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

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 2

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 1

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Down by 1

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
7 Down by 1

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
8

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
9

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
10

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 4

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 1

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 17

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 3

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 5

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
17 Up by 16

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 6

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
19 Up by 1

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 4

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
21

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Down by 5

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
23 Up by 1

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 2

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
26 Down by 7

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
9
Weeks
25
Number
27

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
28 Down by 6

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
29 Down by 6

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 4

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
17
Number
32

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Down by 5

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
17
Weeks
24
Number
34 Down by 5

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
35 Up by 7

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 4

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Debut

Thieves In the Temple
Prince
From the album: Graffiti Bridge
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 4

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
40 Down by 4

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
20
Weeks
22
Number
41

Every Beat of the Heart
The Railway Children
From the album: Native Place
Peak
41
Weeks
7
Number
42 Debut

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 6

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
44 Down by 6

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
45 Down by 6

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
32
Weeks
14

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

King of the Mountain
Midnight Oil
From the album: Blue Sky Mining
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
44 Dropout

The Devil in Me
John Wesley Harding
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
45 Dropout

The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
From the album: Storm Front
Peak
40
Weeks
10

A chart by

Date

September 1, 1990

Songs

45

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2 1 Poi Dog Pondering – "Thanksgiving" 1(×1) 11

1 2 Depeche Mode – "Policy of Truth" 1(×4) 13

3 3 Concrete Blonde – "Joey" 3 13

6 4 Devo – "Post Post-Modern Man" 4 7

4 5 The Sundays – "Here's Where The Story Ends" 1(×3) 21

5 6 That Petrol Emotion – "Hey Venus" 4 20

6 7 The Chills – "Heavenly Pop Hit " 5 19

8 8 Suzanne Vega – "Book of Dreams" 8 21

9 9 Poi Dog Pondering – "U Li La Lu" 9 15

10 10 David J. – "I'll Be Your Chauffeur" 10 9

15 11 The Lightning Seeds – "All I Want" 11 12

13 12 New Order ft. John Barnes – "World in Motion" 12 9

30 13 Social Distortion – "Ring of Fire" 13 3

14 14 Social Distortion – "Ball and Chain" 14 16

18 15 They Might Be Giants – "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" 15 8

11 16 The Cure – "Pictures of You" 1(×2) 23

33 17 The Soup Dragons – "I'm Free" 17 3

12 18 The Lightning Seeds – "Pure" 6 23

20 19 Iggy Pop – "Home" 19 7

16 20 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" 1(×6) 27

21 21 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Her Way of Praying" 21 14

17 22 They Might Be Giants – "Particle Man" 5 26

24 23 They Might Be Giants – "Lucky Ball and Chain" 23 5

26 24 World Party – "Put The Message In The Box" 24 4

25 25 Go West – "King of Wishful Thinking" 25 14

19 26 Michael Penn – "Invisible" 9 25

27 27 Morrissey – "November Spawned a Monster" 27 14

22 28 Electronic – "Getting Away With It" 1(×7) 34

23 29 World Party – "Way Down Now" 14 18

34 30 Pixies – "Velouria" 30 5

31 31 The Smithereens – "Blues Before and After" 29 17

32 32 Cheap Trick – "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love" 32 6

28 33 Del Amitri – "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 17 24

29 34 Tom Petty – "Yer So Bad" 21 19

42 35 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – "Party Town" 35 2

40 36 Faith No More – "Epic" 36 5

NE 37 Prince – "Thieves In the Temple" 37 1

NE 38 INXS – "Suicide Blonde" 38 1

35 39 The B-52's – "Deadbeat Club" 10 22

36 40 Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes" 20 22

41 41 The Railway Children – "Every Beat of the Heart" 41 7

NE 42 Michael Penn – "Half Harvest" 42 1

37 43 They Might Be Giants – "Birdhouse In Your Soul" 1(×3) 34

38 44 The Stone Roses – "Elephant Stone" 22 16

39 45 Julee Cruise – "Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")" 32 14

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Midnight Oil – "King of the Mountain" 38 8

44 -- John Wesley Harding – "The Devil in Me" 5 27

45 -- Billy Joel – "The Downeaster "Alexa"" 40 10

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