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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

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Revolution Earth
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6

I Love You Goodbye
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 1

Not Enough Time
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 1

All I Want
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
9

Stay
Shakespears Sister
From the album: Hormonally Yours
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 1

Blood Makes Noise
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 1

It's a Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 5

Digging in the Dirt
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13

A Letter to Elise
The Cure
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14

Walking on Broken Glass
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 1

Walt Whitman's Beard
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Down by 4

Disappointed
Electronic
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 2

Dyslexic Heart
Paul Westerberg
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 1

Cruel
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 1

Mr. Wrong
Cracker
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 1

Walk on the Ocean
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 1

Drive
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Down by 4

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
23

Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 1

The Trap Door
Jules Shear
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 1

Four Seasons in One Day
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
26

Crucify
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
19
Weeks
17
Number
27

Close But No Cigar
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
28

Real Cool World
David Bowie
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 3

You're the One for Me, Fatty
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 1

Breaking The Girl
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 4

My Useless Heart
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 3

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
11
Weeks
22
Number
33 Debut

Lifetime Piling Up
Talking Heads
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Up by 2

Seen the Doctor
Michael Penn
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 2

These Are Days
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 2

Constant Craving
k.d. lang
From the album: Ingenue
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 3

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
38 Debut

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 9

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
40 Down by 7

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
8
Weeks
28
Number
40 Dropout

Dear Madam Barnum
XTC
Peak
31
Weeks
10

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Date

October 10, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 1(×2) 16

2 2 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 2 11

3 3 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 1(×2) 17

4 4 The B-52's – “Revolution Earth” 4 9

5 5 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 1(×1) 19

6 6 Thomas Dolby – “I Love You Goodbye” 5 14

8 7 INXS – “Not Enough Time” 7 9

7 8 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 7 17

9 9 Shakespears Sister – “Stay” 9 13

11 10 Suzanne Vega – “Blood Makes Noise” 10 7

10 11 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 1(×7) 17

17 12 Peter Gabriel – “Digging in the Dirt” 12 6

13 13 The Cure – “A Letter to Elise” 13 10

14 14 Annie Lennox – “Walking on Broken Glass” 14 9

16 15 The Spent Poets – “Walt Whitman's Beard” 15 9

12 16 Electronic – “Disappointed” 11 12

15 17 Paul Westerberg – “Dyslexic Heart” 15 11

19 18 Thomas Dolby – “Cruel” 18 7

20 19 Cracker – “Mr. Wrong” 19 6

21 20 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “Walk on the Ocean” 20 5

22 21 R.E.M. – “Drive” 21 3

18 22 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 1(×1) 22

23 23 Spin Doctors – “Little Miss Can't Be Wrong” 23 16

25 24 Jules Shear – “The Trap Door” 24 5

24 25 Crowded House – “Four Seasons in One Day” 12 18

26 26 Tori Amos – “Crucify” 19 17

27 27 Thomas Dolby – “Close But No Cigar” 6 21

28 28 David Bowie – “Real Cool World” 28 11

32 29 Morrissey – “You're the One for Me, Fatty” 29 4

31 30 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Breaking The Girl” 30 8

35 31 The Spent Poets – “My Useless Heart” 31 2

29 32 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 11 22

NE 33 Talking Heads – “Lifetime Piling Up” 33 1

36 34 Michael Penn – “Seen the Doctor” 34 6

37 35 10,000 Maniacs – “These Are Days” 35 2

38 36 k.d. lang – “Constant Craving” 36 2

34 37 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 3 27

NE 38 U2 – “Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?” 38 1

30 39 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 4 24

33 40 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 1(×2) 28

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 8 28

40 -- XTC – “Dear Madam Barnum” 31 10

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