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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

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3 Up by 2

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 1

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 1

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
6

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
7

Bulletproof Heat
Grace Jones
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 1

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Down by 1

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
10 Up by 2

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
12 Down by 2

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 3

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 7

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 1

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 4

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 5

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
19

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 7

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
22 Down by 4

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
23 Up by 3

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 10

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 3

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 5

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 8

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
32

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
32
Weeks
13
Number
33 Up by 1

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
34 Down by 6

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
35 Up by 4

Tomorrow
The Graces
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 6

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
37 Up by 1

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
37
Weeks
7
Number
38 Down by 1

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
37
Weeks
11
Number
39 Up by 2

Blues from a Gun
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
40 Up by 2

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 3

La La Love You
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 9

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
43 Down by 3

This One
Paul McCartney
Peak
36
Weeks
13
Number
44 Up by 2

I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
45 Down by 2

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
46 Down by 1

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
19
Number
47 Debut

Salvador Dali's Car
Thompson Twins
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 1

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
49 Down by 1

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
24
Weeks
17
Number
50 Down by 1

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
3
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
50 Dropout

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
22
Weeks
24

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Date

December 30, 1989

Songs

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1 1 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 1(×2) 13

2 2 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1(×2) 16

5 3 The Cure – “Lullaby” 3 6

3 4 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 1(×3) 14

4 5 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 14

6 6 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 16

7 7 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heat” 6 11

9 8 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 8 11

8 9 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 7 19

12 10 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 10 11

11 11 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 11 21

10 12 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 21

16 13 Madonna – “Oh Father” 13 9

15 14 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 14 15

22 15 The B-52's – “Roam” 15 6

17 16 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 16 10

21 17 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 17 7

13 18 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 12 23

19 19 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 19 12

20 20 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 20 10

14 21 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 8 18

18 22 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 28

26 23 Kate Bush – “This Woman's Work” 23 5

24 24 Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 24 8

25 25 Will and the Bushmen – “Blow Me Up” 25 7

36 26 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 26 3

27 27 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 27 5

31 28 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 28 4

29 29 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 29 12

35 30 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 30 4

23 31 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 24

32 32 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 32 13

34 33 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 33 10

28 34 New Order – “Run” 10 21

39 35 The Graces – “Tomorrow” 35 5

30 36 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 24

38 37 The Psychedelic Furs – “Should God Forget” 37 7

37 38 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 37 11

41 39 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Blues from a Gun” 39 5

42 40 The Pogues – “Lorelei” 40 3

44 41 Pixies – “La La Love You” 41 5

33 42 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 17 15

40 43 Paul McCartney – “This One” 36 13

46 44 Fine Young Cannibals – “I'm Not the Man I Used to Be” 44 4

43 45 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 20 17

45 46 Prince – “Partyman” 19 19

NE 47 Thompson Twins – “Salvador Dali's Car” 47 1

47 48 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 23 15

48 49 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 24 17

49 50 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 3 27

DROPOUTS:

50 -- Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 22 24

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