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 12

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
2
Number
2 Down by 1

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
4 Down by 1

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
5 Down by 1

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 1

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 1

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 1

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 1

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Down by 5

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
12

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13 Down by 6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
26
Number
14 Up by 2

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 2

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 2

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
17 Up by 7

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
19 Down by 4

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
20

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 4

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 5

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Up by 3

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 2

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
26
Number
25 Down by 6

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
26 Down by 5

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
27 Down by 4

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
28

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
23
Number
29 Up by 7

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 5

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
32 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
23
Number
33 Down by 3

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
34 Down by 1

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
35 Down by 1

It Makes No Difference
The Darling Buds
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 3

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 7

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 3

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
40 Dropout

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
26

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Date

March 9, 1991

Songs

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13 1 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×1) 2

1 2 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 9

2 3 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 12

3 4 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 18

4 5 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 13

5 6 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 14

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

9 8 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 8 6

10 9 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 9 8

11 10 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 10 15

6 11 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 26

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

7 13 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 26

16 14 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 14 6

17 15 EMF – “Unbelievable” 15 5

14 16 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 17

24 17 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 17 4

18 18 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 12 19

15 19 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 24

20 20 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 20 14

25 21 World Party – “Thank You World” 21 8

27 22 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 22 4

26 23 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 23 7

22 24 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 26

19 25 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 26

21 26 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 24

23 27 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 23 12

28 28 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 23

36 29 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 29 4

35 30 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 30 5

31 31 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 31 10

29 32 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 23

30 33 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 29 13

33 34 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 31 11

34 35 The Darling Buds – “It Makes No Difference” 34 7

39 36 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 36 2

NE 37 Roxette – “Joyride” 37 1

NE 38 Jellyfish – “Baby's Coming Back” 38 1

32 39 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 21

37 40 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 27

DROPOUTS:

38 -- INXS – “Disappear” 14 19

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

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