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

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Down by 1

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Free to Go
Folk Implosion
From the album: One Part Lullaby
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5

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

Child Psychology
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 1

Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
From the album: The Soft Bulletin
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 2

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 13

The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 21

Thunderstorm
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Down by 1

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
12 Up by 1

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Down by 2

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
4
Weeks
27
Number
14

Sucks to Be You
Prozzäk
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15

Emergency! Emergency!
The Promise Ring
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Barrel of a Gun
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 5

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
18

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
20

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
21

Via Chicago
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 1

Muscle Museum
Muse
From the album: Showbiz
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 14

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 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
24

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 1

Seven
David Bowie
From the album: 'hours...'
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 2

Hanginaround
Counting Crows
From the album: This Desert Life
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

Burn to Shine
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
From the album: Burn to Shine
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 1

It's Saturday
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 3

Millennium Blues
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

Crash on the Barrelhead
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 2

Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 3

All My Little Words
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 1

Lost in Space
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 17

Beautiful Stranger
Madonna
From the album: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
35 Up by 5

Back to the Party
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

I Saved the World Today
Eurythmics
From the album: Peace
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 12

Spit on a Stranger
Pavement
From the album: Terror Twilight
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
38 Debut

The Day the World Went Away
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: The Fragile
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Our Generation
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

America
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
37 Dropout

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
38 Dropout

Sweet Child O' Mine
Sheryl Crow
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
39 Dropout

Nobody Has To Know
Spain
Peak
30
Weeks
9

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Date

November 6, 1999

Songs

40

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2 1 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 1(×1) 16

1 2 Super Furry Animals – “Fire in My Heart” 1(×3) 12

3 3 Folk Implosion – “Free to Go” 3 9

4 4 Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 4 16

5 5 Old 97's – “Valentine” 5 13

7 6 Black Box Recorder – “Child Psychology” 6 10

8 7 The Flaming Lips – “Waitin' for a Superman” 7 10

6 8 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 1(×2) 18

22 9 The Magnetic Fields – “The Book of Love” 9 5

31 10 Matthew Sweet – “Thunderstorm” 10 3

10 11 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 1(×5) 25

13 12 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 12 15

11 13 Old 97's – “Jagged” 4 27

14 14 Prozzäk – “Sucks to Be You” 14 14

15 15 The Promise Ring – “Emergency! Emergency!” 15 8

16 16 Guster – “Barrel of a Gun” 16 8

12 17 The Apples in Stereo – “Strawberryfire” 9 17

18 18 Shack – “Natalie's Party” 18 13

19 19 The Beta Band – “Dogs Got a Bone” 19 17

20 20 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Mexican God” 20 15

21 21 Wilco – “Via Chicago” 21 7

23 22 Muse – “Muscle Museum” 22 6

9 23 Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” 1(×3) 23

24 24 Fountains of Wayne – “Red Dragon Tattoo” 24 12

26 25 David Bowie – “Seven” 25 6

28 26 Counting Crows – “Hanginaround” 26 5

27 27 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – “Burn to Shine” 27 8

29 28 Marcy Playground – “It's Saturday” 28 5

32 29 Matthew Sweet – “Millennium Blues” 29 4

30 30 Old 97's – “Crash on the Barrelhead” 30 5

33 31 Guster – “Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)” 31 3

35 32 The Magnetic Fields – “All My Little Words” 32 3

34 33 Fountains of Wayne – “Lost in Space” 33 3

17 34 Madonna – “Beautiful Stranger” 8 20

40 35 The Push Stars – “Back to the Party” 35 2

NE 36 Eurythmics – “I Saved the World Today” 36 1

25 37 Pavement – “Spit on a Stranger” 10 17

NE 38 Nine Inch Nails – “The Day the World Went Away” 38 1

NE 39 Marcy Playground – “Our Generation” 39 1

NE 40 Marcy Playground – “America” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Push Stars – “Drunk Is Better Than Dead” 1(×1) 26

37 -- Jump Little Children – “Cathedrals” 14 22

38 -- Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Child O' Mine” 7 20

39 -- Spain – “Nobody Has To Know” 30 9

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