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 8 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
4

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
7

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 1

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
10 Up by 6

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 1

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 3

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13

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

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 4

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
16 Down by 4

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 3

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 17

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Up by 2

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 2

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 2

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 4

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
23 Down by 6

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
15
Weeks
21
Number
24 Down by 5

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
25

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
26 Down by 2

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
27 Down by 1

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
28 Up by 2

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 3

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Down by 3

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
31

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 6

Freedom '90
George Michael
From the album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
35 Down by 6

Justify My Love
Madonna
From the album: The Immaculate Collection
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
36 Debut

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 1

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
24
Number
40 Down by 3

So Close
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Peak
28
Weeks
10

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
39 Dropout

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
40 Dropout

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
10
Weeks
20

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Date

January 19, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×8) 11

2 2 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 19

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

4 4 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 17

5 5 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 17

6 6 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 19

7 7 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 19

9 8 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 10

8 9 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 20

16 10 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 10 5

10 11 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 16

15 12 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 12 12

13 13 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 14

14 14 INXS – “Disappear” 14 13

11 15 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 20

12 16 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 20

20 17 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 17 7

35 18 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 18 2

21 19 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 19 8

22 20 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 20 7

23 21 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 21 6

18 22 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 23

17 23 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 15 21

19 24 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 18 13

25 25 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 16

24 26 The Outfield – “For You” 24 11

26 27 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 20 16

30 28 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 28 7

32 29 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 29 5

27 30 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 25 10

31 31 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 31 6

33 32 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 32 4

34 33 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 33 3

28 34 George Michael – “Freedom '90” 28 9

29 35 Madonna – “Justify My Love” 29 9

NE 36 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 36 1

NE 37 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 37 1

NE 38 World Party – “Thank You World” 38 1

38 39 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 24

37 40 Daryl Hall & John Oates – “So Close” 28 10

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 1(×2) 22

39 -- Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 13 18

40 -- INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 10 20

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