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 2

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Down by 1

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
5

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
7 Up by 3

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 5

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
10 Down by 3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
11 Down by 3

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
12

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 1

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 1

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Down by 4

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
16 Up by 1

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 3

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 7

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 3

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 1

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 3

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
20
Number
22

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
23 Up by 4

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 6

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
26 Down by 7

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
27 Down by 4

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
28 Up by 10

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 1

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
31

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 5

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
34

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 6

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
36 Up by 1

It Makes No Difference
The Darling Buds
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Debut

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 1

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
15
Weeks
24
Number
36 Dropout

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

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

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Date

February 16, 1991

Songs

40

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3 1 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×1) 6

1 2 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 9

2 3 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 15

4 4 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 23

5 5 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 21

6 6 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 23

10 7 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 7 11

13 8 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 8 10

9 9 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 14

7 10 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 23

8 11 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 21

12 12 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 12 16

14 13 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 13 12

15 14 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 14 11

11 15 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 23

17 16 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 16 5

20 17 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 17 5

25 18 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 18 3

16 19 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 24

21 20 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 20 11

18 21 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 20

22 22 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 20

27 23 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 23 3

24 24 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 24 9

19 25 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 18

19 26 INXS – “Disappear” 14 17

23 27 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 24

38 28 EMF – “Unbelievable” 28 2

30 29 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 29 10

31 31 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 31 7

32 31 World Party – “Thank You World” 31 5

33 32 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 32 4

28 33 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 24

34 34 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 31 8

29 35 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 27

37 36 The Darling Buds – “It Makes No Difference” 36 4

NE 37 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 37 1

39 38 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 38 2

NE 39 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 39 1

NE 40 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 15 24

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

40 -- Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 20 19

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