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 9 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 1

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 1

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Down by 2

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 5

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 1

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 8

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11 Up by 1

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
From the album: Ink
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 1

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
13 Down by 5

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
14 Down by 5

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
15

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 2

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
17

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 1

Counting Backwards
Throwing Muses
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 3

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
20

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 3

The One and Only
Chesney Hawkes
From the album: Buddy's Song
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Down by 2

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
25 Up by 9

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26

Step On
Happy Mondays
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 1

Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28 Up by 1

More Than Words
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 2

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
30 Up by 7

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31

Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love II
Peak
31
Weeks
29
Number
32 Up by 1

Always on the Run
Lenny Kravitz featuring Slash
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 2

Lift Me Up
Yes
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 2

Ordinary Average Guy
Joe Walsh
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 11

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
36 Up by 2

She Talks to Angels
The Black Crowes
From the album: Shake Your Money Maker
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Debut

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 7

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
25
Number
40 Down by 1

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
34

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
33
Number
40 Dropout

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
20
Weeks
21

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Date

May 4, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×9) 10

2 2 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 2 12

3 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 3 5

4 4 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 17

6 5 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 5 14

7 6 EMF – “Unbelievable” 6 13

5 7 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 20

13 8 Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 8 8

10 9 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 9 14

18 10 The La's – “There She Goes” 10 4

12 11 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 11 12

11 12 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 6 16

8 13 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 21

9 14 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 22

15 15 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 15 12

14 16 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 10 23

17 17 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 17 15

19 18 Throwing Muses – “Counting Backwards” 18 6

16 19 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 9 22

20 20 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 20 10

21 21 Roxette – “Joyride” 21 9

25 22 Chesney Hawkes – “The One and Only” 22 4

23 23 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 23 13

22 24 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 8 16

34 25 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 25 2

26 26 Happy Mondays – “Step On” 26 8

28 27 Jellyfish – “Baby's Coming Back” 27 9

29 28 Extreme – “More Than Words” 28 6

27 29 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 26

37 30 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 30 2

31 31 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 31 29

33 32 Lenny Kravitz ft. Slash – “Always on the Run” 32 5

35 33 Yes – “Lift Me Up” 33 4

36 34 Joe Walsh – “Ordinary Average Guy” 34 3

24 35 World Party – “Thank You World” 15 16

38 36 The Black Crowes – “She Talks to Angels” 36 4

NE 37 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 37 1

NE 38 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 38 1

32 39 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 25

39 40 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 34

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 33

40 -- Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 20 21

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