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

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Up by 1

She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
4

Driven Out
The Fixx
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5

Stand
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6

I Feel Possessed
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7

I'll Be You
The Replacements
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 2

5 O’Clock World
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9

I Beg Your Pardon
Kon Kan
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 2

Nightmares
Violent Femmes
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 2

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 4

The Great Commandment
CAMOUFLAGE
From the album: Voices & Images
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
13 Up by 4

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Down by 3

Life Is Grand
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
15 Up by 10

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Down by 2

(Believed You Were) Lucky
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 2

Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
18 Up by 4

Punk Rock Girl
The Dead Milkmen
From the album: Beelzebubba
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 4

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Enya
From the album: Watermark
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20

Straight Up
Paula Abdul
From the album: Forever Your Girl
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
21 Down by 5

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
22 Down by 4

Baby Doll
Devo
From the album: Total Devo
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
23 Up by 1

Veronica
Elvis Costello
From the album: Spike
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 3

Dizzy
Throwing Muses
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 6

The Painted Desert
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 6

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 4

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 8

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 5

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30

End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 2

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 11

Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
Peak
12
Weeks
26
Number
33 Down by 7

Into Temptation
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
34 Up by 3

Help!
Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo
From the album: The Greatest Hits Collection
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 9

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

Eternal Flame
The Bangles
From the album: Everything
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Down by 9

Orange Crush
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
38 Down by 9

Ana Ng
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Lincoln
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
39 Up by 7

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Up by 7

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 6

Angel of Harlem
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
28
Weeks
15
Number
42 Up by 3

Do You Believe In Shame?
Duran Duran
From the album: Big Thing
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 4

Mystify
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
44 Down by 2

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
45 Down by 4

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
11
Weeks
28
Number
46 Down by 6

Walking Away
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
29
Weeks
18
Number
47 Debut

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 2

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 6

Jane Says
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Jane's Addiction
Peak
17
Weeks
25
Number
50 Debut

Funky Cold Medina
Tone Loc
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

I Wish U Heaven
Prince
From the album: Lovesexy
Peak
16
Weeks
26
Number
49 Dropout

I Say Nothing
Voice of the Beehive
From the album: Let It Bee
Peak
20
Weeks
19

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Date

March 25, 1989

Songs

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1 1 New Order – “Fine Time” 1(×5) 9

3 2 Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy” 2 9

2 3 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 2 12

4 4 The Fixx – “Driven Out” 4 10

5 5 R.E.M. – “Stand” 1(×6) 15

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

7 7 The Replacements – “I'll Be You” 7 8

10 8 Julian Cope – “5 O’Clock World” 8 8

9 9 Kon Kan – “I Beg Your Pardon” 9 14

12 10 Violent Femmes – “Nightmares” 10 11

13 11 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 11 8

8 12 CAMOUFLAGE – “The Great Commandment” 3 23

17 13 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 13 5

11 14 Camper Van Beethoven – “Life Is Grand” 8 19

25 15 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 15 4

14 16 'Til Tuesday – “(Believed You Were) Lucky” 14 12

15 17 Marc Almond – “Tears Run Rings” 5 21

22 18 The Dead Milkmen – “Punk Rock Girl” 18 8

23 19 Enya – “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” 19 11

20 20 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up” 20 17

16 21 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 4 18

18 22 Devo – “Baby Doll” 17 19

24 23 Elvis Costello – “Veronica” 23 7

27 24 Throwing Muses – “Dizzy” 24 6

19 25 10,000 Maniacs – “The Painted Desert” 19 16

32 26 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 26 3

31 27 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 27 6

36 28 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 28 3

34 29 Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 29 3

30 30 Traveling Wilburys – “End of the Line” 30 10

33 31 Roxette – “The Look” 31 5

21 32 Q Lazzarus – “Goodbye Horses” 12 26

26 33 Crowded House – “Into Temptation” 4 26

37 34 Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo – “Help!” 34 4

44 35 New Order – “Love Less” 35 2

38 36 The Bangles – “Eternal Flame” 36 5

28 37 R.E.M. – “Orange Crush” 1(×5) 22

29 38 They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng” 1(×1) 25

46 39 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 39 2

47 40 New Order – “Round and Round” 40 2

35 41 U2 – “Angel of Harlem” 28 15

45 42 Duran Duran – “Do You Believe In Shame?” 42 3

39 43 INXS – “Mystify” 30 12

42 44 The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 1(×3) 30

41 45 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “What I Am” 11 28

40 46 Information Society – “Walking Away” 29 18

NE 47 Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 47 1

50 48 Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 48 2

43 49 Jane's Addiction – “Jane Says” 17 25

NE 50 Tone Loc – “Funky Cold Medina” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

48 -- Prince – “I Wish U Heaven” 16 26

49 -- Voice of the Beehive – “I Say Nothing” 20 19

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