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

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Mysterious Ways
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 3

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 2

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
7 Up by 1

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 2

One
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 3

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10 Up by 4

First We Take Manhattan
R.E.M.
From the album: I'm Your Fan
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 2

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
12

There Goes God
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
13

Birds in Perspex
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 1

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 3

Caribbean Blue
Enya
From the album: Shepherd Moons
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 5

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
8
Weeks
25
Number
17 Up by 3

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 4

Too Much Passion
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19

Sax and Violins
Talking Heads
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 4

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
21 Up by 16

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Down by 5

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
23 Up by 2

Come as You Are
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Down by 3

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
7
Weeks
31
Number
25 Up by 7

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 3

I'm Too Sexy
Right Said Fred
From the album: Up
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 4

The Fly
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
28 Up by 2

You Think You Know Her
Cause and Effect
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 4

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 6

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
31 Down by 3

Love's a Hard Game to Play
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
28
Weeks
17
Number
32 Down by 6

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
3
Weeks
29
Number
33 Down by 6

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
34 Up by 4

Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)
The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette
From the album: The White Room
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Can't Cry Hard Enough
The Williams Brothers
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 5

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
37 Debut

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 4

Diamonds and Pearls
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
39 Debut

The Life Of Riley
Lightning Seeds
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

To Be with You
Mr. Big
From the album: Lean Into It
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

She Ain't Pretty
The Northern Pikes
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
39 Dropout

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
40 Dropout

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
19
Weeks
26

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Date

February 29, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×5) 9

2 2 The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 2 8

3 3 U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 3 13

7 4 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 4 11

5 5 Kate Bush – “Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)” 5 16

4 6 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 3 25

8 7 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 7 20

10 8 U2 – “One” 8 9

6 9 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 1(×5) 21

14 10 R.E.M. – “First We Take Manhattan” 10 7

9 11 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 1(×1) 31

12 12 Crowded House – “There Goes God” 12 14

13 13 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Birds in Perspex” 13 14

15 14 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 14 6

18 15 Enya – “Caribbean Blue” 15 13

11 16 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 8 25

20 17 E – “Hello Cruel World” 17 7

22 18 The Smithereens – “Too Much Passion” 18 5

19 19 Talking Heads – “Sax and Violins” 19 11

16 20 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 1(×5) 22

37 21 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 21 2

17 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 6 25

25 23 Nirvana – “Come as You Are” 23 6

21 24 James – “Sit Down” 7 31

32 25 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 25 3

29 26 Right Said Fred – “I'm Too Sexy” 26 7

23 27 U2 – “The Fly” 4 19

30 28 Cause and Effect – “You Think You Know Her” 28 5

33 29 Concrete Blonde – “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” 29 3

24 30 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 14 20

28 31 Stevie Nicks – “Love's a Hard Game to Play” 28 17

26 32 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 3 29

27 33 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 4 26

38 34 The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)” 34 2

36 35 The Williams Brothers – “Can't Cry Hard Enough” 35 4

31 36 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 21 17

NE 37 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 37 1

34 38 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Diamonds and Pearls” 29 12

NE 39 Lightning Seeds – “The Life Of Riley” 39 1

NE 40 Mr. Big – “To Be with You” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- The Northern Pikes – “She Ain't Pretty” 30 10

39 -- Squeeze – “Satisfied” 1(×3) 31

40 -- Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 19 26

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