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

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
2

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 1

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Down by 1

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
7

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 1

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 3

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 4

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 3

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
15 Down by 3

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
16 Up by 1

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Down by 1

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
18

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 2

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 2

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 1

Hole Hearted
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
23 Up by 2

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 2

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 5

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
26 Up by 4

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 4

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 1

Learning to Fly
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
30 Down by 1

Pandora's Box
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
31 Up by 4

Saltwater
Julian Lennon
From the album: Help Yourself
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 2

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33

Real Real Real
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Down by 2

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
35 Down by 4

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
36 Up by 4

Cream
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 3

Belong
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
40 Down by 3

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
6
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Crazy
Seal
From the album: Seal
Peak
29
Weeks
15
Number
39 Dropout

Hard to Handle
The Black Crowes
From the album: Shake Your Money Maker
Peak
33
Weeks
7

A chart by

Date

October 5, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×5) 13

2 2 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×1) 18

3 3 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 15

5 4 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 4 11

4 5 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 21

6 6 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 16

7 7 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 7 10

8 8 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 15

10 9 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 9 5

9 10 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 9 15

14 11 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 11 11

16 12 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 12 8

13 13 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 13 13

11 14 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 22

12 15 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 24

17 16 Tami Show – “The Truth” 16 10

16 17 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 26

18 18 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 18 9

19 19 James – “Sit Down” 19 10

22 20 Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 20 9

23 21 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 21 6

21 22 Extreme – “Hole Hearted” 21 15

25 23 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 23 4

26 24 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 24 4

20 25 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 6 23

30 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 26 4

27 27 Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 27 7

24 28 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 5 23

28 29 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Learning to Fly” 14 17

29 30 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Pandora's Box” 20 12

35 31 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 31 3

34 32 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 32 6

33 33 Jesus Jones – “Real Real Real” 33 7

32 34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 27

31 35 Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over” 18 17

40 36 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Cream” 36 2

NE 37 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 37 1

NE 38 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Into The Great Wide Open” 38 1

36 39 R.E.M. – “Belong” 10 20

37 40 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 6 24

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Seal – “Crazy” 29 15

39 -- The Black Crowes – “Hard to Handle” 33 7

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