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 Up by 1

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Divine Thing
The Soup Dragons
From the album: Hotwired
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 4

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
From the album: Tongues and Tails
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 4

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
8 Down by 3

High
The Cure
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
9 Down by 1

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
10 Up by 1

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 6

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
13 Up by 1

Close But No Cigar
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 3

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Up by 18

It's a Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
15
Weeks
2
Number
16

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17 Down by 2

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
18

Weather With You
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
19

See the Constellation
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 2

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

If I Wasn't Shy
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 2

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 2

Someday?
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

Good Stuff
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Down by 5

Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
26

Why
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
27

Twisterella
Ride
From the album: Going Blank Again
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 1

57 Channels (And Nothin' On)
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Human Touch
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 1

Four Seasons in One Day
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 17

Too Much Passion
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
31 Up by 1

I Palindrome I
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 2

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 4

Crucify
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 1

Remedy
The Black Crowes
From the album: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 3

All I Want
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 8

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
37 Debut

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 7

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
39 Debut

Heaven Sent
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
39 Dropout

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
40 Dropout

The Statue Got Me High
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
13
Weeks
16

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Date

June 27, 1992

Songs

40

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2 1 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 1(×1) 14

1 2 The Soup Dragons – “Divine Thing” 1(×4) 11

3 3 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 3 12

4 4 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 4 13

9 5 Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” 5 11

10 6 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 6 9

7 7 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 3 19

5 8 The Cure – “High” 1(×5) 15

8 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 8 20

11 10 Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 10 14

12 11 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 11 7

6 12 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×4) 18

14 13 Thomas Dolby – “Close But No Cigar” 13 6

17 14 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 14 4

33 15 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 15 2

16 16 James – “Born Of Frustration” 16 16

15 17 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 26

18 18 Crowded House – “Weather With You” 15 17

19 19 They Might Be Giants – “See the Constellation” 19 13

22 20 They Might Be Giants – “Turn Around” 20 8

23 21 They Might Be Giants – “If I Wasn't Shy” 21 8

24 22 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 22 7

21 23 Concrete Blonde – “Someday?” 21 10

25 24 The B-52's – “Good Stuff” 24 3

20 25 Cowboy Junkies – “Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park” 20 14

26 26 Annie Lennox – “Why” 26 8

27 27 Ride – “Twisterella” 27 7

29 28 Bruce Springsteen – “57 Channels (And Nothin' On)” 28 5

30 29 Crowded House – “Four Seasons in One Day” 29 3

13 30 The Smithereens – “Too Much Passion” 7 22

32 31 They Might Be Giants – “I Palindrome I” 31 3

34 32 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 32 2

37 33 Tori Amos – “Crucify” 33 2

35 34 The Black Crowes – “Remedy” 34 5

38 35 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 35 2

28 36 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 6 23

NE 37 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 37 1

31 38 E – “Hello Cruel World” 9 24

NE 39 INXS – “Heaven Sent” 39 1

NE 40 Spin Doctors – “Little Miss Can't Be Wrong” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 1(×1) 24

39 -- Concrete Blonde – “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” 12 19

40 -- They Might Be Giants – “The Statue Got Me High” 13 16

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