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

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
5

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
8

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
9

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10

Hello
The Beloved
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 1

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 2

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 3

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
15 Up by 1

Metropolis
The Church
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 1

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 1

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 1

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 5

Living In Oblivion
ANYTHING BOX
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 1

Room at the Top
Adam Ant
From the album: Manners & Physique
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 1

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 2

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
24
Number
23 Up by 2

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 2

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 11

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 2

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
27 Down by 4

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
28 Down by 1

Head On
The Jesus And Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
29 Down by 1

Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
30 Up by 3

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 3

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
16
Number
33 Down by 4

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
12
Weeks
29
Number
34 Down by 4

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
35

Blue Sky Mine
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
33
Weeks
14
Number
36 Up by 2

Save Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Behind the Mask
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 3

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 5

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 5

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 9

Lorelei
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
18
Weeks
22
Number
41 Down by 4

Dangerous
Depeche Mode
Peak
31
Weeks
16
Number
42 Down by 3

Respectfully King Of Rain
The Rave-Ups
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
43 Down by 1

Bikini Girls With Machine Guns
The Cramps
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
44 Down by 3

This Woman's Work
Kate Bush
From the album: The Sensual World
Peak
14
Weeks
24
Number
45 Debut

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
45
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
31

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Date

May 12, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 1(×3) 18

2 2 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 2 11

3 3 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×7) 18

4 4 Peter Murphy – “Cuts You Up” 4 19

5 5 The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored” 5 17

6 6 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 6 7

7 7 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 3 22

8 8 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 8 23

9 9 The Silencers – “Razor Blades Of Love” 9 16

10 10 The Beloved – “Hello” 10 13

12 11 John Wesley Harding – “The Devil in Me” 11 12

13 12 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 12 10

15 13 Camper Van Beethoven – “All Her Favorite Fruit” 13 9

11 14 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 1(×4) 23

16 15 The Church – “Metropolis” 15 11

17 16 Michael Penn – “Invisible” 16 9

18 17 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 17 7

19 18 The B-52's – “Deadbeat Club” 18 6

14 19 ANYTHING BOX – “Living In Oblivion” 12 12

21 20 Adam Ant – “Room at the Top” 20 7

22 21 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 21 5

20 22 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 18 24

25 23 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 23 5

26 24 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 24 4

36 25 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 25 3

24 26 The Cure – “Lullaby” 1(×4) 25

23 27 The B-52's – “Roam” 3 25

27 28 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Head On” 14 18

28 29 Sinéad O'Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U” 21 15

33 30 Del Amitri – “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 30 8

34 31 Sinéad O'Connor – “The Emperor's New Clothes” 31 6

32 32 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 31 16

29 33 Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 12 29

30 34 Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 10 26

35 35 Midnight Oil – “Blue Sky Mine” 33 14

38 36 Fleetwood Mac – “Save Me” 36 4

40 37 Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad” 37 3

43 38 Madonna – “Vogue” 38 2

44 39 World Party – “Way Down Now” 39 2

31 40 The Pogues – “Lorelei” 18 22

37 41 Depeche Mode – “Dangerous” 31 16

39 42 The Rave-Ups – “Respectfully King Of Rain” 34 10

42 43 The Cramps – “Bikini Girls With Machine Guns” 41 8

41 44 Kate Bush – “This Woman's Work” 14 24

NE 45 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 45 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Camper Van Beethoven – “Sweethearts” 1(×3) 31

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