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

At My Most Beautiful
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 1

Run
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Millennium
Robbie Williams
From the album: I've Been Expecting You
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Lipstick
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
5

Sheep Go To Heaven
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Up by 1

Dry the Rain
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Down by 1

Every Morning
Sugar Ray
From the album: 14:59
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
8

Nothing Really Matters
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 2

Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer
From the album: Sixpence None the Richer
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10

Maria
Blondie
From the album: No Exit
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Heavy*
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 3

In Love
Fear of Pop
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 2

Lucky Denver Mint
Jimmy Eat World
From the album: Clarity
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14

Praise You
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Down by 2

Lotus
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 1

Can't Stand It
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 1

Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)
Citizen King
From the album: Mobile Estates
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 2

Malibu
Hole
From the album: Celebrity Skin
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
19 Up by 13

I'm Always in Love
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20

Freak of the Week
Marvelous 3
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21

Head
Tin Star
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Down by 3

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
11
Weeks
24
Number
23

Why Don't You Get a Job?
The Offspring
From the album: Americana
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

Keep a Lid on Things
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 3

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
26

Goddess On A Hiway
Mercury Rev
From the album: Deserter's Songs
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
27

Anything but Down
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 8

Erase/Rewind
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 2

Skin and Teeth
Joe Henry
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 3

Comin' Up From Behind
Marcy Playground
From the album: Cruel Intentions Soundtrack
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 1

Deutsche LP Record
Scott 4
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 4

I'm Not Running Anymore
John Mellencamp
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 1

I'd Like That
XTC
From the album: Apple Venus Volume 1
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 3

St James
Snakefarm
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Author Unknown
Jason Falkner
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Every You Every Me
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 13

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
38 Debut

A Space Boy Dream
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 10

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
40 Debut

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Baz Luhrmann
From the album: Something for Everybody
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
Belle and Sebastian
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
39 Dropout

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
40 Dropout

Cancer for the Cure
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
16
Weeks
16

A chart by

Date

April 10, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – "At My Most Beautiful" 1(×2) 8

3 2 Collective Soul – "Run" 2 11

2 3 Robbie Williams – "Millennium" 1(×4) 17

4 4 Imperial Teen – "Lipstick" 2 14

5 5 Cake – "Sheep Go To Heaven" 5 12

7 6 The Beta Band – "Dry the Rain" 6 8

6 7 Sugar Ray – "Every Morning" 5 19

8 8 Madonna – "Nothing Really Matters" 8 11

11 9 Sixpence None the Richer – "Kiss Me" 9 7

10 10 Blondie – "Maria" 9 14

12 11 Collective Soul – "Heavy*" 11 12

9 12 Fear of Pop – "In Love" 1(×4) 19

15 13 Jimmy Eat World – "Lucky Denver Mint" 13 9

14 14 Fatboy Slim – "Praise You" 14 14

13 15 R.E.M. – "Lotus" 6 18

17 16 Wilco – "Can't Stand It" 16 6

18 17 Citizen King – "Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)" 17 7

16 18 Hole – "Malibu" 7 22

32 19 Wilco – "I'm Always in Love" 19 3

20 20 Marvelous 3 – "Freak of the Week" 20 14

21 21 Tin Star – "Head" 21 12

19 22 New Radicals – "You Get What You Give" 11 24

23 23 The Offspring – "Why Don't You Get a Job?" 23 10

25 24 Crash Test Dummies – "Keep a Lid on Things" 24 6

22 25 Beck – "Cold Brains" 1(×1) 23

26 26 Mercury Rev – "Goddess On A Hiway" 21 19

27 27 Sheryl Crow – "Anything but Down" 27 5

36 28 The Cardigans – "Erase/Rewind" 28 2

31 29 Joe Henry – "Skin and Teeth" 29 5

33 30 Marcy Playground – "Comin' Up From Behind" 30 4

30 31 Scott 4 – "Deutsche LP Record" 30 9

28 32 John Mellencamp – "I'm Not Running Anymore" 28 10

34 33 XTC – "I'd Like That" 33 4

37 34 Snakefarm – "St James" 34 3

38 35 Jason Falkner – "Author Unknown" 35 2

NE 36 Placebo – "Every You Every Me" 36 1

24 37 The Cardigans – "My Favourite Game" 1(×1) 24

NE 38 Belle and Sebastian – "A Space Boy Dream" 38 1

29 39 Placebo – "Pure Morning" 1(×3) 24

NE 40 Baz Luhrmann – "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Belle and Sebastian – "This Is Just a Modern Rock Song" 20 17

39 -- Cracker – "My Life Is Totally Boring Without You" 9 23

40 -- Eels – "Cancer for the Cure" 16 16

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