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

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 2

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 3

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
6 Down by 1

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 3

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
8 Down by 1

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
9

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
10

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
11

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
From the album: Ink
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 1

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 1

Counting Backwards
Throwing Muses
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 9

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Down by 3

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
17 Down by 1

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
18

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
17
Weeks
18
Number
19

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Down by 3

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
21

The One and Only
Chesney Hawkes
From the album: Buddy's Song
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 2

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
9
Weeks
25
Number
23 Up by 5

Ordinary Average Guy
Joe Walsh
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 13

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
20
Weeks
13
Number
26

More Than Words
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27

Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Up by 1

Lift Me Up
Yes
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 2

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 6

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 8

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
32 Down by 10

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
33

Always on the Run
Lenny Kravitz featuring Slash
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 1

She Talks to Angels
The Black Crowes
From the album: Shake Your Money Maker
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Down by 5

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
36 Down by 2

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
37 Debut

Belong
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 6

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

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
40 Down by 1

Step On
Happy Mondays
Peak
26
Weeks
11

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
15
Weeks
18

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Date

May 25, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×2) 8

2 2 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 2 15

3 3 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×10) 13

6 4 The La's – “There She Goes” 4 7

8 5 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 5 5

5 6 EMF – “Unbelievable” 5 16

4 7 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 20

7 8 Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 7 11

9 9 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 5 17

10 10 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 9 17

11 11 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 11 15

12 12 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 12 15

14 13 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 13 5

15 14 Throwing Muses – “Counting Backwards” 14 9

24 15 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 15 4

13 16 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 23

16 17 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 6 19

18 18 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 17 18

19 19 Roxette – “Joyride” 19 12

17 20 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 24

21 21 Chesney Hawkes – “The One and Only” 21 7

20 22 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 9 25

28 23 Joe Walsh – “Ordinary Average Guy” 23 6

37 24 Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 24 2

25 25 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 20 13

26 26 Extreme – “More Than Words” 26 9

27 27 Jellyfish – “Baby's Coming Back” 27 12

29 28 Yes – “Lift Me Up” 28 7

31 29 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 29 4

36 30 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 30 3

23 31 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 10 26

22 32 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 25

33 33 Lenny Kravitz ft. Slash – “Always on the Run” 32 8

35 34 The Black Crowes – “She Talks to Angels” 34 7

30 35 Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 23 16

34 36 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 8 19

NE 37 R.E.M. – “Belong” 37 1

32 38 UB40 – “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” 31 32

38 39 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 29

39 40 Happy Mondays – “Step On” 26 11

DROPOUTS:

40 -- World Party – “Thank You World” 15 18

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