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 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 1

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6 Up by 2

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 6

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Up by 1

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
9 Down by 3

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10 Up by 1

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Down by 4

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
12 Down by 2

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
13 Down by 1

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
14 Up by 1

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 1

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 1

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 3

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
18 Up by 5

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Down by 1

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
20 Up by 4

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 2

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
22

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 3

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 4

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
17
Weeks
22
Number
25 Down by 4

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
26 Up by 2

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 2

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 3

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
29 Down by 2

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
20
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 6

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
15
Number
32 Up by 3

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 4

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 3

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

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
36 Up by 3

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 3

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
32
Weeks
12
Number
38 Down by 8

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
39 Down by 1

King of the Mountain
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
38
Weeks
7
Number
40

The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
40
Weeks
9
Number
41

Every Beat of the Heart
The Railway Children
From the album: Native Place
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 2

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Debut

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Debut

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 3

Vogue
Madonna
From the album: I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Dick Tracy"
Peak
17
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

All Her Favorite Fruit
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
45 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

August 18, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Depeche Mode – "Policy of Truth" 1(×3) 11

3 2 Poi Dog Pondering – "Thanksgiving" 2 9

2 3 The Sundays – "Here's Where The Story Ends" 1(×3) 19

4 4 That Petrol Emotion – "Hey Venus" 4 18

5 5 The Chills – "Heavenly Pop Hit " 5 17

8 6 Concrete Blonde – "Joey" 6 11

13 7 Devo – "Post Post-Modern Man" 7 5

9 8 Suzanne Vega – "Book of Dreams" 8 19

6 9 The Cure – "Pictures of You" 1(×2) 21

11 10 Poi Dog Pondering – "U Li La Lu" 10 13

7 11 The Lightning Seeds – "Pure" 6 21

10 12 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" 1(×6) 25

12 13 They Might Be Giants – "Particle Man" 5 24

15 14 Social Distortion – "Ball and Chain" 14 14

16 15 New Order ft. John Barnes – "World in Motion" 15 7

17 16 The Lightning Seeds – "All I Want" 16 10

14 17 Michael Penn – "Invisible" 9 23

23 18 David J. – "I'll Be Your Chauffeur" 18 7

18 19 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 1(×7) 32

24 20 They Might Be Giants – "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" 20 6

19 21 World Party – "Way Down Now" 14 16

22 22 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Her Way of Praying" 22 12

26 23 Iggy Pop – "Home" 23 5

20 24 Del Amitri – "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 17 22

21 25 Tom Petty – "Yer So Bad" 21 17

28 26 Go West – "King of Wishful Thinking" 26 12

29 27 Morrissey – "November Spawned a Monster" 27 12

25 28 The B-52's – "Deadbeat Club" 10 20

27 29 Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes" 20 20

36 30 They Might Be Giants – "Lucky Ball and Chain" 30 3

33 31 The Smithereens – "Blues Before and After" 29 15

35 32 Cheap Trick – "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love" 32 4

37 33 World Party – "Put The Message In The Box" 33 2

31 34 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 1(×3) 32

32 35 The Stone Roses – "Elephant Stone" 22 14

39 36 Pixies – "Velouria" 36 3

34 37 Julee Cruise – "Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")" 32 12

30 38 John Wesley Harding – "The Devil in Me" 5 26

38 39 Midnight Oil – "King of the Mountain" 38 7

40 40 Billy Joel – "The Downeaster "Alexa"" 40 9

41 41 The Railway Children – "Every Beat of the Heart" 41 5

44 42 Faith No More – "Epic" 42 3

NE 43 Social Distortion – "Ring of Fire" 43 1

NE 44 The Soup Dragons – "I'm Free" 44 1

42 45 Madonna – "Vogue" 17 16

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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