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

Revolution Earth
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Blood Makes Noise
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3

Digging in the Dirt
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4

Drive
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
6

Lifetime Piling Up
Talking Heads
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

Walk on the Ocean
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

Cruel
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9

Walt Whitman's Beard
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 1

Mr. Wrong
Cracker
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

My Useless Heart
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 2

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
13 Up by 1

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

Coal
Michael Penn
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 2

Take a Chance on Me
Erasure
From the album: Abba-esque
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 2

Mrs. Robinson
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 1

Not Enough Time
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
18 Up by 2

Hometown
The Cages
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 6

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 2

Eastern Bloc
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 2

The Trap Door
Jules Shear
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
22 Down by 1

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
23

Walking on Broken Glass
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
24

I Love You Goodbye
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
25

It's a Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
26 Up by 4

Dizz Knee Land
dada
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

These Are Days
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 3

I Love You Period
Dan Baird
From the album: Love Songs for the Hearing Impared
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 3

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 4

You're the One for Me, Fatty
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
31 Up by 6

99.9F°
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 4

All I Want
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
33 Up by 3

Kiko And The Lavender Moon
Los Lobos
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 4

Certain People I Know
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 1

Disappointed
Electronic
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
36 Down by 7

Stay
Shakespears Sister
From the album: Hormonally Yours
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
37 Debut
7
Duplicate
From the album: Duplicate prince
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Deeper and Deeper
Madonna
From the album: Erotica
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 6

A Letter to Elise
The Cure
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
40 Debut

Candy Everybody Wants
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Constant Craving
k.d. lang
From the album: Ingenue
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
39 Dropout

Dyslexic Heart
Paul Westerberg
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
40 Dropout

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29

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Date

December 5, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 The B-52's – “Revolution Earth” 1(×4) 17

2 2 Suzanne Vega – “Blood Makes Noise” 2 15

3 3 Peter Gabriel – “Digging in the Dirt” 3 14

4 4 R.E.M. – “Drive” 4 11

5 5 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 1(×3) 19

6 6 Talking Heads – “Lifetime Piling Up” 6 9

7 7 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “Walk on the Ocean” 7 13

8 8 Thomas Dolby – “Cruel” 8 15

9 9 The Spent Poets – “Walt Whitman's Beard” 9 17

11 10 Cracker – “Mr. Wrong” 10 14

12 11 The Spent Poets – “My Useless Heart” 11 10

10 12 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 1(×3) 25

14 13 U2 – “Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?” 13 9

15 14 Michael Penn – “Coal” 14 8

17 15 Erasure – “Take a Chance on Me” 15 7

18 16 The Lemonheads – “Mrs. Robinson” 16 6

16 17 INXS – “Not Enough Time” 7 17

20 18 The Cages – “Hometown” 18 6

13 19 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 1(×2) 24

22 20 Thomas Dolby – “Eastern Bloc” 20 5

19 21 Jules Shear – “The Trap Door” 17 13

21 22 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 1(×1) 27

23 23 Annie Lennox – “Walking on Broken Glass” 10 17

24 24 Thomas Dolby – “I Love You Goodbye” 5 22

25 25 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 1(×7) 25

30 26 dada – “Dizz Knee Land” 26 5

27 27 10,000 Maniacs – “These Are Days” 27 10

31 28 Dan Baird – “I Love You Period” 28 5

32 29 Spin Doctors – “Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)” 29 4

26 30 Morrissey – “You're the One for Me, Fatty” 25 12

37 31 Suzanne Vega – “99.9F°” 31 2

28 32 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 7 25

36 33 Los Lobos – “Kiko And The Lavender Moon” 33 3

38 34 Morrissey – “Certain People I Know” 34 3

34 35 Electronic – “Disappointed” 11 20

29 36 Shakespears Sister – “Stay” 9 21

NE 37 Duplicate – “7” 37 1

NE 38 Madonna – “Deeper and Deeper” 38 1

33 39 The Cure – “A Letter to Elise” 12 18

NE 40 10,000 Maniacs – “Candy Everybody Wants” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- k.d. lang – “Constant Craving” 31 9

39 -- Paul Westerberg – “Dyslexic Heart” 15 18

40 -- The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 1(×1) 29

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