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

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
3

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 3

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
7

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
8

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 1

Bulletproof Heart
Grace Jones
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 2

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
12

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
13 Up by 1

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
14 Down by 1

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 3

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Down by 1

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
17

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Down by 2

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
19

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 3

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 4

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 4

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
From the album: Freedom
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 1

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 2

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
25 Down by 5

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
26 Up by 2

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 6

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
24
Number
28 Down by 6

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
20
Number
29

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer, Something to Remember
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Debut

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 3

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 3

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 12

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 2

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
21
Number
37 Up by 1

This One
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 5

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Up by 1

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Debut

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 1

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 12

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
43 Down by 10

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
44 Down by 9

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
45 Up by 3

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 7

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
26
Weeks
17
Number
47 Down by 6

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
48 Up by 2

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 3

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
33
Weeks
15
Number
50 Down by 5

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
38
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
32
Weeks
14
Number
49 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

November 25, 1989

Songs

50

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1 1 Depeche Mode – "Personal Jesus" 1(×2) 9

2 2 Eurythmics – "Don't Ask Me Why" 1(×3) 9

3 3 Camper Van Beethoven – "Pictures of Matchstick Men" 3 11

4 4 The B-52's – "Topaz" 1(×2) 11

8 5 Camper Van Beethoven – "Sweethearts" 5 8

5 6 The Ocean Blue – "Between Something And Nothing" 4 16

7 7 Royal Crescent Mob – "Nanana" 6 19

8 8 The B-52's – "Love Shack" 8 14

10 9 Tears For Fears – "Sowing the Seeds of Love" 9 13

11 10 Grace Jones – "Bulletproof Heart" 10 6

9 11 Pixies – "Here Comes Your Man" 1(×2) 23

12 12 Kon Kan – "Harry Houdini" 12 18

14 13 The Pogues – "Down All the Days" 13 16

13 14 New Order – "Run" 10 16

18 15 Kate Bush – "Love and Anger" 15 6

15 16 'Til Tuesday – "J for Jules" 12 19

17 17 Deborah Harry – "I Want That Man" 17 10

16 18 U2 – "All I Want Is You" 3 22

19 19 Prince – "Partyman" 19 14

23 20 Kon Kan – "Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')" 20 12

25 21 Love and Rockets – "No Big Deal" 21 10

26 22 Neil Young – "Rockin' in the Free World" 22 7

24 23 Thompson Twins – "Sugar Daddy" 23 10

26 24 The Alarm – "Sold Me Down The River" 24 12

20 25 Howard Jones – "The Prisoner" 5 22

28 26 Ian McCulloch – "Proud to Fall" 26 6

21 27 New Order – "Vanishing Point" 14 24

22 28 Tom Petty – "Free Fallin'" 22 20

29 29 Madonna – "Oh Father" 29 4

NE 30 The Cure – "Lullaby" 30 1

31 31 Billy Joel – "We Didn't Start the Fire" 31 7

32 32 Kate Bush – "The Sensual World" 32 8

36 33 The Smithereens – "A Girl Like You" 33 5

37 34 Lenny Kravitz – "Let Love Rule" 34 5

47 35 Eurythmics – "(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry" 35 2

34 36 Indigo Girls – "Closer to Fine" 18 21

38 37 Paul McCartney – "This One" 37 8

43 38 Madonna – "Dear Jessie" 38 3

40 39 Nuclear Valdez – "Summer" 39 6

NE 40 The B-52's – "Roam" 40 1

42 41 Prince & Sheena Easton – "The Arms of Orion" 41 5

30 42 R.E.M. – "Pop Song '89" 1(×6) 28

33 43 The Cure – "Lovesong" 9 21

35 44 New Order – "Dream Attack" 25 16

48 45 Will and the Bushmen – "Blow Me Up" 45 2

39 46 Texas – "I Don't Want a Lover" 26 17

41 47 Madonna – "Love Song" 1(×2) 31

50 48 The Psychedelic Furs – "Should God Forget" 48 2

46 49 The Graces – "Lay Down Your Arms" 33 15

45 50 The Stone Roses – "She Bangs the Drums" 38 13

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Figures on a Beach – "Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)" 32 14

49 -- The B-52's – "Channel Z" 19 20

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