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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 5 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 4

Divine Thing
The Soup Dragons
From the album: Hotwired
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 2

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 1

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 1

Too Much Passion
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8 Up by 5

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
10 Up by 2

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 5

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
12 Down by 2

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 2

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 3

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
From the album: Tongues and Tails
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 3

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16

Weather With You
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 3

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
18 Down by 3

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 1

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 1

See the Constellation
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 2

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 2

Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Down by 4

The Statue Got Me High
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 2

One
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
25

The Life Of Riley
Lightning Seeds
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 5

Someday?
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 1

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Julee Cruise
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 8

Turn Around
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 8

If I Wasn't Shy
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30

Silent All These Years
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Up by 3

Why
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 1

Money Don't Matter 2 Night
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 7

Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)
The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette
From the album: The White Room
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
34 Up by 5

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 3

Twisterella
Ride
From the album: Going Blank Again
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 4

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 10

Come as You Are
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
38 Down by 6

Viva Las Vegas
ZZ Top
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
39 Down by 10

You Think You Know Her
Cause and Effect
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
40 Debut

Close But No Cigar
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Mysterious Ways
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
3
Weeks
24

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Date

May 23, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 The Cure – “High” 1(×5) 10

2 2 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×4) 13

7 3 The Soup Dragons – “Divine Thing” 3 6

4 4 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 4 9

3 5 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 3 14

5 6 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 21

8 7 The Smithereens – “Too Much Passion” 7 17

13 8 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 8 7

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

12 10 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 10 8

6 11 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 6 18

10 12 E – “Hello Cruel World” 9 19

11 13 The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 1(×1) 20

17 14 Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” 14 6

18 15 Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 15 9

16 16 Crowded House – “Weather With You” 16 12

14 17 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 3 23

15 18 Concrete Blonde – “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” 12 15

20 19 James – “Born Of Frustration” 19 11

21 20 They Might Be Giants – “See the Constellation” 20 8

23 21 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 21 4

24 22 Cowboy Junkies – “Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park” 22 9

19 23 They Might Be Giants – “The Statue Got Me High” 13 12

22 24 U2 – “One” 5 21

25 25 Lightning Seeds – “The Life Of Riley” 24 13

31 26 Concrete Blonde – “Someday?” 26 5

28 27 Julee Cruise – “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” 27 10

36 28 They Might Be Giants – “Turn Around” 28 3

37 29 They Might Be Giants – “If I Wasn't Shy” 29 3

30 30 Tori Amos – “Silent All These Years” 30 9

34 31 Annie Lennox – “Why” 31 3

33 32 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Money Don't Matter 2 Night” 32 5

26 33 The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)” 23 14

39 34 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 34 2

38 35 Ride – “Twisterella” 35 2

40 36 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 36 2

27 37 Nirvana – “Come as You Are” 15 18

32 38 ZZ Top – “Viva Las Vegas” 32 8

29 39 Cause and Effect – “You Think You Know Her” 20 17

NE 40 Thomas Dolby – “Close But No Cigar” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 3 24

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