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 6 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Down by 1

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
5

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
6

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
7

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 3

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 3

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
14 Up by 1

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 1

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 2

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
17 Up by 2

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
19 Down by 2

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
8
Weeks
22
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
12
Number
21 Up by 2

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 1

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 2

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Down by 5

Hello
The Beloved
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
27 Up by 8

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 1

When I Win the Lottery
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
29 Down by 1

Room at the Top
Adam Ant
From the album: Manners & Physique
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
30 Up by 3

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 3

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 3

Metropolis
The Church
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
34 Down by 5

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
8
Weeks
29
Number
35 Down by 4

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
36 Up by 7

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 3

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 3

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Down by 4

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
30
Number
41 Down by 4

Living In Oblivion
ANYTHING BOX
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
42 Down by 4

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
43 Down by 4

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
22
Number
44 Debut

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Debut

The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
45
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

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

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

A chart by

Date

June 23, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" 1(×6) 17

2 2 The Cure – "Pictures of You" 2 13

4 3 The Sundays – "Here's Where The Story Ends" 3 11

3 4 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 1(×7) 24

5 5 John Wesley Harding – "The Devil in Me" 5 18

6 6 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 1(×3) 24

7 7 They Might Be Giants – "Particle Man" 7 16

8 8 The Lightning Seeds – "Pure" 8 13

9 9 That Petrol Emotion – "Hey Venus" 9 10

13 10 The Chills – "Heavenly Pop Hit " 10 9

11 11 Michael Penn – "Invisible" 11 15

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

10 13 Camper Van Beethoven – "All Her Favorite Fruit" 10 15

15 14 Suzanne Vega – "Book of Dreams" 14 11

16 15 World Party – "Way Down Now" 15 8

14 16 Peter Murphy – "Cuts You Up" 4 25

19 17 Madonna – "Vogue" 17 8

18 18 The Stone Roses – "I Wanna Be Adored" 5 23

17 19 The Silencers – "Razor Blades Of Love" 8 22

20 20 Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes" 20 12

23 21 Poi Dog Pondering – "U Li La Lu" 21 5

22 22 Del Amitri – "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 22 14

24 23 The Stone Roses – "Elephant Stone" 23 6

26 24 Depeche Mode – "Policy of Truth" 24 3

25 25 Tom Petty – "Yer So Bad" 25 9

21 26 The Beloved – "Hello" 10 19

35 27 Concrete Blonde – "Joey" 27 3

27 28 Camper Van Beethoven – "When I Win the Lottery" 3 28

28 29 Adam Ant – "Room at the Top" 20 13

33 30 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Her Way of Praying" 30 4

34 31 Social Distortion – "Ball and Chain" 31 6

32 32 The Smithereens – "Blues Before and After" 32 7

30 33 The Church – "Metropolis" 15 17

29 34 The Ocean Blue – "Drifting, Falling" 8 29

31 35 Michael Penn – "No Myth" 1(×4) 29

43 36 The Lightning Seeds – "All I Want" 36 2

40 37 Julee Cruise – "Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")" 37 4

41 38 Go West – "King of Wishful Thinking" 38 4

42 39 Morrissey – "November Spawned a Monster" 39 4

36 40 The Stone Roses – "Fool's Gold" 18 30

37 41 ANYTHING BOX – "Living In Oblivion" 12 18

38 42 The Cure – "Lullaby" 1(×4) 31

39 43 UB40 – "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" 31 22

NE 44 Poi Dog Pondering – "Thanksgiving" 44 1

NE 45 Billy Joel – "The Downeaster "Alexa"" 45 1

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Fleetwood Mac – "Save Me" 35 9

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

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