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 5 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Run
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3

Sheep Go To Heaven
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4

Dry the Rain
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 2

I'm Always in Love
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6

Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer
From the album: Sixpence None the Richer
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 1

Nothing Really Matters
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Down by 3

Lipstick
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
9

Heavy*
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
10 Up by 2

Erase/Rewind
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Up by 3

Can't Stand It
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 2

Millennium
Robbie Williams
From the album: I've Been Expecting You
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
13

Lucky Denver Mint
Jimmy Eat World
From the album: Clarity
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 4

Every You Every Me
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15

Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)
Citizen King
From the album: Mobile Estates
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Down by 5

Maria
Blondie
From the album: No Exit
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
17 Up by 14

Army
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 1

Praise You
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
19 Down by 3

Every Morning
Sugar Ray
From the album: 14:59
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
20 Up by 1

Why Don't You Get a Job?
The Offspring
From the album: Americana
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 8

Author Unknown
Jason Falkner
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22

Anything but Down
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 1

Keep a Lid on Things
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 2

Skin and Teeth
Joe Henry
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 6

In Love
Fear of Pop
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
26 Up by 1

I'd Like That
XTC
From the album: Apple Venus Volume 1
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 7

Head
Tin Star
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
28 Up by 7

The Good Life
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 5

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Baz Luhrmann
From the album: Something for Everybody
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Comin' Up From Behind
Marcy Playground
From the album: Cruel Intentions Soundtrack
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 8

Lotus
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
32

St James
Snakefarm
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Down by 8

Freak of the Week
Marvelous 3
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
34 Up by 2

A Space Boy Dream
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 3

When I Grow Up
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 3

Denise
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Total Devastation
Jimi Tenor
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 10

Malibu
Hole
From the album: Celebrity Skin
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
39 Debut

Beautiful Day
3 Colours Red
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Ladyshave
GusGus
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
11
Weeks
26
Number
37 Dropout

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25

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Date

May 1, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “At My Most Beautiful” 1(×5) 11

2 2 Collective Soul – “Run” 2 14

3 3 Cake – “Sheep Go To Heaven” 3 15

4 4 The Beta Band – “Dry the Rain” 4 11

7 5 Wilco – “I'm Always in Love” 5 6

6 6 Sixpence None the Richer – “Kiss Me” 6 10

8 7 Madonna – “Nothing Really Matters” 7 14

5 8 Imperial Teen – “Lipstick” 2 17

9 9 Collective Soul – “Heavy*” 9 15

12 10 The Cardigans – “Erase/Rewind” 10 5

14 11 Wilco – “Can't Stand It” 11 9

10 12 Robbie Williams – “Millennium” 1(×4) 20

13 13 Jimmy Eat World – “Lucky Denver Mint” 13 12

18 14 Placebo – “Every You Every Me” 14 4

15 15 Citizen King – “Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)” 15 10

11 16 Blondie – “Maria” 9 17

31 17 Ben Folds Five – “Army” 17 3

17 18 Fatboy Slim – “Praise You” 14 17

16 19 Sugar Ray – “Every Morning” 5 22

21 20 The Offspring – “Why Don't You Get a Job?” 20 13

29 21 Jason Falkner – “Author Unknown” 21 5

22 22 Sheryl Crow – “Anything but Down” 22 8

24 23 Crash Test Dummies – “Keep a Lid on Things” 23 9

26 24 Joe Henry – “Skin and Teeth” 24 8

19 25 Fear of Pop – “In Love” 1(×4) 22

27 26 XTC – “I'd Like That” 26 7

20 27 Tin Star – “Head” 20 15

35 28 Cracker – “The Good Life” 28 3

34 29 Baz Luhrmann – “Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” 29 4

30 30 Marcy Playground – “Comin' Up From Behind” 30 7

23 31 R.E.M. – “Lotus” 6 21

32 32 Snakefarm – “St James” 32 6

25 33 Marvelous 3 – “Freak of the Week” 20 17

36 34 Belle and Sebastian – “A Space Boy Dream” 34 4

38 35 Garbage – “When I Grow Up” 35 3

39 36 Fountains of Wayne – “Denise” 36 2

40 37 Jimi Tenor – “Total Devastation” 37 2

28 38 Hole – “Malibu” 7 25

NE 39 3 Colours Red – “Beautiful Day” 39 1

NE 40 GusGus – “Ladyshave” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 11 26

37 -- Beck – “Cold Brains” 1(×1) 25

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