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 Up by 1

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Down by 1

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Manic Street Preachers
From the album: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 1

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 1

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 2

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
7

Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

Beautiful Stranger
Madonna
From the album: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Sweet Child O' Mine
Sheryl Crow
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 2

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11

Get Set
Taxiride
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 6

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13

Spit on a Stranger
Pavement
From the album: Terror Twilight
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 1

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 1

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

Coming up Roses
Owsley
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 7

Every You Every Me
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
18 Up by 5

Scar Tissue
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Californication
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 5

Here with Me
Dido
From the album: No Angel
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 6

Total Devastation
Jimi Tenor
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
21 Down by 2

I'm Always in Love
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
22 Up by 5

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 3

Erase/Rewind
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
24 Down by 3

Army
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
25 Up by 1

Comedy
Shack
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 2

Sucks to Be You
Prozzäk
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 12

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 1

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 1

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Down by 5

Stolen car
Beth Orton
From the album: Central Reservation
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
31 Up by 4

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 4

Valentine
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 7

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 12

Author Unknown
Jason Falkner
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
35 Down by 1

Meet Virginia
Train
From the album: Train
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
36 Down by 4

This Kind of Love
Meg Hentges
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
37

Gangster Trippin
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, Music from the Motion Picture 'Go'
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38

Welcome to the Fold
Filter
From the album: Title of Record
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
39 Down by 6

Let Me Go
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
28
Weeks
15
Number
40 Debut

Do Right
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Denise
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
15
Weeks
18

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Date

August 28, 1999

Songs

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2 1 The Push Stars – “Drunk Is Better Than Dead” 1(×1) 17

1 2 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 1(×4) 15

3 3 Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” 3 13

5 4 Old 97's – “Jagged” 4 17

6 5 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 5 8

4 6 Wilco – “Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)” 1(×2) 15

7 7 Old 97's – “Murder (Or a Heart Attack)” 7 13

8 8 Madonna – “Beautiful Stranger” 8 10

9 9 Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Child O' Mine” 9 11

12 10 The Apples in Stereo – “Strawberryfire” 10 7

11 11 Taxiride – “Get Set” 11 16

18 12 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 12 6

13 13 Pavement – “Spit on a Stranger” 13 7

15 14 Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 14 6

16 15 Jump Little Children – “Cathedrals” 15 13

17 16 Owsley – “Coming up Roses” 16 14

10 17 Placebo – “Every You Every Me” 3 21

23 18 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Scar Tissue” 18 11

24 19 Dido – “Here with Me” 19 10

14 20 Jimi Tenor – “Total Devastation” 8 19

19 21 Wilco – “I'm Always in Love” 1(×4) 23

27 22 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 22 5

20 23 The Cardigans – “Erase/Rewind” 1(×2) 22

21 24 Ben Folds Five – “Army” 4 20

26 25 Shack – “Comedy” 25 9

28 26 Prozzäk – “Sucks to Be You” 26 4

39 27 Super Furry Animals – “Fire in My Heart” 27 2

29 28 The Beta Band – “Dogs Got a Bone” 28 7

30 29 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Mexican God” 29 5

25 30 Beth Orton – “Stolen car” 20 17

35 31 Shack – “Natalie's Party” 31 3

36 32 Old 97's – “Valentine” 32 3

40 33 Fountains of Wayne – “Red Dragon Tattoo” 33 2

22 34 Jason Falkner – “Author Unknown” 12 22

34 35 Train – “Meet Virginia” 33 11

32 36 Meg Hentges – “This Kind of Love” 20 16

37 37 Fatboy Slim – “Gangster Trippin” 37 2

38 38 Filter – “Welcome to the Fold” 37 6

33 39 Cake – “Let Me Go” 28 15

NE 40 Jimmie's Chicken Shack – “Do Right” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Fountains of Wayne – “Denise” 15 18

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