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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

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Up by 1

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 1

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Down by 3

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
5 Up by 1

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 1

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
7

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 1

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Down by 1

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
10

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
12

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
13

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
14

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
15 Up by 1

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 1

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 2

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 2

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Down by 1

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 3

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 6

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
22 Up by 2

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 4

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 4

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 5

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
23
Number
27 Up by 5

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 7

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 5

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
27
Weeks
17
Number
31

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 1

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Down by 11

I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
34 Down by 8

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
35 Down by 7

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
36 Up by 1

Pet Sematary
Ramones
From the album: Brain Drain
Peak
36
Weeks
9
Number
37 Up by 5

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 2

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
39 Up by 9

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40

Don't Say You Love Me
Billy Squier
Peak
40
Weeks
7
Number
41 Up by 5

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
23
Number
42 Up by 7

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43

A Friend Is A Friend
Pete Townshend
Peak
43
Weeks
7
Number
44

Interesting Drug
Morrissey
Peak
44
Weeks
6
Number
45 Down by 7

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
26
Number
46 Up by 4

101
Sheena Easton
From the album: The Lover in Me
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Debut

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 3

Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)
Q-Feel
Peak
45
Weeks
5
Number
49 Down by 10

Rooms On Fire
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Crystal Visions
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
50 Down by 9

I Drove All Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: A Night to Remember
Peak
33
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

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

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Date

July 29, 1989

Songs

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2 1 Erasure – “Stop!” 1(×1) 17

3 2 Madonna – “Love Song” 2 14

4 3 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 3 11

1 4 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 20

6 5 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 16

5 6 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 21

7 7 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 7 14

9 8 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 8 6

8 9 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 21

10 10 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 10 13

11 11 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 16

12 12 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 22

13 13 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 20

14 14 New Order – “Round and Round” 14 20

16 15 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 15 8

17 16 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 16 11

19 17 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 17 12

20 18 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 18 9

18 19 Queen – “I Want It All” 18 12

23 20 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 20 5

15 21 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 15 18

24 22 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 22 9

27 23 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 23 5

25 24 Prince – “Batdance” 24 7

29 25 The Cure – “Lovesong” 25 4

21 26 Roxette – “The Look” 15 23

32 27 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 27 7

35 28 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 28 4

34 29 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 29 4

30 30 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 27 17

31 31 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 31 10

33 32 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 32 9

22 33 Tom Petty – “I Won't Back Down” 22 13

26 34 The Cure – “Fascination Street” 12 16

28 35 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 23

37 36 Ramones – “Pet Sematary” 36 9

42 37 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 37 3

36 38 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 21 18

48 39 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 39 2

40 40 Billy Squier – “Don't Say You Love Me” 40 7

46 41 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 23

49 42 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 42 2

43 43 Pete Townshend – “A Friend Is A Friend” 43 7

44 44 Morrissey – “Interesting Drug” 44 6

38 45 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 26

50 46 Sheena Easton – “101” 46 2

NE 47 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 47 1

45 48 Q-Feel – “Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)” 45 5

39 49 Stevie Nicks – “Rooms On Fire” 30 12

41 50 Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night” 33 13

DROPOUTS:

47 -- XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 14 23

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