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

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Down by 1

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4 Up by 1

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 1

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 3

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Up by 1

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10 Down by 2

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 3

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
13

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
14 Up by 1

Head On
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 4

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
16 Up by 1

Hello
The Beloved
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 2

Living In Oblivion
ANYTHING BOX
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
19 Up by 2

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
21 Up by 1

Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 3

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 7

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
24 Up by 4

Metropolis
The Church
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 9

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 2

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
27

Blow Me Up
Will and the Bushmen
Peak
19
Weeks
20
Number
28 Down by 5

Bulletproof Heat
Grace Jones
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
29 Down by 3

Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
30 Debut

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31

Dangerous
Depeche Mode
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 Down by 3

Love and Anger
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 6

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 1

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Debut

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36

Blue Sky Mine
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
37

Respectfully King Of Rain
The Rave-Ups
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38

A Face In The Crowd
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Down by 9

Tomorrow
The Graces
Peak
24
Weeks
18
Number
40 Debut

Room at the Top
Adam Ant
From the album: Manners & Physique
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 2

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Down by 10

Salvador Dali's Car
Thompson Twins
Peak
30
Weeks
14
Number
43 Down by 10

Proud to Fall
Ian McCulloch
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
44 Up by 1

Bikini Girls With Machine Guns
The Cramps
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 5

Don't Ask Me Why
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
42 Dropout

Oh Father
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
44 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

March 31, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×4) 12

3 2 They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 2 12

2 3 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 1(×4) 17

5 4 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 4 16

6 5 Peter Murphy – “Cuts You Up” 5 13

7 6 The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored” 6 11

4 7 The B-52's – “Roam” 3 19

9 8 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 8 5

10 9 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 9 17

8 10 The Cure – “Lullaby” 1(×4) 19

14 11 The Silencers – “Razor Blades Of Love” 11 10

12 12 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 10 20

13 13 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 12 23

15 14 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Head On” 14 12

11 15 Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 1(×3) 26

17 16 The Beloved – “Hello” 16 7

19 17 ANYTHING BOX – “Living In Oblivion” 17 6

18 18 The Pogues – “Lorelei” 18 16

21 19 John Wesley Harding – “The Devil in Me” 19 6

20 20 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 18 18

22 21 Sinéad O'Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U” 21 9

25 22 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 22 4

16 23 Kate Bush – “This Woman's Work” 14 18

28 24 The Church – “Metropolis” 24 5

34 25 Camper Van Beethoven – “All Her Favorite Fruit” 25 3

24 26 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1(×2) 29

27 27 Will and the Bushmen – “Blow Me Up” 19 20

23 28 Grace Jones – “Bulletproof Heat” 5 24

26 29 Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” 1(×3) 27

NE 30 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 30 1

31 31 Depeche Mode – “Dangerous” 31 10

29 32 Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 7 24

39 33 Michael Penn – “Invisible” 33 3

35 34 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 34 10

NE 35 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 35 1

36 36 Midnight Oil – “Blue Sky Mine” 36 8

37 37 The Rave-Ups – “Respectfully King Of Rain” 37 4

38 38 Tom Petty – “A Face In The Crowd” 38 4

30 39 The Graces – “Tomorrow” 24 18

NE 40 Adam Ant – “Room at the Top” 40 1

43 41 Del Amitri – “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 41 2

32 42 Thompson Twins – “Salvador Dali's Car” 30 14

33 43 Ian McCulloch – “Proud to Fall” 9 24

45 44 The Cramps – “Bikini Girls With Machine Guns” 44 2

40 45 Eurythmics – “Don't Ask Me Why” 1(×3) 27

DROPOUTS:

41 -- The B-52's – “Topaz” 1(×2) 28

42 -- Madonna – “Oh Father” 11 21

44 -- Madonna – “Dear Jessie” 20 20

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