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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 Up by 1

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Down by 1

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 2

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 1

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
7 Down by 1

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
8 Up by 1

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
8

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Down by 2

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Up by 4

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 5

Bulletproof Heat
Grace Jones
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 1

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13 Down by 3

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
14 Up by 1

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Down by 3

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
16 Down by 5

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
17 Up by 3

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 10

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Down by 2

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
21

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
23
Number
22

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
19
Number
23

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 1

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
26 Up by 4

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 3

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 8

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 13

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
31 Up by 3

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 3

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 8

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
34 Down by 5

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
20
Number
35 Down by 2

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
25
Weeks
15
Number
36 Up by 6

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 7

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 1

This One
Paul McCartney
Peak
38
Weeks
7
Number
39 Down by 3

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
26
Weeks
16
Number
40 Up by 3

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 9

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
42 Up by 3

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 7

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 6

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
32
Weeks
14
Number
45 Down by 5

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
38
Weeks
12
Number
46 Down by 5

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
33
Weeks
14
Number
47 Debut

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 3

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
20
Number
50 Debut

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout

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

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
49 Dropout

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

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Date

November 18, 1989

Songs

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2 1 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 1(×1) 8

1 2 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 8

5 3 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 3 10

3 4 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 10

4 5 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 15

6 7 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 18

9 8 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 8 7

8 8 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 8 13

7 9 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 22

14 10 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 10 12

16 11 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heat” 11 5

13 12 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 12 17

10 13 New Order – “Run” 10 15

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

12 15 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 18

11 16 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 3 21

20 17 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 17 9

28 18 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 18 5

19 19 Prince – “Partyman” 19 13

18 20 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 5 21

21 21 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 14 23

22 22 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 22 19

23 23 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 23 11

24 24 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 24 9

26 25 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 25 9

27 26 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 26 11

30 26 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 26 6

31 28 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 28 5

37 29 Madonna – “Oh Father” 29 3

17 30 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×6) 27

34 31 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 31 6

35 32 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 32 7

25 33 The Cure – “Lovesong” 9 20

29 34 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 18 20

33 35 New Order – “Dream Attack” 25 15

42 36 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 36 4

44 37 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 37 4

39 38 Paul McCartney – “This One” 38 7

36 39 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 26 16

43 40 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 40 5

32 41 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 30

45 42 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 42 4

50 43 Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 43 2

38 44 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 32 14

40 45 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 38 12

41 46 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 33 14

NE 47 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 47 1

NE 48 Will and the Bushmen – “Blow Me Up” 48 1

46 49 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 20

NE 50 The Psychedelic Furs – “Should God Forget” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Madonna – “Express Yourself” 13 24

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

49 -- R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 31

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