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

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 4

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 3

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
7 Down by 1

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 2

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 2

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
10 Down by 2

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
11 Up by 1

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 3

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
13 Up by 9

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Down by 1

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
15 Up by 1

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 4

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 3

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
19 Down by 5

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
20 Down by 2

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
17
Weeks
21
Number
21

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
22 Up by 1

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 2

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 2

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 6

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 6

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 3

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
28 Up by 3

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 1

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
30 Down by 3

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
31 Down by 3

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
32 Down by 3

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
33

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
14
Number
34

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
35

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 7

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38

King of the Mountain
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 5

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40

The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
40
Weeks
8
Number
41

Every Beat of the Heart
The Railway Children
From the album: Native Place
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Down by 6

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
43 Down by 6

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
44 Up by 1

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Down by 6

I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
5
Weeks
30

Dropouts

Number
42 Dropout

Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Peak
4
Weeks
31

A chart by

Date

August 11, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Depeche Mode – "Policy of Truth" 1(×2) 10

2 2 The Sundays – "Here's Where The Story Ends" 1(×3) 18

7 3 Poi Dog Pondering – "Thanksgiving" 3 8

4 4 That Petrol Emotion – "Hey Venus" 4 17

5 5 The Chills – "Heavenly Pop Hit " 5 16

3 6 The Cure – "Pictures of You" 1(×2) 20

6 7 The Lightning Seeds – "Pure" 6 20

10 8 Concrete Blonde – "Joey" 8 10

11 9 Suzanne Vega – "Book of Dreams" 9 18

8 10 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" 1(×6) 24

12 11 Poi Dog Pondering – "U Li La Lu" 11 12

9 12 They Might Be Giants – "Particle Man" 5 23

22 13 Devo – "Post Post-Modern Man" 13 4

13 14 Michael Penn – "Invisible" 9 22

16 15 Social Distortion – "Ball and Chain" 15 13

20 16 New Order ft. John Barnes – "World in Motion" 16 6

17 17 The Lightning Seeds – "All I Want" 17 9

15 18 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 1(×7) 31

14 19 World Party – "Way Down Now" 14 15

18 20 Del Amitri – "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 17 21

21 21 Tom Petty – "Yer So Bad" 21 16

23 22 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Her Way of Praying" 22 11

25 23 David J. – "I'll Be Your Chauffeur" 23 6

26 24 They Might Be Giants – "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" 24 5

19 25 The B-52's – "Deadbeat Club" 10 19

32 26 Iggy Pop – "Home" 26 4

24 27 Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes" 20 19

31 28 Go West – "King of Wishful Thinking" 28 11

30 29 Morrissey – "November Spawned a Monster" 29 11

27 30 John Wesley Harding – "The Devil in Me" 5 25

28 31 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 1(×3) 31

29 32 The Stone Roses – "Elephant Stone" 22 13

33 33 The Smithereens – "Blues Before and After" 29 14

34 34 Julee Cruise – "Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")" 32 11

35 35 Cheap Trick – "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love" 35 3

43 36 They Might Be Giants – "Lucky Ball and Chain" 36 2

NE 37 World Party – "Put The Message In The Box" 37 1

38 38 Midnight Oil – "King of the Mountain" 38 6

44 39 Pixies – "Velouria" 39 2

40 40 Billy Joel – "The Downeaster "Alexa"" 40 8

41 41 The Railway Children – "Every Beat of the Heart" 41 4

36 42 Madonna – "Vogue" 17 15

37 43 Camper Van Beethoven – "All Her Favorite Fruit" 10 22

45 44 Faith No More – "Epic" 44 2

39 45 The Stone Roses – "I Wanna Be Adored" 5 30

DROPOUTS:

42 -- Peter Murphy – "Cuts You Up" 4 31

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