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 6 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
8 Up by 1

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 1

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
10

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
18
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
14
Number
12 Up by 1

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 1

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
14

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 1

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Down by 1

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
17

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
18

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 7

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 4

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 8

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
28 Up by 6

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29

Freedom '90
George Michael
From the album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 1

Justify My Love
Madonna
From the album: The Immaculate Collection
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 3

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 7

So Close
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
36 Down by 9

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
22
Number
37 Debut

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 3

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
39 Down by 1

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
40 Down by 1

Never Enough
The Cure
From the album: Mixed Up
Peak
21
Weeks
14

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

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

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Date

January 5, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×6) 9

2 2 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 17

3 3 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 17

4 4 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 15

5 5 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 15

6 6 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 17

7 7 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 18

9 8 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 8 17

8 9 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 18

10 10 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 18

11 11 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 11 14

13 12 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 12 8

12 13 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 12

14 14 INXS – “Disappear” 14 11

16 15 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 15 10

15 16 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 15 19

17 17 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 21

18 18 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 18 11

26 19 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 19 3

20 20 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 20 14

21 21 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 14

22 22 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 22 5

23 23 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 23 5

24 24 The Outfield – “For You” 24 9

25 25 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 25 8

30 26 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 26 6

19 27 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 1(×2) 21

34 28 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 28 4

29 29 George Michael – “Freedom '90” 29 7

31 30 Madonna – “Justify My Love” 30 7

32 31 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 31 5

33 32 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 32 4

36 33 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 33 3

37 34 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 34 2

28 35 Daryl Hall & John Oates – “So Close” 28 8

27 36 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 22

NE 37 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 37 1

35 38 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 13 17

38 39 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 10 19

39 40 The Cure – “Never Enough” 21 14

DROPOUTS:

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

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