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

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 4

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Down by 1

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
5

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
7 Down by 3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
8

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
9

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 4

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 1

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
12

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 4

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 1

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Down by 5

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
17 Up by 3

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 5

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
19
Number
19 Down by 1

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
19

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
20 Up by 5

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 2

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
23 Down by 2

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
24

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 11

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 12

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 2

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 2

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
30

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 1

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 3

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
35 Down by 7

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
15
Weeks
24
Number
36 Down by 7

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
37

It Makes No Difference
The Darling Buds
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Debut

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 2

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
20
Weeks
19

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
40 Dropout

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
25
Weeks
12

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Date

February 9, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 8

2 2 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 14

7 3 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 3 5

3 4 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 22

5 5 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 20

6 6 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 22

4 7 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 22

8 8 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 20

9 9 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 13

14 10 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 10 10

10 11 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 22

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

17 13 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 13 9

15 14 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 14 11

16 15 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 15 10

11 16 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 23

20 17 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 17 4

13 18 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 19

18 19 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 17

19 19 INXS – “Disappear” 14 16

25 20 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 20 4

23 21 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 21 10

22 22 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 19

21 23 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 23

24 24 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 24 8

36 25 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 25 2

39 27 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 27 2

26 28 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 23

27 29 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 26

30 30 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 30 9

32 31 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 31 6

33 32 World Party – “Thank You World” 32 4

34 33 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 33 3

31 34 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 31 7

28 35 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 15 24

29 36 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 18 16

37 37 The Darling Buds – “It Makes No Difference” 37 3

NE 38 EMF – “Unbelievable” 38 1

NE 39 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 39 1

38 40 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 20 19

DROPOUTS:

35 -- The Outfield – “For You” 24 13

40 -- Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 25 12

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