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

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3

Free to Go
Folk Implosion
From the album: One Part Lullaby
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 1

Valentine
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 2

Child Psychology
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Up by 2

Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
From the album: The Soft Bulletin
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 2

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
22
Number
10 Down by 2

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
11

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
12

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
13

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 1

Sucks to Be You
Prozzäk
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Up by 1

Emergency! Emergency!
The Promise Ring
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 2

Barrel of a Gun
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Down by 3

Beautiful Stranger
Madonna
From the album: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 2

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 2

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
20 Up by 2

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 2

Via Chicago
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 4

The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 2

Muscle Museum
Muse
From the album: Showbiz
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 8

Spit on a Stranger
Pavement
From the album: Terror Twilight
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 3

Seven
David Bowie
From the album: 'hours...'
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

Burn to Shine
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
From the album: Burn to Shine
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 2

Hanginaround
Counting Crows
From the album: This Desert Life
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 2

It's Saturday
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 3

Crash on the Barrelhead
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 8

Thunderstorm
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 3

Millennium Blues
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 4

Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 2

Lost in Space
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 3

All My Little Words
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 17

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
37 Down by 9

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
38 Down by 6

Sweet Child O' Mine
Sheryl Crow
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
39 Down by 5

Nobody Has To Know
Spain
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
40 Debut

Back to the Party
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Coming up Roses
Owsley
Peak
15
Weeks
22

A chart by

Date

October 30, 1999

Songs

40

Create Chart Card Export chart (CSV)

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/amsvec/in-retrospect-1043

1 1 Super Furry Animals – “Fire in My Heart” 1(×3) 11

2 2 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 2 15

3 3 Folk Implosion – “Free to Go” 3 8

4 4 Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 4 15

6 5 Old 97's – “Valentine” 5 12

5 6 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 1(×2) 17

9 7 Black Box Recorder – “Child Psychology” 7 9

10 8 The Flaming Lips – “Waitin' for a Superman” 8 9

7 9 Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” 1(×3) 22

8 10 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 1(×5) 24

11 11 Old 97's – “Jagged” 4 26

12 12 The Apples in Stereo – “Strawberryfire” 9 16

13 13 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 12 14

15 14 Prozzäk – “Sucks to Be You” 14 13

16 15 The Promise Ring – “Emergency! Emergency!” 15 7

18 16 Guster – “Barrel of a Gun” 16 7

14 17 Madonna – “Beautiful Stranger” 8 19

20 18 Shack – “Natalie's Party” 18 12

21 19 The Beta Band – “Dogs Got a Bone” 19 16

22 20 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Mexican God” 20 14

23 21 Wilco – “Via Chicago” 21 6

26 22 The Magnetic Fields – “The Book of Love” 22 4

25 23 Muse – “Muscle Museum” 23 5

24 24 Fountains of Wayne – “Red Dragon Tattoo” 24 11

17 25 Pavement – “Spit on a Stranger” 10 16

29 26 David Bowie – “Seven” 26 5

27 27 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – “Burn to Shine” 27 7

30 28 Counting Crows – “Hanginaround” 28 4

31 29 Marcy Playground – “It's Saturday” 29 4

33 30 Old 97's – “Crash on the Barrelhead” 30 4

39 31 Matthew Sweet – “Thunderstorm” 31 2

35 32 Matthew Sweet – “Millennium Blues” 32 3

37 33 Guster – “Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)” 33 2

36 34 Fountains of Wayne – “Lost in Space” 34 2

38 35 The Magnetic Fields – “All My Little Words” 35 2

19 36 The Push Stars – “Drunk Is Better Than Dead” 1(×1) 26

28 37 Jump Little Children – “Cathedrals” 14 22

32 38 Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Child O' Mine” 7 20

34 39 Spain – “Nobody Has To Know” 30 9

NE 40 The Push Stars – “Back to the Party” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Owsley – “Coming up Roses” 15 22

Leave the first comment

Leave a comment to share your thoughts about this chart.