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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

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2 Up by 3

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5 Down by 3

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 4

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
6
Weeks
4
Number
7

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

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 3

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 9

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11 Down by 2

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
12 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
20
Number
13 Up by 5

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 2

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 4

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
17 Down by 4

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
18 Down by 4

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 2

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 4

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 4

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 4

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 7

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
25 Up by 6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 14

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 3

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 8

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 8

Heart Like a Wheel
The Human League
From the album: Romantic?
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 7

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
31 Down by 5

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
32

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

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 2

The Only One I Know
The Charlatans
From the album: Some Friendly
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 7

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
36 Down by 7

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
19
Number
37 Down by 4

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
38 Down by 4

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
39 Down by 4

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
40 Debut

Never Enough
The Cure
From the album: Mixed Up
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 4

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
43 Debut

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Debut

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 3

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

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
27
Number
43 Dropout

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
21
Number
44 Dropout

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

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

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Date

October 6, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 1(×2) 18

5 2 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 2 8

3 3 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 3 12

4 4 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 4 8

2 5 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 16

10 6 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 6 4

7 7 Soho – “Hippychick” 7 5

8 8 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 8 5

6 9 David J. – “I'll Be Your Chauffeur” 5 14

19 10 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 10 4

9 11 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 18

11 12 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 7 20

18 13 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 13 6

16 14 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 14 9

15 15 They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 15 13

12 16 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 5 24

13 17 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 11 17

14 18 New Order ft. John Barnes – “World in Motion” 12 14

21 19 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 19 7

24 20 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 20 5

25 21 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 21 6

22 22 Pixies – “Velouria” 22 10

27 23 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 23 4

17 24 Iggy Pop – “Home” 17 12

31 25 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 25 4

40 26 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 26 2

30 27 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 27 4

20 28 They Might Be Giants – “Lucky Ball and Chain” 18 10

37 29 The Human League – “Heart Like a Wheel” 29 3

23 30 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 1(×3) 26

26 31 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 4 25

32 32 Prince – “Thieves In the Temple” 32 6

39 33 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 33 2

36 34 The Charlatans – “The Only One I Know” 34 3

28 35 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 14 21

29 36 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 25 19

33 37 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 8 26

34 38 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 21 19

35 39 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×2) 28

NE 40 The Cure – “Never Enough” 40 1

NE 41 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 41 1

38 42 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 32

NE 43 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 43 1

NE 44 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 44 1

42 45 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 5 31

DROPOUTS:

41 -- The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 6 27

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

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

45 -- Faith No More – “Epic” 35 9

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