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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

She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 1

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3 Up by 2

I'll Be You
The Replacements
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4

Driven Out
The Fixx
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 4

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
6

I Feel Possessed
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

5 O’Clock World
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 1

Nightmares
Violent Femmes
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 2

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 2

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 4

Stand
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 1

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 1

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Down by 5

I Beg Your Pardon
Kon Kan
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
15

Punk Rock Girl
The Dead Milkmen
From the album: Beelzebubba
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 3

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Enya
From the album: Watermark
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 2

Life Is Grand
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
19 Up by 6

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20

Straight Up
Paula Abdul
From the album: Forever Your Girl
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
21 Up by 1

Veronica
Elvis Costello
From the album: Spike
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 1

Dizzy
Throwing Muses
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 1

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 6

(Believed You Were) Lucky
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
25 Up by 3

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 3

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 6

The Great Commandment
CAMOUFLAGE
From the album: Voices & Images
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
28 Up by 5

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 2

Help!
Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo
From the album: The Greatest Hits Collection
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Down by 4

Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
31 Down by 1

End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
32 Down by 5

Baby Doll
Devo
From the album: Total Devo
Peak
17
Weeks
21
Number
33 Up by 2

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34

Eternal Flame
The Bangles
From the album: Everything
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 4

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 5

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 9

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 1

Do You Believe In Shame?
Duran Duran
From the album: Big Thing
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Up by 6

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 9

The Painted Desert
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
19
Weeks
18
Number
42 Up by 3

Funky Cold Medina
Tone Loc
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 6

Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
Peak
12
Weeks
28
Number
44 Down by 8

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
45 Down by 7

Into Temptation
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
4
Weeks
28
Number
46 Debut

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 6

Orange Crush
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
48 Debut

Circle
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 6

Ana Ng
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Lincoln
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
50 Down by 6

Angel of Harlem
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
28
Weeks
17

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Mystify
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
49 Dropout

All That Money Wants
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
50 Dropout

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
11
Weeks
29

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Date

April 8, 1989

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2 1 Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy” 1(×1) 11

3 2 New Order – “Fine Time” 1(×5) 11

5 3 The Replacements – “I'll Be You” 3 10

4 4 The Fixx – “Driven Out” 4 12

1 5 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 1(×1) 14

6 6 Crowded House – “I Feel Possessed” 6 16

8 7 Julian Cope – “5 O’Clock World” 7 10

10 9 Violent Femmes – “Nightmares” 9 13

11 9 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 10

12 10 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 10 7

7 11 R.E.M. – “Stand” 1(×6) 17

13 12 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 12 6

14 13 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 13 5

9 14 Kon Kan – “I Beg Your Pardon” 9 16

15 15 The Dead Milkmen – “Punk Rock Girl” 15 10

19 16 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 16 5

17 17 Enya – “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” 17 13

16 18 Camper Van Beethoven – “Life Is Grand” 8 21

25 19 New Order – “Love Less” 19 4

20 20 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up” 20 19

22 21 Elvis Costello – “Veronica” 21 9

23 22 Throwing Muses – “Dizzy” 22 8

24 23 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 23 8

18 24 'Til Tuesday – “(Believed You Were) Lucky” 14 14

28 25 Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 25 5

29 26 Roxette – “The Look” 26 7

21 27 CAMOUFLAGE – “The Great Commandment” 3 25

33 28 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 28 4

31 29 Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo – “Help!” 29 6

26 30 Marc Almond – “Tears Run Rings” 5 23

30 31 Traveling Wilburys – “End of the Line” 30 12

27 32 Devo – “Baby Doll” 17 21

35 33 New Order – “Round and Round” 33 4

34 34 The Bangles – “Eternal Flame” 34 7

39 35 Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 35 3

NE 36 Erasure – “Stop!” 36 1

42 37 Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 37 4

47 38 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 38 2

40 39 Duran Duran – “Do You Believe In Shame?” 39 5

46 40 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 40 2

32 41 10,000 Maniacs – “The Painted Desert” 19 18

45 42 Tone Loc – “Funky Cold Medina” 42 3

37 43 Q Lazzarus – “Goodbye Horses” 12 28

36 44 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 4 20

38 45 Crowded House – “Into Temptation” 4 28

NE 46 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 46 1

41 47 R.E.M. – “Orange Crush” 1(×5) 24

NE 48 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Circle” 48 1

43 49 They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng” 1(×1) 27

44 50 U2 – “Angel of Harlem” 28 17

DROPOUTS:

48 -- INXS – “Mystify” 30 13

49 -- The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 1(×3) 31

50 -- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “What I Am” 11 29

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