In Retrospect

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

Compact View

Filter:

Number
1 Up by 1

I'm Always in Love
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

At My Most Beautiful
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Dry the Rain
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 2

Erase/Rewind
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5

Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer
From the album: Sixpence None the Richer
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 1

Every You Every Me
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Down by 3

Run
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Army
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 2

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 2

Nothing Really Matters
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
11 Down by 1

Heavy*
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
12 Up by 3

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13

Lucky Denver Mint
Jimmy Eat World
From the album: Clarity
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
14

Author Unknown
Jason Falkner
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 3

Can't Stand It
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 4

Total Devastation
Jimi Tenor
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 2

The Good Life
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18

Anything but Down
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 2

Denise
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 4

Sheep Go To Heaven
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
21 Down by 4

Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)
Citizen King
From the album: Mobile Estates
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 4

Ladyshave
GusGus
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23

Skin and Teeth
Joe Henry
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 1

Comin' Up From Behind
Marcy Playground
From the album: Cruel Intentions Soundtrack
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 6

This Kind of Love
Meg Hentges
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 4

Keep a Lid on Things
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
27 Up by 6

Get Set
Taxiride
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28

When I Grow Up
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29

Beautiful Day
3 Colours Red
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 2

Stolen car
Beth Orton
From the album: Central Reservation
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 4

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 2

No More, No Less
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 4

Steal My Sunshine
Len
From the album: Music from the Motion Picture 'Go', You Can't Stop The Bum Rush
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 2

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 3

Let Me Go
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 3

Coming up Roses
Owsley
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Up by 1

She's So High
Tal Bachman
From the album: Tal Bachman
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Manic Street Preachers
From the album: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
24 Dropout

I'd Like That
XTC
From the album: Apple Venus Volume 1
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
27 Dropout

Lipstick
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
30 Dropout

A Space Boy Dream
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
30
Weeks
8

A chart by

Date

June 5, 1999

Songs

40

Create Chart Card Export chart (CSV) Export chart (XSPF)

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/amsvec/in-retrospect-1020

2 1 Wilco – “I'm Always in Love” 1(×1) 11

1 2 R.E.M. – “At My Most Beautiful” 1(×7) 16

3 3 The Beta Band – “Dry the Rain” 3 16

6 4 The Cardigans – “Erase/Rewind” 4 10

5 5 Sixpence None the Richer – “Kiss Me” 5 15

7 6 Placebo – “Every You Every Me” 6 9

4 7 Collective Soul – “Run” 1(×2) 19

9 8 Ben Folds Five – “Army” 8 8

11 9 The Push Stars – “Drunk Is Better Than Dead” 9 5

8 10 Madonna – “Nothing Really Matters” 6 19

10 11 Collective Soul – “Heavy*” 9 20

15 12 Old 97's – “Jagged” 12 5

13 13 Jimmy Eat World – “Lucky Denver Mint” 13 17

14 14 Jason Falkner – “Author Unknown” 14 10

12 15 Wilco – “Can't Stand It” 11 14

20 16 Jimi Tenor – “Total Devastation” 16 7

19 17 Cracker – “The Good Life” 17 8

18 18 Sheryl Crow – “Anything but Down” 18 13

21 19 Fountains of Wayne – “Denise” 19 7

16 20 Cake – “Sheep Go To Heaven” 3 20

17 21 Citizen King – “Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)” 14 15

26 22 GusGus – “Ladyshave” 22 6

23 23 Joe Henry – “Skin and Teeth” 23 13

25 24 Marcy Playground – “Comin' Up From Behind” 24 12

31 25 Meg Hentges – “This Kind of Love” 25 4

22 26 Crash Test Dummies – “Keep a Lid on Things” 21 14

33 27 Taxiride – “Get Set” 27 4

28 28 Garbage – “When I Grow Up” 28 8

29 29 3 Colours Red – “Beautiful Day” 29 6

32 30 Beth Orton – “Stolen car” 30 5

35 31 Wilco – “Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)” 31 3

34 32 Collective Soul – “No More, No Less” 32 5

37 33 Len – “Steal My Sunshine” 33 4

36 34 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 34 3

38 35 Cake – “Let Me Go” 35 3

39 36 Owsley – “Coming up Roses” 36 2

NE 37 Jump Little Children – “Cathedrals” 37 1

NE 38 Old 97's – “Murder (Or a Heart Attack)” 38 1

40 39 Tal Bachman – “She's So High” 39 2

NE 40 Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

24 -- XTC – “I'd Like That” 24 11

27 -- Imperial Teen – “Lipstick” 2 21

30 -- Belle and Sebastian – “A Space Boy Dream” 30 8

Leave the first comment

Leave a comment to share your thoughts about this chart.