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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

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 1

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 2

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
8

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 1

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Down by 1

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
11

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 2

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 3

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 1

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 3

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Down by 3

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
18

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Down by 6

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
20 Up by 1

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Up by 1

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
22 Up by 4

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 4

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 5

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 7

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
21
Number
28

So Close
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29

Freedom '90
George Michael
From the album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 1

Justify My Love
Madonna
From the album: The Immaculate Collection
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 1

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 12

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
36 Up by 4

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 2

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
39 Down by 2

Never Enough
The Cure
From the album: Mixed Up
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
40 Down by 2

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
30

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27

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Date

December 29, 1990

Songs

40

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1 1 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×5) 8

2 2 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 16

3 3 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 16

4 4 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 14

6 5 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 14

7 6 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 16

5 7 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 17

8 8 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 17

10 9 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 9 16

9 10 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 17

11 11 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 11 13

12 12 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 11

15 13 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 13 7

17 14 INXS – “Disappear” 14 10

16 15 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 15 18

19 16 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 16 9

14 17 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 20

18 18 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 18 10

13 19 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 1(×2) 20

21 20 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 20 13

22 21 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 13

26 22 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 22 4

27 23 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 23 4

24 24 The Outfield – “For You” 24 8

25 25 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 25 7

31 26 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 26 2

20 27 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 21

28 28 Daryl Hall & John Oates – “So Close” 28 7

29 29 George Michael – “Freedom '90” 29 6

30 30 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 30 5

32 31 Madonna – “Justify My Love” 31 6

33 32 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 32 4

34 33 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 33 3

35 34 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 34 3

23 35 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 13 16

40 36 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 36 2

NE 37 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 37 1

36 38 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 10 18

37 39 The Cure – “Never Enough” 21 13

38 40 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 1(×3) 30

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 27

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