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 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 2

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
4 Up by 2

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6 Down by 4

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
7

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 2

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 1

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 1

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 5

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
15 Up by 1

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 1

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Down by 2

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
18

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
19 Up by 2

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 2

Hello
The Beloved
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
22

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
23 Up by 3

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 1

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 4

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 10

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 4

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
28 Down by 4

Room at the Top
Adam Ant
From the album: Manners & Physique
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
29 Down by 2

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
8
Weeks
28
Number
30 Down by 2

Metropolis
The Church
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
31 Down by 1

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
32 Up by 2

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 5

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 1

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 4

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 5

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
29
Number
37 Down by 5

Living In Oblivion
ANYTHING BOX
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
38 Down by 5

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
39 Down by 2

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
21
Number
40 Up by 1

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 2

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Debut

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 4

Save Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Behind the Mask
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
45 Down by 2

Blue Sky Mine
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
33
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

Head On
The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the album: Automatic
Peak
14
Weeks
22

A chart by

Date

June 16, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" 1(×5) 16

4 2 The Cure – "Pictures of You" 2 12

3 3 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 1(×7) 23

6 4 The Sundays – "Here's Where The Story Ends" 4 10

5 5 John Wesley Harding – "The Devil in Me" 5 17

2 6 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 1(×3) 23

7 7 They Might Be Giants – "Particle Man" 7 15

8 8 The Lightning Seeds – "Pure" 8 12

11 9 That Petrol Emotion – "Hey Venus" 9 9

10 10 Camper Van Beethoven – "All Her Favorite Fruit" 10 14

12 11 Michael Penn – "Invisible" 11 14

13 12 The B-52's – "Deadbeat Club" 12 11

14 13 The Chills – "Heavenly Pop Hit " 13 8

9 14 Peter Murphy – "Cuts You Up" 4 24

16 15 Suzanne Vega – "Book of Dreams" 15 10

17 16 World Party – "Way Down Now" 16 7

15 17 The Silencers – "Razor Blades Of Love" 8 21

18 18 The Stone Roses – "I Wanna Be Adored" 5 22

21 19 Madonna – "Vogue" 19 7

20 20 Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes" 20 11

19 21 The Beloved – "Hello" 10 18

22 22 Del Amitri – "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 22 13

26 23 Poi Dog Pondering – "U Li La Lu" 23 4

25 24 The Stone Roses – "Elephant Stone" 24 5

29 25 Tom Petty – "Yer So Bad" 25 8

36 26 Depeche Mode – "Policy of Truth" 26 2

23 27 Camper Van Beethoven – "When I Win the Lottery" 3 27

24 28 Adam Ant – "Room at the Top" 20 12

27 29 The Ocean Blue – "Drifting, Falling" 8 28

28 30 The Church – "Metropolis" 15 16

30 31 Michael Penn – "No Myth" 1(×4) 28

34 32 The Smithereens – "Blues Before and After" 32 6

38 33 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Her Way of Praying" 33 3

35 34 Social Distortion – "Ball and Chain" 34 5

39 35 Concrete Blonde – "Joey" 35 2

31 36 The Stone Roses – "Fool's Gold" 18 29

32 37 ANYTHING BOX – "Living In Oblivion" 12 17

33 38 The Cure – "Lullaby" 1(×4) 30

37 39 UB40 – "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" 31 21

41 40 Julee Cruise – "Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")" 40 3

42 41 Go West – "King of Wishful Thinking" 41 3

44 42 Morrissey – "November Spawned a Monster" 42 3

NE 43 The Lightning Seeds – "All I Want" 43 1

40 44 Fleetwood Mac – "Save Me" 35 9

43 45 Midnight Oil – "Blue Sky Mine" 33 19

DROPOUTS:

45 -- The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Head On" 14 22

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