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 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 1

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
5

Bulletproof Heart
Grace Jones
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 1

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Down by 1

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 4

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10 Up by 6

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
12

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 2

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer, Something to Remember
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 1

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Down by 5

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
16 Up by 1

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 3

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
18

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 1

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 7

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 5

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 3

Dear Jessie
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
24

Tomorrow
The Graces
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 6

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Down by 2

Should God Forget
The Psychedelic Furs
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 5

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
29 Down by 7

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
11
Weeks
26
Number
30 Down by 1

Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
From the album: Freedom
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
31 Down by 1

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
32 Up by 3

Head On
The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

The Sensual World
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
31
Weeks
18
Number
34 Down by 1

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
33
Number
35 Up by 2

Salvador Dali's Car
Thompson Twins
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36

La La Love You
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
36
Weeks
10
Number
37 Down by 5

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
38 Up by 5

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39

I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
39
Weeks
9
Number
40 Up by 5

Dangerous
Depeche Mode
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 1

Dangerous
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 4

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
43 Up by 3

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 4

Blues from a Gun
The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
37
Weeks
10
Number
45 Debut

Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
45
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

The Arms of Orion
Prince & Sheena Easton
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
33
Weeks
14
Number
44 Dropout

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
29
Weeks
16
Number
47 Dropout

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
48 Dropout

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
12
Weeks
27
Number
49 Dropout

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
6
Weeks
28
Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

February 3, 1990

Songs

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1 1 The Cure – "Lullaby" 1(×4) 11

3 2 Michael Penn – "No Myth" 2 9

2 3 Camper Van Beethoven – "Sweethearts" 1(×3) 18

4 4 Camper Van Beethoven – "Pictures of Matchstick Men" 1(×2) 21

5 5 Grace Jones – "Bulletproof Heart" 5 16

6 6 Depeche Mode – "Personal Jesus" 1(×3) 19

8 7 The B-52's – "Roam" 7 11

7 8 Kate Bush – "Love and Anger" 7 16

13 9 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 9 4

16 10 Camper Van Beethoven – "When I Win the Lottery" 10 8

9 11 Ian McCulloch – "Proud to Fall" 9 16

12 12 Eurythmics – "(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry" 12 12

11 13 Madonna – "Oh Father" 11 14

15 14 Lenny Kravitz – "Let Love Rule" 14 15

10 15 Eurythmics – "Don't Ask Me Why" 1(×3) 19

17 16 Kate Bush – "This Woman's Work" 16 10

14 17 The B-52's – "Topaz" 1(×2) 21

18 18 The Stone Roses – "Fool's Gold" 18 10

19 19 Will and the Bushmen – "Blow Me Up" 19 12

21 20 The Ocean Blue – "Drifting, Falling" 20 9

28 21 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 21 4

27 22 Peter Murphy – "Cuts You Up" 22 5

20 23 Madonna – "Dear Jessie" 20 13

24 24 The Graces – "Tomorrow" 24 10

31 25 The Stone Roses – "I Wanna Be Adored" 25 3

26 26 The Pogues – "Lorelei" 26 8

25 27 The Psychedelic Furs – "Should God Forget" 25 12

23 28 The B-52's – "Love Shack" 7 24

22 29 The Pogues – "Down All the Days" 11 26

29 30 Neil Young – "Rockin' in the Free World" 19 17

30 31 The Smithereens – "A Girl Like You" 20 15

35 32 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Head On" 32 4

34 33 Kate Bush – "The Sensual World" 31 18

33 34 Pixies – "Here Comes Your Man" 1(×2) 33

37 35 Thompson Twins – "Salvador Dali's Car" 35 6

36 36 Pixies – "La La Love You" 36 10

32 37 Love and Rockets – "No Big Deal" 14 20

43 38 The Silencers – "Razor Blades Of Love" 38 2

39 39 Fine Young Cannibals – "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" 39 9

45 40 Depeche Mode – "Dangerous" 40 2

42 41 Roxette – "Dangerous" 41 5

38 42 The Ocean Blue – "Between Something And Nothing" 4 26

46 43 UB40 – "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" 43 2

40 44 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Blues from a Gun" 37 10

NE 45 Sinéad O'Connor – "Nothing Compares 2 U" 45 1

DROPOUTS:

41 -- Prince Sheena Easton – "The Arms of Orion" 33 14

44 -- Billy Joel – "We Didn't Start the Fire" 29 16

47 -- Tears For Fears – "Sowing the Seeds of Love" 8 22

48 -- Kon Kan – "Harry Houdini" 12 27

49 -- Royal Crescent Mob – "Nanana" 6 28

50 -- New Order – "Run" 10 25

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