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 2

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2 Down by 1

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 1

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 1

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 1

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
6

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
8 Up by 1

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 4

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 1

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 3

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
12

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 4

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 1

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Down by 5

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 3

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 1

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Down by 4

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
19 Up by 1

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 4

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
21

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
22 Up by 2

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
23 Up by 4

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 5

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 5

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 10

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 2

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 2

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
29 Down by 6

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
30 Down by 2

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
22
Number
31 Up by 3

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
33

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 1

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Down by 13

Let the Day Begin
The Call
From the album: Let the Day Begin
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
36 Up by 10

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 10

Bulletproof Heart
Grace Jones
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
38
Weeks
9
Number
39

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Down by 10

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
29
Number
42 Up by 3

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 1

This One
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 4

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 8

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
28
Weeks
13
Number
46 Down by 3

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
29
Number
47 Debut

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Up by 2

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
42 Dropout

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
49 Dropout

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

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Date

October 28, 1989

Songs

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3 1 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×1) 5

1 2 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 7

2 3 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 19

5 4 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 12

4 5 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×6) 24

6 6 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 15

7 7 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 3 18

9 8 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 8 10

13 9 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 9 5

11 10 New Order – “Run” 10 12

8 11 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 5 18

12 12 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 15

17 13 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 13 7

15 14 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 14 14

10 15 The Cure – “Lovesong” 9 17

19 16 Tears For Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 16 9

18 17 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 17 12

14 18 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 14 20

20 19 Prince – “Partyman” 19 10

16 20 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 27

21 21 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 18 17

24 22 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 22 16

27 23 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 23 8

29 24 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 24 6

30 25 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 25 6

36 26 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 26 4

25 27 New Order – “Dream Attack” 25 12

26 28 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 26 13

23 29 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 17

28 30 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 13 22

34 31 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 31 8

32 32 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 32 11

33 33 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 33 11

35 34 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 34 6

22 35 The Call – “Let the Day Begin” 6 21

46 36 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 36 2

47 37 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heart” 37 2

38 38 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 38 9

39 39 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 39 4

40 40 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 40 3

31 41 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 29

45 42 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 42 3

44 43 Paul McCartney – “This One” 43 4

48 44 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 44 2

37 45 Fine Young Cannibals – “Don't Look Back” 28 13

43 46 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 29

NE 47 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 47 1

50 48 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 48 2

NE 49 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 49 1

NE 50 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 5 26

42 -- 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 15 21

49 -- R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 33

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