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

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
3

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
4 Up by 1

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 1

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
6

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 2

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 1

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
10 Up by 2

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 3

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
13

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 1

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 2

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 3

Hello
The Beloved
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 1

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
20 Up by 8

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21

Room at the Top
Adam Ant
From the album: Manners & Physique
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 2

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 4

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 2

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 5

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
26 Down by 4

Metropolis
The Church
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
27 Up by 4

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 5

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
29 Down by 4

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
27
Number
30 Up by 2

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 2

Living In Oblivion
ANYTHING BOX
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
32 Down by 2

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
33 Up by 7

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
19
Number
35

Save Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Behind the Mask
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 2

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 5

Head On
The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
39 Down by 3

Blue Sky Mine
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
33
Weeks
17
Number
40 Down by 3

Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
41 Debut

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Debut

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Debut

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 3

Roam
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
45 Debut

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
45
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Peak
12
Weeks
31
Number
43 Dropout

(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry
Eurythmics
From the album: We Too Are One
Peak
10
Weeks
28
Number
44 Dropout

Dangerous
Depeche Mode
Peak
31
Weeks
18
Number
45 Dropout

Respectfully King Of Rain
The Rave-Ups
Peak
34
Weeks
12

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Date

June 2, 1990

Songs

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1 1 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×3) 14

2 2 They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 1(×3) 21

3 3 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×7) 21

5 4 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 4 10

4 5 Peter Murphy – “Cuts You Up” 4 22

6 6 John Wesley Harding – “The Devil in Me” 6 15

7 7 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 7 13

10 8 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 8 8

8 9 The Silencers – “Razor Blades Of Love” 8 19

12 10 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 10 10

11 11 Camper Van Beethoven – “All Her Favorite Fruit” 11 12

9 12 The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored” 5 20

13 13 Michael Penn – “Invisible” 13 12

14 14 The B-52's – “Deadbeat Club” 14 9

16 15 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 15 7

17 16 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 16 6

19 17 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 17 8

15 18 The Beloved – “Hello” 10 16

18 19 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 3 25

28 20 World Party – “Way Down Now” 20 5

21 21 Adam Ant – “Room at the Top” 20 10

24 22 Sinéad O'Connor – “The Emperor's New Clothes” 22 9

27 23 Madonna – “Vogue” 23 5

26 24 Del Amitri – “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 24 11

20 25 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 8 26

22 26 The Church – “Metropolis” 15 14

31 27 The Stone Roses – “Elephant Stone” 27 3

23 28 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 1(×4) 26

25 29 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 18 27

32 30 Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad” 30 6

29 31 ANYTHING BOX – “Living In Oblivion” 12 15

30 32 The Cure – “Lullaby” 1(×4) 28

40 33 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 33 2

34 34 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 31 19

35 35 Fleetwood Mac – “Save Me” 35 7

38 36 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 36 4

39 37 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 37 3

33 38 The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Head On” 14 21

36 39 Midnight Oil – “Blue Sky Mine” 33 17

37 40 Sinéad O'Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U” 21 18

NE 41 The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 41 1

NE 42 Julee Cruise – “Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")” 42 1

NE 43 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 43 1

41 44 The B-52's – “Roam” 3 28

NE 45 Morrissey – “November Spawned a Monster” 45 1

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Lenny Kravitz – “Let Love Rule” 12 31

43 -- Eurythmics – “(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry” 10 28

44 -- Depeche Mode – “Dangerous” 31 18

45 -- The Rave-Ups – “Respectfully King Of Rain” 34 12

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