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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

High
The Cure
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 3

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
6

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 5

Divine Thing
The Soup Dragons
From the album: Hotwired
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8

Too Much Passion
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 7

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 1

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 3

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
15

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
16

Weather With You
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 5

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
From the album: Tongues and Tails
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 1

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 1

The Statue Got Me High
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
20

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21

See the Constellation
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 5

One
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
23 Up by 7

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 2

Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 1

The Life Of Riley
Lightning Seeds
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
26 Down by 1

Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)
The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette
From the album: The White Room
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
27 Down by 4

Come as You Are
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
28 Down by 1

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Julee Cruise
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
29

You Think You Know Her
Cause and Effect
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
30 Up by 1

Silent All These Years
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 2

Someday?
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

Viva Las Vegas
ZZ Top
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 2

Money Don't Matter 2 Night
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 3

Why
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 7

Mysterious Ways
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
36 Up by 3

Turn Around
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

If I Wasn't Shy
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Twisterella
Ride
From the album: Going Blank Again
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Birds in Perspex
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
11
Weeks
24
Number
36 Dropout

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
6
Weeks
30
Number
38 Dropout

Caribbean Blue
Enya
From the album: Shepherd Moons
Peak
14
Weeks
23

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Date

May 16, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 The Cure – “High” 1(×4) 9

2 2 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×4) 12

3 3 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 3 13

7 4 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 4 8

5 5 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 20

6 6 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 6 17

12 7 The Soup Dragons – “Divine Thing” 7 5

8 8 The Smithereens – “Too Much Passion” 8 16

9 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 9 14

10 10 E – “Hello Cruel World” 9 18

4 11 The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 1(×1) 19

13 12 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 12 7

14 13 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 13 6

11 14 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 3 22

15 15 Concrete Blonde – “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” 12 14

16 16 Crowded House – “Weather With You” 16 11

22 17 Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” 17 5

19 18 Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 18 8

18 19 They Might Be Giants – “The Statue Got Me High” 13 11

20 20 James – “Born Of Frustration” 20 10

21 21 They Might Be Giants – “See the Constellation” 21 7

17 22 U2 – “One” 5 20

30 23 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 23 3

26 24 Cowboy Junkies – “Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park” 24 8

24 25 Lightning Seeds – “The Life Of Riley” 24 12

25 26 The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)” 23 13

23 27 Nirvana – “Come as You Are” 15 17

27 28 Julee Cruise – “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” 27 9

29 29 Cause and Effect – “You Think You Know Her” 20 16

31 30 Tori Amos – “Silent All These Years” 30 8

33 31 Concrete Blonde – “Someday?” 31 4

34 32 ZZ Top – “Viva Las Vegas” 32 7

35 33 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Money Don't Matter 2 Night” 33 4

37 34 Annie Lennox – “Why” 34 2

28 35 U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 3 24

39 36 They Might Be Giants – “Turn Around” 36 2

40 37 They Might Be Giants – “If I Wasn't Shy” 37 2

NE 38 Ride – “Twisterella” 38 1

NE 39 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 39 1

NE 40 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Birds in Perspex” 11 24

36 -- Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 6 30

38 -- Enya – “Caribbean Blue” 14 23

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