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 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 1

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
7

Bulletproof Heart
Grace Jones
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
8

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 1

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Down by 1

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
11

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
11
Weeks
22
Number
12 Up by 18

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer, Something to Remember
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 1

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 2

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Down by 5

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
18 Down by 4

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
19

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 2

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 2

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 3

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 1

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 2

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 4

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
27 Up by 1

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 10

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
29

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
30 Up by 5

Tomorrow
The Graces
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 1

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
31
Weeks
14
Number
32 Down by 11

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
33

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 3

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
35 Up by 5

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Debut

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 6

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
38

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
37
Weeks
12
Number
39

Blues from a Gun
The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 1

La La Love You
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
40
Weeks
6
Number
41 Up by 3

I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 8

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
43 Down by 7

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
25
Number
44 Up by 3

Salvador Dali's Car
Thompson Twins
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 3

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
46 Down by 3

This One
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
36
Weeks
14
Number
47 Down by 2

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
48 Down by 2

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

Dangerous
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 1

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
24
Weeks
18

Dropouts

Number
48 Dropout

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

January 6, 1990

Songs

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1 1 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 1(×3) 14

3 2 The Cure – “Lullaby” 2 7

2 3 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1(×2) 17

4 4 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 1(×3) 15

5 5 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 15

6 6 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 17

7 7 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heart” 6 12

8 8 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 8 12

10 9 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 9 12

9 10 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 7 20

11 11 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 11 22

30 12 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 12 5

13 13 Madonna – “Oh Father” 13 10

15 14 The B-52's – “Roam” 14 7

17 15 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 15 8

16 16 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 16 11

12 17 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 22

14 18 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 14 16

19 19 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 19 13

20 20 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 20 11

23 21 Kate Bush – “This Woman's Work” 21 6

24 22 Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 22 9

26 23 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 23 4

25 24 Will and the Bushmen – “Blow Me Up” 24 8

27 25 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 25 6

22 26 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 29

28 27 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 27 5

18 28 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 12 24

29 29 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 29 13

35 30 The Graces – “Tomorrow” 30 6

32 31 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 31 14

21 32 Tears For Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 8 19

33 33 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 33 11

37 34 The Psychedelic Furs – “Should God Forget” 34 8

40 35 The Pogues – “Lorelei” 35 4

NE 36 Peter Murphy – “Cuts You Up” 36 1

31 37 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 25

38 38 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 37 12

39 39 The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Blues from a Gun” 39 6

41 40 Pixies – “La La Love You” 40 6

44 41 Fine Young Cannibals – “I'm Not the Man I Used to Be” 41 5

34 42 New Order – “Run” 10 22

36 43 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 25

47 44 Thompson Twins – “Salvador Dali's Car” 44 2

42 45 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 17 16

43 46 Paul McCartney – “This One” 36 14

45 47 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 20 18

46 48 Prince – “Partyman” 19 20

NE 49 Roxette – “Dangerous” 49 1

49 50 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 24 18

DROPOUTS:

48 -- Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 23 15

50 -- U2 – “All I Want Is You” 3 27

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