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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

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 1

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Down by 4

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
7 Up by 1

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 2

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 1

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 4

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Up by 5

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 6

She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
14

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 1

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16 Down by 4

I'll Be You
The Replacements
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
17 Down by 4

5 O’Clock World
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 8

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 12

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 1

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 3

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 1

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
27 Down by 9

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
28 Down by 9

Driven Out
The Fixx
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
29 Up by 5

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 1

Help!
Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo
From the album: The Greatest Hits Collection
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 7

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
32 Down by 2

Circle
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
33

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 3

I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 4

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 5

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 5

I Drove All Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: A Night to Remember
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Down by 6

Punk Rock Girl
The Dead Milkmen
From the album: Beelzebubba
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
39 Down by 4

I Feel Possessed
Crowded House
From the album: Temple of Low Men
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
40 Up by 4

Rooms On Fire
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Crystal Visions
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 5

Nightmares
Violent Femmes
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
42 Debut

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43

The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)
Peter Schilling
From the album: The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)
Peak
43
Weeks
7
Number
44 Down by 6

Dizzy
Throwing Muses
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
45 Up by 3

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Up by 3

Disappointed
Public Image Ltd.
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 7

Stand
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
48 Debut

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

Pet Sematary
Ramones
From the album: Brain Drain
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

I Beg Your Pardon
Kon Kan
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
46 Dropout

Veronica
Elvis Costello
From the album: Spike
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
47 Dropout

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Enya
From the album: Watermark
Peak
17
Weeks
20
Number
50 Dropout

Eternal Flame
The Bangles
From the album: Everything
Peak
34
Weeks
14

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Date

June 3, 1989

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1 1 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×2) 12

3 2 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 13

4 3 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 13

5 4 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 14

6 5 Erasure – “Stop!” 5 9

2 6 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 15

8 7 Madonna – “Love Song” 7 6

10 8 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 8 8

9 9 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 18

11 10 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 12

15 11 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 11 8

17 12 The Cure – “Fascination Street” 12 8

7 13 Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy” 1(×2) 19

14 14 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 14 16

16 15 Roxette – “The Look” 15 15

12 16 The Replacements – “I'll Be You” 1(×1) 18

13 17 Julian Cope – “5 O’Clock World” 6 18

26 18 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 18 6

31 19 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 19 3

20 20 Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 20 13

21 21 Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 21 11

22 22 Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 22 12

23 23 New Order – “Round and Round” 23 12

25 24 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 24 10

28 25 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 25 5

27 26 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 26 10

18 27 New Order – “Fine Time” 1(×5) 19

19 28 The Fixx – “Driven Out” 4 20

34 29 Queen – “I Want It All” 29 4

29 30 Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo – “Help!” 27 14

24 31 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 1(×1) 22

30 32 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Circle” 30 9

33 33 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 33 9

37 34 Tom Petty – “I Won't Back Down” 34 5

39 35 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 35 3

41 36 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 36 4

42 37 Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night” 37 5

32 38 The Dead Milkmen – “Punk Rock Girl” 15 18

35 39 Crowded House – “I Feel Possessed” 6 24

44 40 Stevie Nicks – “Rooms On Fire” 40 4

36 41 Violent Femmes – “Nightmares” 9 21

NE 42 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 42 1

43 43 Peter Schilling – “The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)” 43 7

38 44 Throwing Muses – “Dizzy” 22 16

48 45 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 45 2

49 46 Public Image Ltd. – “Disappointed” 46 2

40 47 R.E.M. – “Stand” 1(×6) 25

NE 48 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 48 1

NE 49 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 49 1

NE 50 Ramones – “Pet Sematary” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Kon Kan – “I Beg Your Pardon” 9 23

46 -- Elvis Costello – “Veronica” 21 16

47 -- Enya – “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” 17 20

50 -- The Bangles – “Eternal Flame” 34 14

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