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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

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
5

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 4

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
6
Weeks
4
Number
7 Down by 1

Bulletproof Heat
Grace Jones
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 1

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 1

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
10 Up by 2

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
12 Down by 3

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
13

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 7

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 1

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
16 Down by 1

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
17 Up by 1

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 4

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 1

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 3

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 3

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 4

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 4

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 8

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
25

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
26 Down by 7

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
27 Down by 10

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
28 Up by 3

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 5

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 9

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 9

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 2

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 7

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 1

This One
Paul McCartney
Peak
36
Weeks
11
Number
37 Up by 1

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
37
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 7

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 4

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Up by 6

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 3

Tomorrow
The Graces
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 10

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
43 Down by 9

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
44 Up by 3

Blues from a Gun
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 3

La La Love You
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Debut

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 17

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
48 Up by 2

I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 10

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

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
26
Number
49 Dropout

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
18
Weeks
23

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Date

December 16, 1989

Songs

50

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1 1 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1(×2) 14

3 2 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 2 11

2 3 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 1(×3) 12

4 4 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 12

5 5 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 14

10 6 The Cure – “Lullaby” 6 4

6 7 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heat” 6 9

7 8 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 7 17

8 9 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 19

12 10 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 10 9

11 11 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 11 19

9 12 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 8 16

13 13 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 12 21

21 14 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 14 9

14 15 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 22

15 16 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 26

18 17 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 17 13

22 18 Madonna – “Oh Father” 18 7

20 19 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 19 10

23 20 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 20 8

24 21 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 21 8

26 22 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 22 5

27 23 The B-52's – “Roam” 23 4

16 24 New Order – “Run” 10 19

25 25 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 20 15

19 26 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 17 13

17 27 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 22

31 28 Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 28 6

29 29 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 29 10

35 30 Will and the Bushmen – “Blow Me Up” 30 5

40 31 Kate Bush – “This Woman's Work” 31 3

41 32 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 32 3

33 33 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 32 11

36 34 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 34 8

28 35 Prince – “Partyman” 19 17

37 36 Paul McCartney – “This One” 36 11

38 37 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 37 9

45 38 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 38 2

43 39 The Psychedelic Furs – “Should God Forget” 39 5

46 40 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 40 2

44 41 The Graces – “Tomorrow” 41 3

32 42 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 23 13

34 43 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 24 15

47 44 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Blues from a Gun” 44 3

48 45 Pixies – “La La Love You” 45 3

NE 46 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 46 1

30 47 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 3 25

50 48 Fine Young Cannibals – “I'm Not the Man I Used to Be” 48 2

39 49 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 22 23

NE 50 The Pogues – “Lorelei” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- New Order – “Vanishing Point” 14 26

49 -- Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 18 23

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