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

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 4

High
The Cure
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Down by 1

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 2

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
7 Down by 1

One
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
8

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 1

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 3

Too Much Passion
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 2

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
6
Weeks
26
Number
12 Up by 3

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 2

Mysterious Ways
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
14 Up by 4

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 1

Birds in Perspex
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
16

Come as You Are
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Up by 2

The Statue Got Me High
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 1

Caribbean Blue
Enya
From the album: Shepherd Moons
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
19 Up by 2

Weather With You
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20

You Think You Know Her
Cause and Effect
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 9

First We Take Manhattan
R.E.M.
From the album: I'm Your Fan
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
22

I'm Too Sexy
Right Said Fred
From the album: Up
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
23

Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)
The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette
From the album: The White Room
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 1

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 1

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 9

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 1

The Life Of Riley
Lightning Seeds
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 4

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
29

Can't Cry Hard Enough
The Williams Brothers
Peak
29
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 2

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Julee Cruise
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 4

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
3
Weeks
31
Number
32 Up by 2

Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33

To Be with You
Mr. Big
From the album: Lean Into It
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 2

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 4

See the Constellation
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 1

Silent All These Years
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 7

Sax and Violins
Talking Heads
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
38 Up by 2

Viva Las Vegas
ZZ Top
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 8

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
40 Debut

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

There Goes God
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
12
Weeks
19

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Date

April 11, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×3) 7

2 2 The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 1(×1) 14

7 3 The Cure – “High” 3 4

3 4 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 15

5 5 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 5 8

4 6 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 3 17

6 7 U2 – “One” 5 15

8 8 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 8 12

10 9 E – “Hello Cruel World” 9 13

13 10 The Smithereens – “Too Much Passion” 10 11

9 11 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 6 26

15 12 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 12 9

11 13 U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 3 19

18 14 Concrete Blonde – “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” 14 9

14 15 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Birds in Perspex” 11 20

16 16 Nirvana – “Come as You Are” 16 12

19 17 They Might Be Giants – “The Statue Got Me High” 17 6

17 18 Enya – “Caribbean Blue” 14 19

21 19 Crowded House – “Weather With You” 19 6

20 20 Cause and Effect – “You Think You Know Her” 20 11

12 21 R.E.M. – “First We Take Manhattan” 9 13

22 22 Right Said Fred – “I'm Too Sexy” 21 13

23 23 The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)” 23 8

25 24 James – “Born Of Frustration” 24 5

26 25 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 25 3

35 26 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 26 2

28 27 Lightning Seeds – “The Life Of Riley” 27 7

24 28 Kate Bush – “Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)” 5 22

29 29 The Williams Brothers – “Can't Cry Hard Enough” 29 10

32 30 Julee Cruise – “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” 30 4

27 31 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 3 31

34 32 Cowboy Junkies – “Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park” 32 3

33 33 Mr. Big – “To Be with You” 33 7

36 34 Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 34 3

39 35 They Might Be Giants – “See the Constellation” 35 2

37 36 Tori Amos – “Silent All These Years” 36 3

30 37 Talking Heads – “Sax and Violins” 19 17

40 38 ZZ Top – “Viva Las Vegas” 38 2

31 39 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 1(×5) 27

NE 40 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Crowded House – “There Goes God” 12 19

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