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 Up by 1

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Down by 2

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
5

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
6 Up by 3

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 4

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
11

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
12

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

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
14

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 5

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 6

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 3

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
4
Weeks
26
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
13
Number
21 Up by 1

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 1

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 5

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
24 Up by 3

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Down by 7

Razor Blades Of Love
The Silencers
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
27 Up by 3

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 2

Hello
The Beloved
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
29 Up by 15

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 1

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Down by 4

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

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 5

Room at the Top
Adam Ant
From the album: Manners & Physique
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
35 Up by 4

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 2

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Down by 5

Metropolis
The Church
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
39 Down by 5

Drifting, Falling
The Ocean Blue
Peak
8
Weeks
30
Number
40 Down by 5

No Myth
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
41 Down by 1

Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
18
Weeks
31
Number
42 Down by 1

Living In Oblivion
ANYTHING BOX
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
43 Down by 1

Lullaby
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
44 Up by 1

The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 2

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
23

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Date

June 30, 1990

Songs

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2 1 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×1) 14

3 2 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 2 12

1 3 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 18

4 4 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×7) 25

5 5 John Wesley Harding – “The Devil in Me” 5 19

9 6 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 6 11

7 7 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 7 17

8 8 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 8 14

10 9 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 9 10

6 10 They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 1(×3) 25

11 11 Michael Penn – “Invisible” 11 16

12 12 The B-52's – “Deadbeat Club” 12 13

13 13 Camper Van Beethoven – “All Her Favorite Fruit” 10 16

14 14 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 14 12

15 15 World Party – “Way Down Now” 15 9

21 16 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 16 6

17 17 Madonna – “Vogue” 17 9

24 18 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 18 4

16 19 Peter Murphy – “Cuts You Up” 4 26

20 20 Sinéad O'Connor – “The Emperor's New Clothes” 20 13

22 21 Del Amitri – “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 21 15

23 22 The Stone Roses – “Elephant Stone” 22 7

18 23 The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored” 5 24

27 24 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 24 4

25 25 Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad” 25 10

19 26 The Silencers – “Razor Blades Of Love” 8 23

30 27 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 27 5

26 28 The Beloved – “Hello” 10 20

44 29 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 29 2

31 30 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 30 7

32 31 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 31 8

28 32 Camper Van Beethoven – “When I Win the Lottery” 3 29

36 33 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 33 3

29 34 Adam Ant – “Room at the Top” 20 14

39 35 Morrissey – “November Spawned a Monster” 35 5

38 36 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 36 5

37 37 Julee Cruise – “Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")” 37 5

33 38 The Church – “Metropolis” 15 18

34 39 The Ocean Blue – “Drifting, Falling” 8 30

35 40 Michael Penn – “No Myth” 1(×4) 30

40 41 The Stone Roses – “Fool's Gold” 18 31

41 42 ANYTHING BOX – “Living In Oblivion” 12 19

42 43 The Cure – “Lullaby” 1(×4) 32

45 44 Billy Joel – “The Downeaster "Alexa"” 44 2

43 45 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 31 23

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