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

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Up by 1

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Down by 1

Every You Every Me
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
5

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Manic Street Preachers
From the album: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Down by 1

Erase/Rewind
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
8

Total Devastation
Jimi Tenor
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

Beautiful Stranger
Madonna
From the album: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 1

Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

Get Set
Taxiride
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 2

Sweet Child O' Mine
Sheryl Crow
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 4

Army
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
14 Down by 1

I'm Always in Love
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
15 Up by 7

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Down by 1

Author Unknown
Jason Falkner
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
17 Down by 1

Denise
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
18 Down by 1

The Good Life
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 1

Ladyshave
GusGus
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 1

Stolen car
Beth Orton
From the album: Central Reservation
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 2

Coming up Roses
Owsley
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 10

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 3

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24

Steal My Sunshine
Len
From the album: Music from the Motion Picture 'Go', You Can't Stop The Bum Rush
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Down by 5

This Kind of Love
Meg Hentges
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
26 Up by 7

Spit on a Stranger
Pavement
From the album: Terror Twilight
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 2

Scar Tissue
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Californication
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28

Let Me Go
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 2

Here with Me
Dido
From the album: No Angel
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Down by 3

Beautiful Day
3 Colours Red
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
31 Up by 7

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 13

At My Most Beautiful
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 1

Meet Virginia
Train
From the album: Train
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 1

Comedy
Shack
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 1

Someday
Sugar Ray
From the album: 14:59
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 1

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 2

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40

Welcome to the Fold
Filter
From the album: Title of Record
Peak
40
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
25 Dropout

No More, No Less
Collective Soul
From the album: Dosage
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
30 Dropout

Dry the Rain
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
3
Weeks
23

A chart by

Date

July 31, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 1(×3) 11

2 2 Wilco – “Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)” 2 11

4 3 The Push Stars – “Drunk Is Better Than Dead” 3 13

3 4 Placebo – “Every You Every Me” 3 17

5 5 Old 97's – “Jagged” 5 13

7 6 Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” 6 9

6 7 The Cardigans – “Erase/Rewind” 1(×2) 18

8 8 Jimi Tenor – “Total Devastation” 8 15

10 9 Madonna – “Beautiful Stranger” 9 6

11 10 Old 97's – “Murder (Or a Heart Attack)” 10 9

12 11 Taxiride – “Get Set” 11 12

14 12 Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Child O' Mine” 12 7

9 13 Ben Folds Five – “Army” 4 16

13 14 Wilco – “I'm Always in Love” 1(×4) 19

22 15 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 15 4

15 16 Jason Falkner – “Author Unknown” 12 18

16 17 Fountains of Wayne – “Denise” 15 15

17 18 Cracker – “The Good Life” 16 16

18 19 GusGus – “Ladyshave” 18 14

21 20 Beth Orton – “Stolen car” 20 13

23 21 Owsley – “Coming up Roses” 21 10

32 22 The Apples in Stereo – “Strawberryfire” 22 3

26 23 Jump Little Children – “Cathedrals” 23 9

24 24 Len – “Steal My Sunshine” 24 12

20 25 Meg Hentges – “This Kind of Love” 20 12

33 26 Pavement – “Spit on a Stranger” 26 3

29 27 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Scar Tissue” 27 7

28 28 Cake – “Let Me Go” 28 11

31 29 Dido – “Here with Me” 29 6

27 30 3 Colours Red – “Beautiful Day” 22 14

38 31 Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 31 2

19 32 R.E.M. – “At My Most Beautiful” 1(×7) 24

34 33 Train – “Meet Virginia” 33 7

35 34 Shack – “Comedy” 34 5

36 35 Sugar Ray – “Someday” 35 5

37 36 The Beta Band – “Dogs Got a Bone” 36 3

39 37 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 37 2

NE 38 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 38 1

NE 39 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Mexican God” 39 1

40 40 Filter – “Welcome to the Fold” 40 2

DROPOUTS:

25 -- Collective Soul – “No More, No Less” 25 12

30 -- The Beta Band – “Dry the Rain” 3 23

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