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 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 2

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 3

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
7

Close But No Cigar
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
9 Up by 2

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 1

Divine Thing
The Soup Dragons
From the album: Hotwired
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
11 Up by 1

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 2

All I Want
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 6

I Love You Goodbye
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Down by 4

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
From the album: Tongues and Tails
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
15

Good Stuff
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16

Four Seasons in One Day
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 1

I Palindrome I
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 1

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

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
20 Up by 3

Stay
Shakespears Sister
From the album: Hormonally Yours
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21

Heaven Sent
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Crucify
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 3

High
The Cure
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
24 Up by 6

Disappointed
Electronic
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Up by 1

Wrong
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 1

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
8
Weeks
26
Number
27

57 Channels (And Nothin' On)
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Human Touch
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
28 Down by 4

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
29 Up by 8

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 1

Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Down by 3

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
32 Up by 1

Always the Last to Know
Del Amitri
From the album: Change Everything
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 5

Real Cool World
David Bowie
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 5

Dyslexic Heart
Paul Westerberg
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 1

Why
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
26
Weeks
14
Number
36 Up by 4

Dear Madam Barnum
XTC
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 2

Twisterella
Ride
From the album: Going Blank Again
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
38 Down by 9

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
16
Weeks
22
Number
39 Down by 7

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
40 Debut

A Letter to Elise
The Cure
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

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

A chart by

Date

August 8, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 1(×4) 8

2 2 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 2 13

4 3 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 3 10

6 4 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 4 8

5 5 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 4 15

3 6 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 1(×2) 19

7 7 Thomas Dolby – “Close But No Cigar” 7 12

8 8 Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 8 20

11 9 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 9 7

9 10 The Soup Dragons – “Divine Thing” 1(×4) 17

12 11 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 11 13

14 12 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 12 8

19 13 Thomas Dolby – “I Love You Goodbye” 13 5

10 14 Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” 5 17

15 15 The B-52's – “Good Stuff” 15 9

16 16 Crowded House – “Four Seasons in One Day” 16 9

18 17 They Might Be Giants – “I Palindrome I” 17 9

17 18 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 3 18

13 19 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 1(×1) 20

23 20 Shakespears Sister – “Stay” 20 4

21 21 INXS – “Heaven Sent” 21 7

22 22 Tori Amos – “Crucify” 22 8

20 23 The Cure – “High” 1(×5) 21

30 24 Electronic – “Disappointed” 24 3

26 25 Lindsey Buckingham – “Wrong” 25 6

25 26 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 8 26

27 27 Bruce Springsteen – “57 Channels (And Nothin' On)” 26 11

24 28 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 3 25

37 29 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 29 2

31 30 Spin Doctors – “Little Miss Can't Be Wrong” 30 7

28 31 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×4) 24

33 32 Del Amitri – “Always the Last to Know” 32 6

38 33 David Bowie – “Real Cool World” 33 2

39 34 Paul Westerberg – “Dyslexic Heart” 34 2

34 35 Annie Lennox – “Why” 26 14

40 36 XTC – “Dear Madam Barnum” 36 2

35 37 Ride – “Twisterella” 23 13

29 38 James – “Born Of Frustration” 16 22

32 39 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 32

NE 40 The Cure – “A Letter to Elise” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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