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

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 1

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 1

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 4

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Up by 2

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8 Down by 3

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
9 Up by 4

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 2

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
11

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 6

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
14

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
15

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 2

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 2

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 20

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Down by 4

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
21

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
22 Up by 4

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 4

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
24 Up by 3

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
16
Number
26 Up by 12

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 6

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 6

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
29 Down by 6

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
30 Down by 6

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
28
Number
31

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
19
Number
32

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 5

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
27
Weeks
16
Number
34 Up by 3

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36

Thieves In the Temple
Prince
From the album: Graffiti Bridge
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 7

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
36
Number
38 Debut

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Up by 4

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 7

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
42 Down by 13

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

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Debut

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Debut

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
45
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
41 Dropout

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
17
Weeks
25
Number
42 Dropout

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
43 Dropout

Every Beat of the Heart
The Railway Children
From the album: Native Place
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
45 Dropout

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

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Date

September 15, 1990

Songs

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1 1 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×3) 13

2 2 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 2 15

4 3 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 3 9

3 4 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 15

6 5 David J. – “I'll Be Your Chauffeur” 5 11

10 6 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 6 5

9 7 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 7 17

5 8 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 1(×3) 23

13 9 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 9 5

8 10 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 5 21

11 11 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 11 14

12 12 New Order ft. John Barnes – “World in Motion” 12 11

7 13 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 4 22

14 14 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 14 18

15 15 They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 15 10

18 16 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 16 6

17 17 Iggy Pop – “Home” 17 9

20 18 They Might Be Giants – “Lucky Ball and Chain” 18 7

39 19 Soho – “Hippychick” 19 2

16 20 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 8 23

21 21 The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 21 16

26 22 Pixies – “Velouria” 22 7

19 23 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×2) 25

27 24 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 24 4

25 25 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 25 16

38 26 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 26 2

33 27 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 27 3

22 28 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 6 25

23 29 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 29

24 30 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 5 28

31 31 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 29 19

32 32 Cheap Trick – “Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love” 32 8

28 33 Morrissey – “November Spawned a Monster” 27 16

37 34 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 34 3

35 35 Faith No More – “Epic” 35 7

36 36 Prince – “Thieves In the Temple” 36 3

30 37 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×7) 36

NE 38 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 38 1

NE 39 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 39 1

44 40 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 40 2

34 41 World Party – “Way Down Now” 14 20

29 42 Michael Penn – “Invisible” 9 27

NE 43 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 43 1

NE 44 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 44 1

NE 45 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 45 1

DROPOUTS:

40 -- The B-52's – “Deadbeat Club” 10 23

41 -- Del Amitri – “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 17 25

42 -- Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad” 21 20

43 -- The Railway Children – “Every Beat of the Heart” 41 8

45 -- They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 1(×3) 35

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