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

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 1

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5 Down by 1

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 5

The Fly
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 1

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
8 Down by 1

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
9

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
10

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 3

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 1

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 1

Saltwater
Julian Lennon
From the album: Help Yourself
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 1

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Down by 4

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
18 Up by 1

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 2

Cream
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 2

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 3

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 1

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Down by 4

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
23 Up by 3

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25

Cerulean
The Ocean Blue
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Down by 3

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
27

Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
28

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
26
Weeks
15
Number
29 Up by 2

Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Down by 1

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
31 Down by 1

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
32 Up by 1

Love's a Hard Game to Play
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 2

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
35 Up by 3

The Globe
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 1

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
37 Up by 3

No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: No More Tears
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 2

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
13
Weeks
21
Number
39 Debut

There Goes God
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Birds in Perspex
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
39 Dropout

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
8
Weeks
29

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Date

November 30, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 1(×2) 9

2 2 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 1(×1) 18

3 3 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 1(×3) 19

5 4 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 4 16

4 5 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 4 13

11 6 U2 – “The Fly” 6 6

6 7 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×6) 21

7 8 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 23

9 9 James – “Sit Down” 9 18

10 10 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 10 12

8 11 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 8 19

13 12 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 12 8

14 13 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 13 12

15 14 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 14 11

16 15 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 15 14

12 16 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×2) 26

19 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 18 12

20 18 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Cream” 18 10

21 19 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 19 7

17 20 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 15 17

22 21 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 21 14

18 22 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 23

26 23 Kate Bush – “Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)” 23 3

24 24 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 24 7

25 25 The Ocean Blue – “Cerulean” 25 8

23 26 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 29

27 27 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Into The Great Wide Open” 27 9

28 28 Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 26 15

31 29 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away” 29 6

29 30 Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 17 17

30 31 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 24

33 32 Stevie Nicks – “Love's a Hard Game to Play” 32 4

34 33 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 33 4

32 34 Tami Show – “The Truth” 15 18

38 35 Big Audio Dynamite – “The Globe” 35 3

35 36 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 9 23

40 37 Ozzy Osbourne – “No More Tears” 37 2

36 38 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 13 21

NE 39 Crowded House – “There Goes God” 39 1

NE 40 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Birds in Perspex” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 31

39 -- Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 29

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