New Order
From the album: Substance 1987
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30 Down by 5

Time Will Crawl
David Bowie
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
31 Up by 3

Private Revolution
World Party
From the album: Private Revolution
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

I Want Your Sex
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 3

Breakout
Swing Out Sister
From the album: It's Better to Travel
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 1

I Heard a Rumour
Bananarama
From the album: "Disorderlies" Soundtrack
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Down by 8

Hypnotize Me
Wang Chung
From the album: Mosaic
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
36 Down by 8

Moments in Love
The Art of Noise
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
37 Down by 7

Goddess of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: The Pacific Age
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
38 Up by 5

World Where You Live
Crowded House
From the album: Crowded House
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39

Can't Hardly Wait
The Replacements
Peak
39
Weeks
8
Number
40

Touch of Grey
Grateful Dead
From the album: In the Dark
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41

Happy When It Rains
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Darklands
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42

Hourglass
Squeeze
From the album: Babylon and On
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 2

Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd
From the album: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 3

Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tango In the Night
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 1

Never Let Me Down
David Bowie
From the album: Never Let Me Down
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 8

Victim of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Circus
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
47 Up by 2

You Are The Girl
The Cars
From the album: Door To Door
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
From the album: The Joshua Tree
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Let's Work
Mick Jagger
From the album: Primitive Cool
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 2

Living in a Box
Living in a Box
From the album: Living in a Box
Peak
32
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Wild Horses
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Big Dreamers Never Sleep
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
44 Dropout

Johnny B
The Hooters
From the album: One Way Home
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
50 Dropout

Lessons in Love
Level 42
From the album: Running in the Family
Peak
3
Weeks
23

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Date

September 12, 1987

Songs

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1 1 Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar” 1(×6) 7

2 2 Depeche Mode – “Strangelove” 2 8

3 3 U2 – “Bullet The Blue Sky” 1(×2) 18

5 4 The Cure – “Why Can't I Be You?” 4 13

6 5 Jon Astley – “Jane's Getting Serious” 5 12

4 6 T'Pau – “Heart and Soul” 3 20

13 7 Yello – “Oh Yeah” 7 6

11 8 Prince – “U Got the Look” 8 7

14 9 The Dukes of Stratosphear – “Brainiac's Daughter” 9 6

7 10 R.E.M. – “Ages of You” 4 17

8 11 The Other Ones – “We Are What We Are” 1(×4) 22

12 12 Cyndi Lauper – “911” 12 14

9 13 XTC – “Dear God” 7 25

10 14 The Damned – “Alone Again Or” 10 21

16 15 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Flame of Hope” 15 12

17 16 The Cure – “Catch” 16 11

18 17 Wax – “Bridge to Your Heart” 17 9

15 18 Debbie Harry – “In Love with Love” 15 14

19 19 U2 – “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” 19 11

31 20 Pet Shop Boys – “It's a Sin” 20 2

29 21 The Smiths – “Girlfriend in a Coma” 21 4

32 22 R.E.M. – “The One I Love” 22 3

26 23 The Other Ones – “Holiday” 23 7

24 24 ABC – “When Smokey Sings” 24 10

20 25 Fleetwood Mac – “Big Love” 1(×7) 25

21 26 Talking Heads – “City of Dreams” 8 22

22 27 Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Game” 13 14

23 28 Thompson Twins – “Long Goodbye” 15 17

NE 29 New Order – “True Faith” 29 1

25 30 David Bowie – “Time Will Crawl” 19 15

34 31 World Party – “Private Revolution” 31 6

33 32 George Michael – “I Want Your Sex” 32 10

36 33 Swing Out Sister – “Breakout” 33 5

35 34 Bananarama – “I Heard a Rumour” 34 9

27 35 Wang Chung – “Hypnotize Me” 22 15

28 36 The Art of Noise – “Moments in Love” 28 12

30 37 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Goddess of Love” 3 27

43 38 Crowded House – “World Where You Live” 38 4

39 39 The Replacements – “Can't Hardly Wait” 39 8

40 40 Grateful Dead – “Touch of Grey” 40 8

41 41 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Happy When It Rains” 41 5

42 42 Squeeze – “Hourglass” 42 4

45 43 Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” 43 3

47 44 Fleetwood Mac – “Little Lies” 44 3

46 45 David Bowie – “Never Let Me Down” 45 3

38 46 Erasure – “Victim of Love” 17 16

49 47 The Cars – “You Are The Girl” 47 2

NE 48 U2 – “Where the Streets Have No Name” 48 1

NE 49 Mick Jagger – “Let's Work” 49 1

48 50 Living in a Box – “Living in a Box” 32 13

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Gino Vannelli – “Wild Horses” 10 21

44 -- The Hooters – “Johnny B” 33 9

50 -- Level 42 – “Lessons in Love” 3 23

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