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 2

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Down by 1

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3 Down by 1

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 1

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 1

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 2

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 6

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
9

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
11

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 4

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 10

The Fly
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
16

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18

Saltwater
Julian Lennon
From the album: Help Yourself
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Down by 7

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie and The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
20

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 1

Cream
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 3

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 1

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 5

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
25 Up by 4

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
27 Up by 3

Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 3

Cerulean
The Ocean Blue
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 8

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
30 Down by 3

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
31 Down by 3

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
32 Debut

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Down by 1

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
13
Weeks
19
Number
34 Up by 1

Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 2

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
36 Up by 1

Love's a Hard Game to Play
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 1

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 4

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
8
Weeks
28
Number
39 Down by 3

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
40 Debut

The Globe
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
6
Weeks
28
Number
40 Dropout

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
5
Weeks
28

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Date

November 16, 1991

Songs

40

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3 1 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 1(×1) 16

1 2 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 1(×3) 17

2 3 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×6) 19

5 4 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 4 11

6 5 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 5 14

4 6 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 21

13 7 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 7 7

7 8 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×2) 24

9 9 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 9 17

10 10 James – “Sit Down” 10 16

11 11 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 11 10

8 12 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 21

23 13 U2 – “The Fly” 13 4

14 14 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 14 6

15 15 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 15 15

16 16 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 16 12

17 17 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 17 10

18 18 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 18 9

12 19 Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 27

20 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Sugar Tax” 20 10

22 21 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Cream” 21 8

25 22 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 22 5

24 23 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 23 12

19 24 Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 17 15

29 25 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 25 5

26 26 Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 26 13

30 27 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Into The Great Wide Open” 27 7

31 28 The Ocean Blue – “Cerulean” 28 6

21 29 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 22

27 30 Tami Show – “The Truth” 15 16

28 31 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 9 21

NE 32 Kate Bush – “Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)” 32 1

32 33 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 13 19

35 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away” 34 4

33 35 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 30

37 36 Stevie Nicks – “Love's a Hard Game to Play” 36 2

38 37 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 37 2

34 38 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 28

36 39 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 32

NE 40 Big Audio Dynamite – “The Globe” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 6 28

40 -- Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 5 28

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