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

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3 Up by 2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 2

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
6

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 1

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 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
18
Number
10 Up by 1

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 5

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Up by 3

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 5

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 5

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Down by 6

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
17

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 7

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

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 4

Heart Like a Wheel
The Human League
From the album: Romantic?
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Down by 9

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
24 Up by 4

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 2

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
From the album: Submarine Bells
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
26 Down by 5

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

The Only One I Know
The Charlatans
From the album: Some Friendly
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 5

Never Enough
The Cure
From the album: Mixed Up
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 3

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
30 Down by 1

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
31 Up by 6

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32

Thieves In the Temple
Prince
From the album: Graffiti Bridge
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 2

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 7

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
35 Up by 1

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

Stuck in a Loop
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 3

Merry Go Round
The Replacements
From the album: All Shook Down
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 9

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
39 Down by 5

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
39 Dropout

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
22
Number
41 Dropout

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
20
Number
42 Dropout

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
27
Number
43 Dropout

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
44 Dropout

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
45 Dropout

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
33

A chart by

Date

October 20, 1990

Songs

40

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2 1 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 1(×1) 10

1 2 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 1(×3) 20

5 3 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 3 6

4 4 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 4 10

3 5 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 3 14

6 6 Soho – “Hippychick” 6 7

7 7 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 7 7

9 8 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 8 6

8 9 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 18

11 10 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 10 8

16 11 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 11 4

15 12 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 12 7

13 13 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 11

19 14 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 14 6

20 15 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 15 6

10 16 David J. – “I'll Be Your Chauffeur” 5 16

17 17 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 17 9

18 18 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 18 8

12 19 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 20

24 20 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 20 6

25 21 The Human League – “Heart Like a Wheel” 21 5

22 22 Pixies – “Velouria” 22 12

14 23 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 7 22

28 24 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 24 4

23 25 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 5 26

21 26 They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 15 15

31 27 The Charlatans – “The Only One I Know” 27 5

33 28 The Cure – “Never Enough” 28 3

26 29 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 11 19

29 30 Iggy Pop – “Home” 17 14

37 31 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 31 3

32 32 Prince – “Thieves In the Temple” 32 8

35 33 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 33 3

27 34 New Order ft. John Barnes – “World in Motion” 12 16

36 35 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 35 3

NE 36 Devo – “Stuck in a Loop” 36 1

40 37 The Replacements – “Merry Go Round” 37 2

NE 38 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 38 1

30 39 They Might Be Giants – “Lucky Ball and Chain” 18 12

34 39 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 1(×3) 28

DROPOUTS:

38 -- That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 4 26

39 -- Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 14 22

41 -- Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 25 20

42 -- Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 8 27

43 -- The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 21 20

44 -- The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×2) 29

45 -- Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 33

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