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

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
4

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
5 Up by 8

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
7 Down by 2

The Fly
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
8

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
9

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11

Mysterious Ways
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 5

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
7
Weeks
26
Number
13 Up by 4

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 1

There Goes God
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Down by 4

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
17 Down by 2

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
18

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
19 Up by 3

Birds in Perspex
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 11

One
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 12

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 2

Caribbean Blue
Enya
From the album: Shepherd Moons
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 5

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
25 Down by 5

Saltwater
Julian Lennon
From the album: Help Yourself
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
26 Down by 5

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
19
Weeks
22
Number
27

Sax and Violins
Talking Heads
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28

Love's a Hard Game to Play
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
28
Weeks
12
Number
29 Down by 4

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
30

Diamonds and Pearls
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

She Ain't Pretty
The Northern Pikes
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Down by 6

Cerulean
The Ocean Blue
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
33 Down by 4

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
31
Number
34 Up by 4

First We Take Manhattan
R.E.M.
From the album: I'm Your Fan
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35

No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne
From the album: No More Tears
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 1

I'm Too Sexy
Right Said Fred
From the album: Up
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Come as You Are
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 4

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
34

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
40 Dropout

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
15
Weeks
24

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Date

January 25, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 1(×5) 16

2 2 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 1(×5) 17

3 3 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 3 20

4 4 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 1(×1) 26

13 5 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 5 4

6 6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 6 20

5 7 U2 – “The Fly” 4 14

8 8 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 8 20

9 9 Kate Bush – “Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)” 9 11

10 10 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 10 15

11 11 U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 11 8

7 12 James – “Sit Down” 7 26

17 13 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 13 6

14 14 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 14 15

16 15 Crowded House – “There Goes God” 15 9

12 16 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 3 24

15 17 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 12 22

18 18 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 4 21

22 19 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Birds in Perspex” 19 9

31 20 U2 – “One” 20 4

33 21 The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 21 3

24 22 Enya – “Caribbean Blue” 22 8

23 23 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 21 12

19 24 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 1(×3) 27

20 25 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 14 19

21 26 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 19 22

27 27 Talking Heads – “Sax and Violins” 27 6

28 28 Stevie Nicks – “Love's a Hard Game to Play” 28 12

25 29 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×6) 29

30 30 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Diamonds and Pearls” 30 7

32 31 The Northern Pikes – “She Ain't Pretty” 31 6

26 32 The Ocean Blue – “Cerulean” 22 16

29 33 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 31

38 34 R.E.M. – “First We Take Manhattan” 34 2

35 35 Ozzy Osbourne – “No More Tears” 35 10

37 36 Right Said Fred – “I'm Too Sexy” 36 2

39 37 E – “Hello Cruel World” 37 2

NE 38 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 38 1

NE 39 Nirvana – “Come as You Are” 39 1

36 40 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×2) 34

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 8 26

40 -- The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 15 24

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