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

The Great Beyond
R.E.M.
From the album: Man on the Moon (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 2

Thunderstorm
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3

Child Psychology
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4 Down by 2

Free to Go
Folk Implosion
From the album: One Part Lullaby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5

The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6

Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 2

All My Little Words
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 1

Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
From the album: The Soft Bulletin
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 1

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
10 Up by 1

Hanginaround
Counting Crows
From the album: This Desert Life
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 1

Emergency! Emergency!
The Promise Ring
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 1

Millennium Blues
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 1

Our Generation
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 1

America
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 3

I Saved the World Today
Eurythmics
From the album: Peace
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Muscle Museum
Muse
From the album: Muscle Museum [EP], Showbiz
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 5

Valentine
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
18 Up by 1

All The Way Up To Heaven
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 2

Seven
David Bowie
From the album: 'hours...'
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 2

It's Only the End of the World
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 2

Back to the Party
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 5

Barrel of a Gun
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
23 Up by 2

Could Be Worse
Gordon (the band)
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24

Lost in Space
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 4

Beware My Love
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 4

You Turn The Screws
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 7

Via Chicago
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
28 Down by 1

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 3

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
30 Down by 2

It's Saturday
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
31

The Day the World Went Away
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: The Fragile
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32

Take a Picture
Filter
From the album: Title of Record
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33

Lucky One
Michael Penn
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34

Stay You
Wood
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 1

Otherside
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Californication
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 1

Wave Motion Gun
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 1

Natural Blues
Moby
From the album: Play
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Never Let You Go
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Blue
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 4

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
40 Debut

Falls Apart
Sugar Ray
From the album: 14:59
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
40 Dropout

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
4
Weeks
22

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Date

December 25, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “The Great Beyond” 1(×5) 7

4 2 Matthew Sweet – “Thunderstorm” 2 10

3 3 Black Box Recorder – “Child Psychology” 3 17

2 4 Folk Implosion – “Free to Go” 1(×2) 16

5 5 The Magnetic Fields – “The Book of Love” 5 12

6 6 Guster – “Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)” 6 10

9 7 The Magnetic Fields – “All My Little Words” 7 10

7 8 The Flaming Lips – “Waitin' for a Superman” 3 17

8 9 Super Furry Animals – “Fire in My Heart” 1(×3) 19

11 10 Counting Crows – “Hanginaround” 10 12

10 11 The Promise Ring – “Emergency! Emergency!” 10 15

13 12 Matthew Sweet – “Millennium Blues” 12 11

14 13 Marcy Playground – “Our Generation” 13 8

15 14 Marcy Playground – “America” 14 8

18 15 Eurythmics – “I Saved the World Today” 15 8

16 16 Muse – “Muscle Museum” 16 13

12 17 Old 97's – “Valentine” 5 20

19 18 Guster – “All The Way Up To Heaven” 18 7

21 19 David Bowie – “Seven” 19 13

22 20 Black Box Recorder – “It's Only the End of the World” 20 6

23 21 The Push Stars – “Back to the Party” 21 9

17 22 Guster – “Barrel of a Gun” 13 15

25 23 Gordon (the band) – “Could Be Worse” 23 6

24 24 Fountains of Wayne – “Lost in Space” 24 10

29 25 Matthew Sweet – “Beware My Love” 25 4

30 26 Cake – “You Turn The Screws” 26 4

20 27 Wilco – “Via Chicago” 15 14

27 28 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 1(×1) 23

26 29 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 12 22

28 30 Marcy Playground – “It's Saturday” 28 12

31 31 Nine Inch Nails – “The Day the World Went Away” 31 8

32 32 Filter – “Take a Picture” 32 5

33 33 Michael Penn – “Lucky One” 33 3

34 34 Wood – “Stay You” 34 3

36 35 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Otherside” 35 2

37 36 Marcy Playground – “Wave Motion Gun” 36 3

38 37 Moby – “Natural Blues” 37 2

NE 38 Third Eye Blind – “Never Let You Go” 38 1

35 39 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 1(×2) 25

NE 40 Sugar Ray – “Falls Apart” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Shack – “Natalie's Party” 18 19

40 -- Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 4 22

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