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 9 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
6

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Up by 1

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Down by 1

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
9 Up by 2

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 2

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
12

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
13

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
14

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
15

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 5

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 2

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 1

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 2

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 4

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
22 Up by 1

I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 3

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 6

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 10

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
27 Up by 9

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 3

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
29 Up by 11

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 3

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
27
Weeks
16
Number
31 Up by 1

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Up by 3

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 1

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 4

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 4

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 8

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
37

Pet Sematary
Ramones
From the album: Brain Drain
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Down by 9

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
25
Number
39 Down by 9

Rooms On Fire
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Crystal Visions
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
40 Up by 1

Don't Say You Love Me
Billy Squier
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 8

I Drove All Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: A Night to Remember
Peak
33
Weeks
12
Number
42 Up by 7

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43

A Friend Is A Friend
Pete Townshend
Peak
43
Weeks
6
Number
44 Up by 1

Interesting Drug
Morrissey
Peak
44
Weeks
5
Number
45 Up by 1

Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)
Q-Feel
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
46 Up by 4

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
22
Number
47 Down by 5

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
14
Weeks
23
Number
48 Debut

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

101
Sheena Easton
From the album: The Lover in Me
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
47 Dropout

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
48 Dropout

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
22
Weeks
18

A chart by

Date

July 22, 1989

Songs

50

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1 1 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 19

2 2 Erasure – “Stop!” 2 16

3 3 Madonna – “Love Song” 3 13

4 4 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 4 10

5 5 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 20

6 6 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 6 15

8 7 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 7 13

7 8 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 20

11 9 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 9 5

10 10 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 10 12

9 11 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 15

12 12 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 21

13 13 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 19

14 14 New Order – “Round and Round” 14 19

15 15 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 15 17

21 16 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 16 7

19 17 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 17 10

18 18 Queen – “I Want It All” 18 11

20 19 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 19 11

22 20 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 20 8

17 21 Roxette – “The Look” 15 22

23 22 Tom Petty – “I Won't Back Down” 22 12

26 23 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 23 4

24 24 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 24 8

31 25 Prince – “Batdance” 25 6

16 26 The Cure – “Fascination Street” 12 15

36 27 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 27 4

25 28 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 22

40 29 The Cure – “Lovesong” 29 3

27 30 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 27 16

32 31 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 31 9

35 32 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 32 6

34 33 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 33 8

38 34 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 34 3

39 35 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 35 3

28 36 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 21 17

37 37 Ramones – “Pet Sematary” 37 8

29 38 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 25

30 39 Stevie Nicks – “Rooms On Fire” 30 11

41 40 Billy Squier – “Don't Say You Love Me” 40 6

33 41 Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night” 33 12

49 42 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 42 2

43 43 Pete Townshend – “A Friend Is A Friend” 43 6

45 44 Morrissey – “Interesting Drug” 44 5

46 45 Q-Feel – “Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)” 45 4

50 46 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 22

42 47 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 14 23

NE 48 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 48 1

NE 49 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 49 1

NE 50 Sheena Easton – “101” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 20 19

47 -- Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 21 17

48 -- Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 22 18

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