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

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4 Up by 1

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Up by 2

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
7 Down by 3

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
8

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 1

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 1

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 2

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
12 Up by 1

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 2

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 6

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
15

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 1

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 1

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Down by 6

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
19 Up by 1

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 2

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 3

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 1

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Down by 7

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
24 Up by 1

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 2

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 2

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 6

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
23
Number
28 Up by 3

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 3

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
30

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
30
Weeks
13
Number
31 Up by 6

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 1

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
33 Down by 1

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
34 Up by 2

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
26
Number
35 Up by 3

101
Sheena Easton
From the album: The Lover in Me
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 6

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 3

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
26
Number
38 Up by 7

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 10

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
40 Up by 6

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 2

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 7

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
27
Weeks
20
Number
43 Down by 4

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
44 Down by 4

Don't Say You Love Me
Billy Squier
Peak
40
Weeks
10
Number
45 Up by 4

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 2

Interesting Drug
Morrissey
Peak
44
Weeks
9
Number
47 Up by 3

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Debut

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 9

I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
48 Dropout

Pet Sematary
Ramones
From the album: Brain Drain
Peak
36
Weeks
11

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Date

August 19, 1989

Songs

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2 1 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 17

3 3 Erasure – “Stop!” 1(×1) 20

5 4 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 4 9

7 5 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 5 17

6 6 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 19

4 7 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 23

8 8 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 8 16

10 9 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 9 8

11 10 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 10 11

9 11 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 24

13 12 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 19

14 12 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 12 8

19 13 The Cure – “Lovesong” 13 7

15 15 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 15 14

17 16 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 16 15

18 17 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 17 12

12 18 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 24

20 19 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 19 12

22 20 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 20 10

24 21 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 21 7

23 22 Prince – “Batdance” 22 10

16 23 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 23

25 24 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 24 7

27 25 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 25 5

28 26 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 26 5

21 27 New Order – “Round and Round” 14 23

31 28 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 28 6

26 29 Queen – “I Want It All” 18 15

30 30 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 30 13

37 31 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 31 4

33 32 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 32 12

32 33 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 15 21

36 34 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 26

38 35 Sheena Easton – “101” 35 5

42 36 Fine Young Cannibals – “Don't Look Back” 36 3

34 37 Roxette – “The Look” 15 26

45 38 New Order – “Run” 38 2

29 39 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 25

46 40 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 40 2

43 41 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 41 3

35 42 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 27 20

39 43 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 26

40 44 Billy Squier – “Don't Say You Love Me” 40 10

49 45 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 45 2

44 46 Morrissey – “Interesting Drug” 44 9

50 47 New Order – “Dream Attack” 47 2

NE 48 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 48 1

NE 49 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 49 1

41 50 Tom Petty – “I Won't Back Down” 22 16

DROPOUTS:

47 -- The Cure – “Fascination Street” 12 18

48 -- Ramones – “Pet Sematary” 36 11

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