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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 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 2

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 2

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 2

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 1

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 10

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
11

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12

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

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Down by 6

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
15

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 20

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Down by 7

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
21 Down by 7

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
22

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 1

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 3

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 13

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Down by 1

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
17
Number
27 Down by 7

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
28 Up by 6

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 8

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 10

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 8

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
32 Down by 3

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
33 Down by 5

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
26
Number
34 Up by 2

Thieves In the Temple
Prince
From the album: Graffiti Bridge
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 5

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
29
Number
36 Down by 5

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
20
Number
37 Up by 6

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 6

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 8

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
41 Down by 8

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
27
Weeks
17
Number
42 Debut

The Only One I Know
The Charlatans
From the album: Some Friendly
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 8

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
44 Debut

Heart Like a Wheel
The Human League
From the album: Romantic?
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 8

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
37

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

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

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

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Date

September 22, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 14

2 2 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 2 16

3 3 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 3 10

6 4 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 4 6

5 5 David J. – “I'll Be Your Chauffeur” 5 12

4 6 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 16

9 7 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 7 6

7 8 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 7 18

19 9 Soho – “Hippychick” 9 3

10 10 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 5 22

11 11 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 11 15

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

26 13 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 13 3

8 14 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 1(×3) 24

15 15 They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 15 11

16 16 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 16 7

17 17 Iggy Pop – “Home” 17 10

18 18 They Might Be Giants – “Lucky Ball and Chain” 18 8

39 19 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 19 2

13 20 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 4 23

14 21 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 14 19

22 22 Pixies – “Velouria” 22 8

24 23 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 23 5

27 24 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 24 4

38 25 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 25 2

25 26 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 25 17

20 27 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 8 24

34 28 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 28 4

21 29 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 21 17

40 30 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 30 3

23 31 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×2) 26

29 32 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 30

28 33 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 6 26

36 34 Prince – “Thieves In the Temple” 34 4

30 35 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 5 29

31 36 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 29 20

43 37 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 37 2

44 38 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 38 2

45 39 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 39 2

32 40 Cheap Trick – “Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love” 32 9

33 41 Morrissey – “November Spawned a Monster” 27 17

NE 42 The Charlatans – “The Only One I Know” 42 1

35 43 Faith No More – “Epic” 35 8

NE 44 The Human League – “Heart Like a Wheel” 44 1

37 45 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×7) 37

DROPOUTS:

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

42 -- Michael Penn – “Invisible” 9 27

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