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

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Manic Street Preachers
From the album: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 1

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
5

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6 Up by 4

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Sweet Child O' Mine
Sheryl Crow
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8

Beautiful Stranger
Madonna
From the album: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 1

Spit on a Stranger
Pavement
From the album: Terror Twilight
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 1

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 4

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13 Down by 7

Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 3

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 1

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
16 Down by 1

Coming up Roses
Owsley
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
17 Down by 4

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 3

Sucks to Be You
Prozzäk
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19

Here with Me
Dido
From the album: No Angel
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 3

Valentine
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 1

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 3

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 3

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24

Comedy
Shack
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 2

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 2

Child Psychology
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 3

Free to Go
Folk Implosion
From the album: One Part Lullaby
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 8

Get Set
Taxiride
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
29 Up by 3

Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
From the album: The Soft Bulletin
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 12

Scar Tissue
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Californication
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 2

Every You Every Me
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
32 Down by 1

I'm Always in Love
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
33

Total Devastation
Jimi Tenor
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
34

Erase/Rewind
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
35 Up by 1

Nobody Has To Know
Spain
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

Barrel of a Gun
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 1

Welcome to the Fold
Filter
From the album: Title of Record
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 1

Do Right
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Debut

Emergency! Emergency!
The Promise Ring
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Burn to Shine
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
From the album: Burn to Shine
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Army
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
37 Dropout

Gangster Trippin
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, Music from the Motion Picture 'Go'
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
40 Dropout

This Kind of Love
Meg Hentges
Peak
20
Weeks
18

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Date

September 18, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 Manic Street Preachers – "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" 1(×2) 16

3 2 Ben Folds Five – "Don't Change Your Plans" 2 11

2 3 The Chemical Brothers Noel Gallagher – "Let Forever Be" 1(×5) 18

4 4 Old 97's – "Jagged" 4 20

5 5 The Push Stars – "Drunk Is Better Than Dead" 1(×1) 20

10 6 Rilo Kiley – "The Frug" 6 9

7 7 Sheryl Crow – "Sweet Child O' Mine" 7 14

8 8 Madonna – "Beautiful Stranger" 8 13

9 9 The Apples in Stereo – "Strawberryfire" 9 10

11 10 Pavement – "Spit on a Stranger" 10 10

12 11 Kula Shaker – "Shower Your Love" 11 9

16 12 Super Furry Animals – "Fire in My Heart" 12 5

6 13 Old 97's – "Murder (Or a Heart Attack)" 6 16

17 14 Gordon (the band) – "Fortified Grapes" 14 8

14 15 Jump Little Children – "Cathedrals" 14 16

15 16 Owsley – "Coming up Roses" 15 17

13 17 Wilco – "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)" 1(×2) 18

21 18 Prozzäk – "Sucks to Be You" 18 7

19 19 Dido – "Here with Me" 19 13

23 20 Old 97's – "Valentine" 20 6

22 21 The Beta Band – "Dogs Got a Bone" 21 10

25 22 Shack – "Natalie's Party" 22 6

26 23 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – "Mexican God" 23 8

24 24 Shack – "Comedy" 24 12

27 25 Fountains of Wayne – "Red Dragon Tattoo" 25 5

28 26 Black Box Recorder – "Child Psychology" 26 3

30 27 Folk Implosion – "Free to Go" 27 2

20 28 Taxiride – "Get Set" 11 19

32 29 The Flaming Lips – "Waitin' for a Superman" 29 3

18 30 Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Scar Tissue" 18 14

29 31 Placebo – "Every You Every Me" 3 24

31 32 Wilco – "I'm Always in Love" 1(×4) 26

33 33 Jimi Tenor – "Total Devastation" 8 22

34 34 The Cardigans – "Erase/Rewind" 1(×2) 25

36 35 Spain – "Nobody Has To Know" 35 3

NE 36 Guster – "Barrel of a Gun" 36 1

38 37 Filter – "Welcome to the Fold" 37 9

39 38 Jimmie's Chicken Shack – "Do Right" 38 4

NE 39 The Promise Ring – "Emergency! Emergency!" 39 1

NE 40 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – "Burn to Shine" 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Ben Folds Five – "Army" 4 22

37 -- Fatboy Slim – "Gangster Trippin" 37 4

40 -- Meg Hentges – "This Kind of Love" 20 18

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