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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

She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

I'll Be You
The Replacements
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4

Driven Out
The Fixx
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 1

5 O’Clock World
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 1

I Feel Possessed
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
8 Up by 2

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 1

Nightmares
Violent Femmes
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 1

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 3

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 3

Stand
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
15 Up by 4

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 1

Punk Rock Girl
The Dead Milkmen
From the album: Beelzebubba
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
17 Down by 3

I Beg Your Pardon
Kon Kan
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
18 Down by 1

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Enya
From the album: Watermark
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 9

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Down by 2

Life Is Grand
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
21

Veronica
Elvis Costello
From the album: Spike
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22

Dizzy
Throwing Muses
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 1

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 1

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 6

Straight Up
Paula Abdul
From the album: Forever Your Girl
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
27 Up by 9

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 1

Help!
Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo
From the album: The Greatest Hits Collection
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 5

(Believed You Were) Lucky
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
30 Up by 3

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 4

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 5

The Great Commandment
CAMOUFLAGE
From the album: Voices & Images
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
33 Up by 4

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34

Eternal Flame
The Bangles
From the album: Everything
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Up by 3

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 6

Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
37 Down by 6

End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
38 Up by 2

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39

Do You Believe In Shame?
Duran Duran
From the album: Big Thing
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Down by 8

Baby Doll
Devo
From the album: Total Devo
Peak
17
Weeks
22
Number
41 Debut

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42

Funky Cold Medina
Tone Loc
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 5

Circle
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 2

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Debut

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 5

The Painted Desert
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: In My Tribe
Peak
19
Weeks
19
Number
47 Debut

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 5

Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
Peak
12
Weeks
29
Number
49 Down by 4

Into Temptation
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
4
Weeks
29
Number
50 Down by 6

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
4
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

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

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

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

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Date

April 15, 1989

Songs

50

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1 1 Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy” 1(×2) 12

3 2 The Replacements – “I'll Be You” 2 11

2 3 New Order – “Fine Time” 1(×5) 12

4 4 The Fixx – “Driven Out” 4 13

5 5 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 1(×1) 15

7 6 Julian Cope – “5 O’Clock World” 6 11

6 7 Crowded House – “I Feel Possessed” 6 17

10 8 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 8 8

9 9 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 11

9 10 Violent Femmes – “Nightmares” 9 14

12 11 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 11 7

13 12 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 12 6

16 13 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 13 6

11 14 R.E.M. – “Stand” 1(×6) 18

19 15 New Order – “Love Less” 15 5

15 16 The Dead Milkmen – “Punk Rock Girl” 15 11

14 17 Kon Kan – “I Beg Your Pardon” 9 17

17 18 Enya – “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” 17 14

28 19 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 19 5

18 20 Camper Van Beethoven – “Life Is Grand” 8 22

21 21 Elvis Costello – “Veronica” 21 10

22 22 Throwing Muses – “Dizzy” 22 9

23 23 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 23 9

25 24 Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 24 6

26 25 Roxette – “The Look” 25 8

20 26 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up” 20 20

36 27 Erasure – “Stop!” 27 2

29 28 Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo – “Help!” 28 7

24 29 'Til Tuesday – “(Believed You Were) Lucky” 14 15

33 30 New Order – “Round and Round” 30 5

35 31 Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 31 4

27 32 CAMOUFLAGE – “The Great Commandment” 3 26

37 33 Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 33 5

34 34 The Bangles – “Eternal Flame” 34 8

38 35 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 35 3

30 36 Marc Almond – “Tears Run Rings” 5 24

31 37 Traveling Wilburys – “End of the Line” 30 13

40 38 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 38 3

39 39 Duran Duran – “Do You Believe In Shame?” 39 6

32 40 Devo – “Baby Doll” 17 22

NE 41 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 41 1

42 42 Tone Loc – “Funky Cold Medina” 42 4

48 43 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Circle” 43 2

46 44 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 44 2

NE 45 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 45 1

41 46 10,000 Maniacs – “The Painted Desert” 19 19

NE 47 The Cure – “Fascination Street” 47 1

43 48 Q Lazzarus – “Goodbye Horses” 12 29

45 49 Crowded House – “Into Temptation” 4 29

44 50 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 4 21

DROPOUTS:

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

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

50 -- U2 – “Angel of Harlem” 28 17

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