In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

Compact View

Filter:

Number
1

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 2

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 3

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 1

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 3

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
9 Down by 3

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
10

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 1

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 1

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
13 Up by 3

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 1

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 2

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 16

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Down by 4

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
18 Down by 4

Learning to Fly
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 2

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20

Pandora's Box
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 2

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22

Hole Hearted
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 3

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 7

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
26 Up by 1

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 8

Belong
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 1

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 5

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
30 Up by 1

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 3

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
32 Down by 2

Crazy
Seal
From the album: Seal
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
33 Up by 1

Hard to Handle
The Black Crowes
From the album: Shake Your Money Maker
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 1

Real Real Real
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Debut

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 1

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 5

Lily Was Here
David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer
From the album: Saxuality
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
39 Down by 3

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
40 Debut

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Walking in Memphis
Marc Cohn
From the album: Marc Cohn
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
39 Dropout

Ordinary Average Guy
Joe Walsh
Peak
19
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
7
Weeks
26

A chart by

Date

September 14, 1991

Songs

40

Create Chart Card Export chart (CSV) Export chart (XSPF)

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/amsvec/in-retrospect-605

1 1 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×2) 10

2 2 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×1) 15

3 3 Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 18

4 4 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 4 12

7 5 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 13

9 6 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 6 8

8 7 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 12

5 8 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 21

6 9 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 23

10 10 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 19

12 11 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 11 12

11 12 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 6 20

16 13 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 13 7

15 14 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 14 10

17 15 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 15 8

32 16 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 16 2

13 17 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 5 20

14 18 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Learning to Fly” 14 14

21 19 Tami Show – “The Truth” 19 7

20 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Pandora's Box” 20 9

23 21 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 21 6

22 22 Extreme – “Hole Hearted” 22 12

26 23 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 23 5

25 24 James – “Sit Down” 24 7

18 25 Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over” 18 14

27 26 Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 26 6

19 27 R.E.M. – “Belong” 10 17

29 28 Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 28 4

24 29 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 24

31 30 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 30 3

28 31 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 6 21

30 32 Seal – “Crazy” 29 13

34 33 The Black Crowes – “Hard to Handle” 33 5

35 34 Jesus Jones – “Real Real Real” 34 4

NE 35 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 35 1

37 36 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 36 3

NE 37 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 37 1

33 38 David A. Stewart ft. Candy Dulfer – “Lily Was Here” 14 16

36 39 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×10) 29

NE 40 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Sugar Tax” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Marc Cohn – “Walking in Memphis” 22 15

39 -- Joe Walsh – “Ordinary Average Guy” 19 21

40 -- Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 7 26

Leave the first comment

Leave a comment to share your thoughts about this chart.