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 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
3

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
4

The Fly
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Up by 3

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 1

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7 Down by 2

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

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
9

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
10 Up by 1

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 4

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 2

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 3

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 4

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Down by 5

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
16 Down by 4

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
26
Number
17 Down by 4

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
18 Down by 1

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

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
20 Up by 1

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Down by 2

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
22 Up by 6

Mysterious Ways
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23

Cerulean
The Ocean Blue
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 3

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 3

Cream
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
26 Down by 2

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
27 Down by 2

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
26
Number
28 Down by 2

Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
29

Love's a Hard Game to Play
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 2

There Goes God
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 3

Birds in Perspex
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 4

Caribbean Blue
Enya
From the album: Shepherd Moons
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33

The Globe
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 4

Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
35

No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: No More Tears
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 5

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
37 Up by 3

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

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Sax and Violins
Talking Heads
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

She Ain't Pretty
The Northern Pikes
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
26
Weeks
17
Number
38 Dropout

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
39 Dropout

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
26

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Date

December 21, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 1(×5) 12

2 2 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 1(×1) 21

3 3 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 3 19

4 4 U2 – “The Fly” 4 9

8 5 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 5 11

7 6 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 6 15

5 7 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 4 16

6 8 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 1(×3) 22

9 9 James – “Sit Down” 9 21

11 10 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 10 15

15 11 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 11 15

14 12 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 12 17

16 13 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 13 10

18 14 Kate Bush – “Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)” 14 6

10 15 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×6) 24

12 16 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 26

13 17 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 8 22

17 18 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 14 14

20 19 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 19 17

21 20 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 20 10

19 21 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×2) 29

28 22 U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 22 3

23 23 The Ocean Blue – “Cerulean” 23 11

27 24 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 24 7

22 25 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Cream” 18 13

24 26 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 15 20

25 27 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 26

26 28 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Into The Great Wide Open” 26 12

29 29 Stevie Nicks – “Love's a Hard Game to Play” 29 7

32 30 Crowded House – “There Goes God” 30 4

34 31 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Birds in Perspex” 31 4

36 32 Enya – “Caribbean Blue” 32 3

33 33 Big Audio Dynamite – “The Globe” 33 6

30 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away” 28 9

35 35 Ozzy Osbourne – “No More Tears” 35 5

31 36 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 32

40 37 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Diamonds and Pearls” 37 2

NE 38 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 38 1

NE 39 Talking Heads – “Sax and Violins” 39 1

NE 40 The Northern Pikes – “She Ain't Pretty” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 26 17

38 -- Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 17 19

39 -- R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 26

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