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

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 7

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Down by 1

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
5 Up by 2

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Down by 3

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
8 Down by 3

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 2

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Down by 1

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 2

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 4

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
15 Up by 1

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 8

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
17 Up by 5

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 3

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 4

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 3

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
22 Down by 7

Let the Day Begin
The Call
From the album: Let the Day Begin
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
23 Down by 4

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 1

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
25 Up by 2

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 5

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 4

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
21
Number
29 Up by 6

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 7

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 3

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
28
Number
32 Up by 1

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
33 Up by 1

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
34 Up by 2

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 4

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 5

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 6

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
38

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
39 Up by 1

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 5

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 12

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
42 Down by 12

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
43 Down by 1

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
28
Number
44 Up by 2

This One
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 4

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Bulletproof Heart
Grace Jones
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 5

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
33
Number
50 Debut

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
47 Dropout

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
18
Number
48 Dropout

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
50 Dropout

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
31

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Date

October 21, 1989

Songs

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1 1 The B-52's – "Topaz" 1(×2) 6

2 2 Pixies – "Here Comes Your Man" 1(×2) 18

10 3 Eurythmics – "Don't Ask Me Why" 3 4

3 4 R.E.M. – "Pop Song '89" 1(×6) 23

7 5 The Ocean Blue – "Between Something And Nothing" 5 11

6 6 Royal Crescent Mob – "Nanana" 6 14

4 7 U2 – "All I Want Is You" 3 17

5 8 Howard Jones – "The Prisoner" 5 17

11 9 The B-52's – "Love Shack" 9 9

9 10 The Cure – "Lovesong" 9 16

13 11 New Order – "Run" 11 11

12 12 'Til Tuesday – "J for Jules" 12 14

17 13 Depeche Mode – "Personal Jesus" 13 4

14 14 New Order – "Vanishing Point" 14 19

16 15 Kon Kan – "Harry Houdini" 15 13

8 16 Madonna – "Love Song" 1(×2) 26

22 17 Camper Van Beethoven – "Pictures of Matchstick Men" 17 6

21 18 The Pogues – "Down All the Days" 18 11

23 19 Tears For Fears – "Sowing the Seeds of Love" 19 8

20 20 Prince – "Partyman" 20 9

18 21 Indigo Girls – "Closer to Fine" 18 16

15 22 The Call – "Let the Day Begin" 6 20

19 23 The B-52's – "Channel Z" 19 16

25 24 Tom Petty – "Free Fallin'" 24 15

27 25 New Order – "Dream Attack" 25 11

26 26 Texas – "I Don't Want a Lover" 26 12

32 27 Kon Kan – "Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')" 27 7

24 28 Madonna – "Express Yourself" 13 21

35 29 Thompson Twins – "Sugar Daddy" 29 5

37 30 Deborah Harry – "I Want That Man" 30 5

28 31 R.E.M. – "Get Up" 5 28

33 32 Figures on a Beach – "Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)" 32 10

34 33 The Graces – "Lay Down Your Arms" 33 10

36 34 The Alarm – "Sold Me Down The River" 34 7

39 35 Love and Rockets – "No Big Deal" 35 5

41 36 Camper Van Beethoven – "Sweethearts" 36 3

31 37 Fine Young Cannibals – "Don't Look Back" 28 12

38 38 The Stone Roses – "She Bangs the Drums" 38 8

40 39 Kate Bush – "The Sensual World" 39 3

45 40 Neil Young – "Rockin' in the Free World" 40 2

29 41 Love and Rockets – "So Alive" 5 26

30 42 10,000 Maniacs – "Trouble Me" 15 21

42 43 Pixies – "Monkey Gone to Heaven" 8 28

46 44 Paul McCartney – "This One" 44 3

49 45 Billy Joel – "We Didn't Start the Fire" 45 2

NE 46 Kate Bush – "Love and Anger" 46 1

NE 47 Grace Jones – "Bulletproof Heart" 47 1

NE 48 Ian McCulloch – "Proud to Fall" 48 1

44 49 R.E.M. – "Turn You Inside-Out" 2 33

NE 50 Nuclear Valdez – "Summer" 50 1

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Erasure – "Stop!" 1(×1) 28

47 -- Prince – "Batdance" 22 18

48 -- Edelweiss – "Bring Me Edelweiss" 8 24

50 -- New Order – "Love Less" 1(×9) 31

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