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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

Ana Ng
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Lincoln
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Down by 1

Stand
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
3 Up by 1

The Great Commandment
CAMOUFLAGE
From the album: Voices & Images
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Down by 1

Orange Crush
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
6

Into Temptation
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
7

Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 1

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 1

Life Is Grand
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 2

Put This Love to the Test
Jon Astley
From the album: The Compleat Angler
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 1

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
12 Down by 1

Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
13

Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
14 Up by 4

I Feel Possessed
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 9

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16

I Wish U Heaven
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
17

Jane Says
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Jane's Addiction
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
18 Down by 4

Jump in the River
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
19

Handle With Care
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 7

I Beg Your Pardon
Kon Kan
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 1

I Say Nothing
Voice of the Beehive
From the album: Let It Bee
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 1

Baby Doll
Devo
From the album: Total Devo
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Down by 2

The Killing Jar
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
24 Down by 9

Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Peepshow
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
25 Up by 6

(Believed You Were) Lucky
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 6

Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Annie Lennox & Al Green
From the album: Scrooged (Original Motion Picture Score)
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
27 Up by 2

The Painted Desert
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Debut

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Down by 3

Shake for the Sheik
Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 2

Kiss
The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones
From the album: The Best of the Art of Noise
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 2

Straight Up
Paula Abdul
From the album: Forever Your Girl
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 7

Verdi Cries
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
33 Down by 3

Ghost Town
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 10

Driven Out
The Fixx
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Walking Away
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 1

Motorcrash
The Sugarcubes
From the album: Life's Too Good
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Up by 1

Angel of Harlem
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38 Up by 1

Mystify
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 4

Nightmares
Violent Femmes
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
40 Debut

She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 1

As Long As You Follow
Fleetwood Mac
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 8

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
43 Down by 8

Talk About the Passion
R.E.M.
From the album: Murmur
Peak
12
Weeks
37
Number
44 Up by 2

New Day for You
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Up by 3

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Enya
From the album: Watermark
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 4

End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 19

Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
BOOK OF LOVE
Peak
13
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 8

Liar, Liar
Debbie Harry
From the album: Married to the Mob Soundtrack
Peak
6
Weeks
27
Number
50 Down by 3

Eye of Fatima (Part One)
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
18
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Tell That Girl to Shut Up
Transvision Vamp
From the album: Pop Art
Peak
12
Weeks
25
Number
49 Dropout

Inside A Dream
Jane Wiedlin
Peak
28
Weeks
21

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Date

January 28, 1989

Songs

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2 1 They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng” 1(×1) 17

1 2 R.E.M. – “Stand” 1(×3) 7

4 3 CAMOUFLAGE – “The Great Commandment” 3 15

3 4 R.E.M. – “Orange Crush” 1(×5) 14

5 5 The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 1(×3) 22

6 6 Crowded House – “Into Temptation” 4 18

7 7 Marc Almond – “Tears Run Rings” 7 13

9 8 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 8 10

10 9 Camper Van Beethoven – “Life Is Grand” 9 11

8 10 Jon Astley – “Put This Love to the Test” 8 19

12 11 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “What I Am” 11 20

11 12 Julian Cope – “Charlotte Anne” 3 25

13 13 Q Lazzarus – “Goodbye Horses” 13 18

18 14 Crowded House – “I Feel Possessed” 14 6

24 15 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 15 4

16 16 Prince – “I Wish U Heaven” 16 19

17 17 Jane's Addiction – “Jane Says” 17 17

14 18 Sinéad O'Connor – “Jump in the River” 6 20

19 19 Traveling Wilburys – “Handle With Care” 19 14

27 20 Kon Kan – “I Beg Your Pardon” 20 6

22 21 Voice of the Beehive – “I Say Nothing” 21 12

23 22 Devo – “Baby Doll” 22 11

21 23 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Killing Jar” 21 15

15 24 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo” 1(×5) 26

31 25 'Til Tuesday – “(Believed You Were) Lucky” 25 4

20 26 Annie Lennox & Al Green – “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” 20 13

29 27 10,000 Maniacs – “The Painted Desert” 27 8

NE 28 New Order – “Fine Time” 28 1

26 29 Escape Club – “Shake for the Sheik” 26 9

32 30 The Art of Noise ft. Tom Jones – “Kiss” 30 9

33 31 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up” 31 9

25 32 10,000 Maniacs – “Verdi Cries” 4 25

30 33 Cheap Trick – “Ghost Town” 27 13

44 34 The Fixx – “Driven Out” 34 2

36 35 Information Society – “Walking Away” 35 10

37 36 The Sugarcubes – “Motorcrash” 36 7

38 37 U2 – “Angel of Harlem” 37 7

39 38 INXS – “Mystify” 38 4

43 39 Violent Femmes – “Nightmares” 39 3

40 40 Erasure – “Chains of Love” 3 26

NE 40 Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy” 40 1

42 41 Fleetwood Mac – “As Long As You Follow” 41 5

34 42 When In Rome – “The Promise” 9 21

35 43 R.E.M. – “Talk About the Passion” 12 37

46 44 Basia – “New Day for You” 44 4

48 45 Enya – “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” 45 3

50 46 Traveling Wilburys – “End of the Line” 46 2

28 47 BOOK OF LOVE – “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls” 13 27

41 49 Debbie Harry – “Liar, Liar” 6 27

47 50 Camper Van Beethoven – “Eye of Fatima (Part One)” 18 26

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Transvision Vamp – “Tell That Girl to Shut Up” 12 25

49 -- Jane Wiedlin – “Inside A Dream” 28 21

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