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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

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
5

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
6

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 1

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Up by 1

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 2

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 3

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
11 Down by 1

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 1

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
26
Number
14

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
15 Up by 1

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 1

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 1

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Down by 3

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

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 1

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 3

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 5

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 2

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Down by 8

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 7

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 12

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
30
Weeks
15
Number
31 Down by 6

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
32 Up by 1

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 5

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
25
Number
34 Up by 3

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 4

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 2

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
28
Number
37 Up by 5

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 2

101
Sheena Easton
From the album: The Lover in Me
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
39 Up by 5

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Down by 8

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
32
Weeks
14
Number
41 Down by 10

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
25
Number
42 Up by 4

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 6

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
45 Debut

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 6

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
15
Weeks
23
Number
47 Down by 4

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
28
Number
48 Debut

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49

Gravitate to Me
The The
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 2

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
50 Dropout

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
27
Weeks
21

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Date

September 2, 1989

Songs

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×3) 16

2 2 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 19

3 3 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 3 11

4 4 Erasure – “Stop!” 1(×1) 22

5 5 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 5 19

6 6 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 21

8 7 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 7 10

9 8 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 8 13

11 9 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 9 10

7 10 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 25

10 11 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 8 18

13 12 The Cure – “Lovesong” 12 9

12 13 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 26

14 14 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 21

16 15 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 15 14

17 16 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 16 14

18 17 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 17 12

15 18 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 15 16

20 19 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 9

21 20 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 20 7

24 21 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 21 7

22 22 Prince – “Batdance” 22 12

23 23 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 23 9

29 24 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 24 4

27 25 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 25 6

26 26 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 26 8

19 27 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 16 17

35 28 New Order – “Run” 28 4

41 29 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 29 2

30 30 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 30 15

25 31 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 26

33 32 Fine Young Cannibals – “Don't Look Back” 32 5

28 33 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 25

37 34 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 34 5

39 35 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 35 4

34 36 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 28

42 37 Prince – “Partyman” 37 2

36 38 Sheena Easton – “101” 35 7

44 39 New Order – “Dream Attack” 39 4

32 40 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 32 14

31 41 New Order – “Round and Round” 14 25

46 42 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 42 3

45 43 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 43 3

38 44 Queen – “I Want It All” 18 17

NE 45 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 45 1

40 46 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 15 23

43 47 Roxette – “The Look” 15 28

NE 48 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 48 1

49 49 The The – “Gravitate to Me” 49 2

48 50 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 28

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 26

50 -- The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 27 21

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