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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

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 1

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 1

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6 Up by 1

Bulletproof Heat
Grace Jones
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Down by 1

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
8

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 3

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 2

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
13 Up by 1

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Down by 3

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
11
Weeks
24
Number
15

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 2

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Up by 15

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Down by 3

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
20 Up by 1

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 3

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 1

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 2

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 5

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
25 Down by 5

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 2

Tomorrow
The Graces
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 2

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 2

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 2

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 9

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Down by 9

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
32 Down by 6

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
33 Down by 6

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
34 Down by 2

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
31
Weeks
16
Number
35

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
13
Number
36 Up by 2

La La Love You
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37

Blues from a Gun
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
37
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 3

Salvador Dali's Car
Thompson Twins
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 1

I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
39
Weeks
7
Number
40 Debut

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 7

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
29
Weeks
15
Number
42 Down by 6

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
43 Up by 5

Head On
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 3

Dangerous
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Down by 2

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
26
Number
46 Down by 2

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
27
Number
47 Down by 5

Summer
Nuclear Valdez
Peak
37
Weeks
14
Number
48 Down by 3

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
10
Weeks
24
Number
49 Down by 3

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
12
Weeks
27
Number
50

This One
Paul McCartney
Peak
36
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
17
Weeks
17

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Date

January 20, 1990

Songs

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1 1 The Cure – “Lullaby” 1(×2) 9

2 2 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 1(×3) 16

3 3 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1(×2) 19

5 4 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 4 7

4 5 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 1(×3) 17

7 6 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heat” 6 14

6 7 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 17

8 8 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 8 14

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

13 10 The B-52's – “Roam” 10 9

12 11 Madonna – “Oh Father” 11 12

10 12 The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 19

14 13 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 13 10

11 14 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 11 24

15 15 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 15 13

18 16 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 16 6

17 17 Kate Bush – “This Woman's Work” 17 8

33 18 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 18 2

16 19 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 7 22

21 20 Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 20 11

24 21 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 21 8

23 22 Will and the Bushmen – “Blow Me Up” 22 10

25 23 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 23 7

19 24 Neil Young – “Rockin' in the Free World” 19 15

20 25 The Smithereens – “A Girl Like You” 20 13

28 26 The Graces – “Tomorrow” 26 8

29 27 The Psychedelic Furs – “Should God Forget” 27 10

30 28 The Pogues – “Lorelei” 28 6

31 29 Peter Murphy – “Cuts You Up” 29 3

39 30 They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 30 2

22 31 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 14 18

26 32 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 4 24

27 33 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×2) 31

32 34 Kate Bush – “The Sensual World” 31 16

35 35 Prince & Sheena Easton – “The Arms of Orion” 33 13

38 36 Pixies – “La La Love You” 36 8

37 37 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Blues from a Gun” 37 8

41 38 Thompson Twins – “Salvador Dali's Car” 38 4

40 39 Fine Young Cannibals – “I'm Not the Man I Used to Be” 39 7

NE 40 The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored” 40 1

34 41 Billy Joel – “We Didn't Start the Fire” 29 15

36 42 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 8 21

48 43 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Head On” 43 2

47 44 Roxette – “Dangerous” 44 3

43 45 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 12 26

44 46 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 6 27

42 47 Nuclear Valdez – “Summer” 37 14

45 48 New Order – “Run” 10 24

46 49 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 12 27

50 50 Paul McCartney – “This One” 36 16

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 17 17

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