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 Up by 1

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
2 Down by 1

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
7 Up by 1

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 2

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 2

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 1

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
12 Down by 3

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
13

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
14

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
15 Up by 1

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 2

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 2

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 3

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 1

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 2

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 6

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
22 Down by 5

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
23 Up by 1

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 2

Saltwater
Julian Lennon
From the album: Help Yourself
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 2

Hole Hearted
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
26 Up by 1

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27 Up by 2

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 3

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
29 Up by 3

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 3

Cream
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 3

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
32 Up by 5

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 3

Pandora's Box
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
34 Up by 1

Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 4

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
36 Up by 2

Cerulean
The Ocean Blue
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 3

Real Real Real
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
38 Debut

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 3

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
40 Debut

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Learning to Fly
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
40 Dropout

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
18
Weeks
18

A chart by

Date

October 19, 1991

Songs

40

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2 1 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×2) 20

1 2 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×6) 15

3 3 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 17

4 4 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 4 13

5 5 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 5 12

6 6 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 23

8 7 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 7 7

7 8 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 17

11 9 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 9 13

12 10 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 10 10

10 11 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 9 17

9 12 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 18

13 13 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 13 15

14 14 James – “Sit Down” 14 12

16 15 Tami Show – “The Truth” 15 12

18 16 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 16 11

19 17 Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 17 11

21 18 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 18 6

20 19 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 19 8

22 20 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 20 6

15 21 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 24

17 22 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 26

24 23 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 23 6

26 24 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 24 5

23 25 Extreme – “Hole Hearted” 21 17

27 26 Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 26 9

29 27 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 27 8

25 28 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 28

32 29 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 29 3

33 30 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Cream” 30 4

28 31 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 6 25

37 32 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 32 2

30 33 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Pandora's Box” 20 14

35 34 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Into The Great Wide Open” 34 3

31 35 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 5 25

38 36 The Ocean Blue – “Cerulean” 36 2

34 37 Jesus Jones – “Real Real Real” 33 9

NE 38 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 38 1

36 39 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 29

NE 40 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Learning to Fly” 14 18

40 -- Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over” 18 18

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