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

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
4

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 1

Let the Day Begin
The Call
From the album: Let the Day Begin
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 1

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 2

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Down by 5

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
11 Up by 5

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 1

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 4

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Down by 3

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
16 Down by 1

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 1

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 2

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 1

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 10

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
22 Up by 1

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 4

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 9

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Debut

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Down by 1

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 2

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 1

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 1

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 5

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 10

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
30
Number
33 Down by 9

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
34 Down by 8

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
35 Down by 3

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
25
Number
36 Up by 1

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Up by 2

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38 Up by 2

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Debut

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Up by 2

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
40
Weeks
4
Number
41

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 3

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 9

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
44 Up by 3

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 10

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
32
Number
46 Up by 2

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 9

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
48 Down by 5

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
30
Weeks
19
Number
49 Down by 5

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
16
Weeks
21
Number
50 Down by 4

Gravitate to Me
The The
Peak
46
Weeks
6

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
29
Number
50 Dropout

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
28

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Date

September 30, 1989

Songs

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1 1 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 15

2 2 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×5) 20

3 3 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 23

4 4 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 4 14

6 5 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 5 14

7 6 The Call – “Let the Day Begin” 6 17

8 7 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 7 11

10 8 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 8 8

9 9 The Cure – “Lovesong” 9 13

5 10 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 5 23

16 11 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 11 6

13 12 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 11

17 13 New Order – “Run” 13 8

14 14 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 14 16

12 15 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 25

15 16 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 13 18

18 17 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 15 18

20 18 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 18 13

19 19 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 13

21 20 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 20 10

11 21 Erasure – “Stop!” 1(×1) 26

23 22 Prince – “Partyman” 22 6

27 23 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 23 8

33 24 The B-52's – “Topaz” 24 3

NE 25 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 25 1

25 26 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 24 12

29 27 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 27 9

28 28 Fine Young Cannibals – “Don't Look Back” 28 9

30 29 Tears For Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 29 5

31 30 New Order – “Dream Attack” 30 8

36 31 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 31 3

22 32 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 30

24 33 Prince – “Batdance” 22 16

26 34 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 8 22

32 35 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 25

37 36 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 36 7

39 37 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 37 7

40 38 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 38 4

NE 39 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 39 1

42 40 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 40 4

41 41 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 41 5

45 42 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 42 2

34 43 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 29

47 44 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 44 2

35 45 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 32

48 46 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 46 2

38 47 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 15 20

43 48 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 30 19

44 49 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 16 21

46 50 The The – “Gravitate to Me” 46 6

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 29

50 -- R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 28

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