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

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
6 Up by 2

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 2

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
9

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 2

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 1

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 2

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
14

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 1

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 1

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 1

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Down by 3

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
19 Up by 3

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 1

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 2

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
30
Number
22 Down by 2

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
23 Up by 9

Counting Backwards
Throwing Muses
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Down by 3

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
27 Down by 2

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
28 Debut

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Down by 2

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
30 Down by 2

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
30
Number
31 Up by 2

Step On
Happy Mondays
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 2

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
30
Number
33 Up by 1

Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 5

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
28
Number
35 Up by 3

More Than Words
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
25
Number
37 Down by 6

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
28
Number
38 Down by 2

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
27
Number
39 Debut

Always on the Run
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 5

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
23
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
31
Weeks
13
Number
40 Dropout

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
26

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Date

April 6, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×5) 6

2 2 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 13

3 3 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 16

4 4 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 17

5 5 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 18

8 6 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 6 8

7 7 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 7 10

6 8 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 6 12

9 9 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 9 18

12 10 EMF – “Unbelievable” 10 9

10 11 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 10 19

13 12 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 12 10

11 13 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 8 12

14 14 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 14 8

16 15 World Party – “Thank You World” 15 12

17 16 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 16 8

18 17 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 17 11

15 18 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 22

22 19 Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 19 4

21 20 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 20 6

19 21 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 30

20 22 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 21

32 23 Throwing Muses – “Counting Backwards” 23 2

24 24 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 24 9

26 25 Roxette – “Joyride” 25 5

23 26 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 30

25 27 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 20 18

NE 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 28 1

27 29 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 12 23

28 30 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 30

33 31 Happy Mondays – “Step On” 31 4

30 32 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 30

34 33 Jellyfish – “Baby's Coming Back” 33 5

29 34 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 28

38 35 Extreme – “More Than Words” 35 2

39 36 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 31 25

31 37 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 28

36 38 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 27

NE 39 Lenny Kravitz – “Always on the Run” 39 1

35 40 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 23 16

DROPOUTS:

37 -- 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 31 13

40 -- Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 26

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