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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

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 1

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 1

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
4

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 2

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Down by 2

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
8

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 16

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
12

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 15

Bulletproof Heat
Grace Jones
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 8

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
18 Down by 2

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
19

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 3

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
22

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
18
Number
23

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 8

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 3

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 1

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 2

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 8

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
30 Up by 5

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 9

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 6

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
33 Down by 6

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
34 Up by 2

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 2

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Down by 4

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
26
Weeks
15
Number
37 Up by 12

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 5

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
32
Weeks
13
Number
39 Up by 2

This One
Paul McCartney
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Down by 2

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
38
Weeks
11
Number
41 Down by 7

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
33
Weeks
13
Number
42 Up by 2

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Up by 2

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Up by 2

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 3

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Down by 7

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
19
Number
47 Down by 5

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
24
Number
48 Down by 5

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
49 Down by 2

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
31
Number
50 Debut

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
30

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Date

November 11, 1989

Songs

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1 1 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 7

3 2 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 2 7

2 3 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 9

4 4 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 14

7 5 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 5 9

6 6 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 17

5 7 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 21

8 8 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 8 12

25 9 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 9 6

10 10 New Order – “Run” 10 14

11 11 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 3 20

12 12 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 17

13 13 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 13 16

14 14 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 14 11

15 15 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 15 14

31 16 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heat” 16 4

9 17 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×6) 26

16 18 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 5 20

19 19 Prince – “Partyman” 19 12

20 20 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 20 8

18 21 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 14 22

22 22 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 22 18

23 23 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 23 10

24 24 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 24 8

17 25 The Cure – “Lovesong” 9 19

29 26 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 26 8

28 27 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 27 10

30 28 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 28 4

21 29 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 18 19

35 30 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 30 5

40 31 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 31 4

26 32 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 29

27 33 New Order – “Dream Attack” 25 14

36 34 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 34 5

37 35 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 35 6

32 36 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 26 15

49 37 Madonna – “Oh Father” 37 2

33 38 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 32 13

41 39 Paul McCartney – “This One” 39 6

38 40 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 38 11

34 41 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 33 13

44 42 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 42 3

45 43 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 43 4

46 44 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 44 3

48 45 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 45 3

39 46 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 19

42 47 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 13 24

43 48 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 6 23

47 49 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 31

NE 50 Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

50 -- Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 30

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