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

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Down by 1

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 2

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 2

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 5

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9 Down by 3

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 9

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Down by 3

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
12 Down by 2

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
13 Down by 2

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
14 Down by 2

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
15

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 6

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Up by 6

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 2

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 2

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Down by 9

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
24 Up by 6

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 3

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 6

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
27 Up by 10

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 7

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
29 Down by 3

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
18
Number
30 Up by 8

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 8

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 2

Thieves In the Temple
Prince
From the album: Graffiti Bridge
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 6

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
25
Number
34 Down by 5

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
35 Down by 4

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
36 Up by 6

The Only One I Know
The Charlatans
From the album: Some Friendly
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 7

Heart Like a Wheel
The Human League
From the album: Romantic?
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 6

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
39 Debut

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 8

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
27
Number
42 Down by 7

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
30
Number
43 Down by 7

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
21
Number
44 Down by 4

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
45 Down by 2

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
35
Weeks
9

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

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

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

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Date

September 29, 1990

Songs

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2 1 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 1(×1) 17

1 2 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 15

3 3 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 3 11

4 4 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 4 7

7 5 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 5 7

5 6 David J. – “I'll Be Your Chauffeur” 5 13

9 7 Soho – “Hippychick” 7 4

13 8 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 8 4

6 9 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 17

19 10 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 10 3

8 11 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 7 19

10 12 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 5 23

11 13 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 11 16

12 14 New Order ft. John Barnes – “World in Motion” 12 13

15 15 They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 15 12

16 16 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 16 8

17 17 Iggy Pop – “Home” 17 11

24 18 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 18 5

25 19 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 19 3

18 20 They Might Be Giants – “Lucky Ball and Chain” 18 9

23 21 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 21 6

22 22 Pixies – “Velouria” 22 9

14 23 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 1(×3) 25

30 24 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 24 4

28 25 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 25 5

20 26 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 4 24

37 27 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 27 3

21 28 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 14 20

26 29 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 25 18

38 30 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 30 3

39 31 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 31 3

34 32 Prince – “Thieves In the Temple” 32 5

27 33 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 8 25

29 34 The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 21 18

31 35 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×2) 27

42 36 The Charlatans – “The Only One I Know” 36 2

44 37 The Human League – “Heart Like a Wheel” 37 2

32 38 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 31

NE 39 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 39 1

NE 40 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 40 1

33 41 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 6 27

35 42 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 5 30

36 43 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 29 21

40 44 Cheap Trick – “Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love” 32 10

43 45 Faith No More – “Epic” 35 9

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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