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

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4 Up by 2

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
7

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
8 Up by 2

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 2

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 2

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Up by 2

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 2

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Debut

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
13
Weeks
1
Number
14 Down by 5

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
15 Down by 7

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
16 Up by 2

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 4

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 3

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
19 Down by 3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
20

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
21 Down by 4

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
22 Down by 3

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
23

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 5

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Up by 1

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 2

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 6

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 6

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

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
22
Number
30

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
31

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 5

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
33 Up by 1

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
34 Up by 2

It Makes No Difference
The Darling Buds
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 2

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 2

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 13

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
38 Down by 6

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
39 Debut

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 5

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
40 Dropout

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
28

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Date

March 2, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 8

2 2 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 11

3 3 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 17

6 4 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 12

5 5 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 13

4 6 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 25

7 7 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 25

10 8 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 8 7

11 9 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 9 5

12 10 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 10 7

13 11 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 11 14

14 12 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 12 13

NE 13 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 13 1

9 14 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 16

8 15 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 23

18 16 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 16 5

21 17 EMF – “Unbelievable” 17 4

15 18 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 12 18

16 19 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 25

20 20 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 20 13

17 21 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 23

19 22 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 25

23 23 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 23 11

29 24 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 24 3

26 25 World Party – “Thank You World” 25 7

28 26 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 26 6

33 27 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 27 3

22 28 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 22

25 29 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 22

30 30 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 29 12

31 31 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 31 9

27 32 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 20

34 33 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 31 10

36 34 The Darling Buds – “It Makes No Difference” 34 6

37 35 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 35 4

38 36 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 36 3

24 37 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 26

32 38 INXS – “Disappear” 14 19

NE 39 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 39 1

35 40 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 26

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Soho – “Hippychick” 3 25

40 -- Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 28

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