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

It's a Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 1

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Down by 1

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 2

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 4

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Up by 2

Close But No Cigar
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
9 Down by 4

Divine Thing
The Soup Dragons
From the album: Hotwired
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
10 Down by 3

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
From the album: Tongues and Tails
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
11 Up by 3

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 1

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 2

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
14 Up by 3

All I Want
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15

Good Stuff
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16

Four Seasons in One Day
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Down by 5

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
18 Up by 2

I Palindrome I
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 5

I Love You Goodbye
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 2

High
The Cure
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
21 Up by 1

Heaven Sent
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 3

Crucify
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 9

Stay
Shakespears Sister
From the album: Hormonally Yours
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Down by 5

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
25 Down by 4

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
8
Weeks
25
Number
26 Up by 2

Wrong
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

57 Channels (And Nothin' On)
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Human Touch
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
28 Down by 5

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
29 Down by 3

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
16
Weeks
21
Number
30 Up by 9

Disappointed
Electronic
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 3

Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Down by 3

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
33 Up by 2

Always the Last to Know
Del Amitri
From the album: Change Everything
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 1

Why
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
35 Down by 5

Twisterella
Ride
From the album: Going Blank Again
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
36 Down by 5

Weather With You
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
37 Debut

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Real Cool World
David Bowie
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Dyslexic Heart
Paul Westerberg
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Dear Madam Barnum
XTC
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

See the Constellation
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
37 Dropout

Turn Around
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
38 Dropout

If I Wasn't Shy
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
40 Dropout

Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
20
Weeks
18

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Date

August 1, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 1(×3) 7

3 2 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 2 12

2 3 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 1(×2) 18

6 4 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 4 9

4 5 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 4 14

10 6 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 6 7

9 7 Thomas Dolby – “Close But No Cigar” 7 11

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

5 9 The Soup Dragons – “Divine Thing” 1(×4) 16

7 10 Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” 5 16

14 11 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 11 6

13 12 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 12 12

11 13 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 1(×1) 19

17 14 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 14 7

15 15 The B-52's – “Good Stuff” 15 8

16 16 Crowded House – “Four Seasons in One Day” 16 8

12 17 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 3 17

20 18 They Might Be Giants – “I Palindrome I” 18 8

24 19 Thomas Dolby – “I Love You Goodbye” 19 4

18 20 The Cure – “High” 1(×5) 20

22 21 INXS – “Heaven Sent” 21 6

25 22 Tori Amos – “Crucify” 22 7

32 23 Shakespears Sister – “Stay” 23 3

19 24 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 3 24

21 25 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 8 25

28 26 Lindsey Buckingham – “Wrong” 26 5

27 27 Bruce Springsteen – “57 Channels (And Nothin' On)” 26 10

23 28 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×4) 23

26 29 James – “Born Of Frustration” 16 21

39 30 Electronic – “Disappointed” 30 2

34 31 Spin Doctors – “Little Miss Can't Be Wrong” 31 6

29 32 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 31

35 33 Del Amitri – “Always the Last to Know” 33 5

33 34 Annie Lennox – “Why” 26 13

30 35 Ride – “Twisterella” 23 12

31 36 Crowded House – “Weather With You” 15 22

NE 37 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 37 1

NE 38 David Bowie – “Real Cool World” 38 1

NE 39 Paul Westerberg – “Dyslexic Heart” 39 1

NE 40 XTC – “Dear Madam Barnum” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- They Might Be Giants – “See the Constellation” 19 17

37 -- They Might Be Giants – “Turn Around” 20 12

38 -- They Might Be Giants – “If I Wasn't Shy” 21 12

40 -- Cowboy Junkies – “Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park” 20 18

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