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

Digging in the Dirt
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 1

Drive
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Down by 2

Blood Makes Noise
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Revolution Earth
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 2

Walk on the Ocean
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6

Lifetime Piling Up
Talking Heads
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 2

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
8 Up by 1

Mr. Wrong
Cracker
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 1

My Useless Heart
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 2

Coal
Michael Penn
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 3

Walt Whitman's Beard
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 3

Mrs. Robinson
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14

Take a Chance on Me
Erasure
From the album: Abba-esque
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 4

Cruel
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 2

Eastern Bloc
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17

Hometown
The Cages
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 2

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
19

Not Enough Time
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
20 Up by 4

Dizz Knee Land
dada
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 5

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 7

99.9F°
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 3

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
24 Up by 1

I Love You Period
Dan Baird
From the album: Love Songs for the Hearing Impared
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 4

The Trap Door
Jules Shear
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
26 Down by 4

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
27 Down by 4

Walking on Broken Glass
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
28

It's a Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
29 Up by 2

Certain People I Know
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 3
7
Duplicate
From the album: Duplicate prince
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 1

Kiko And The Lavender Moon
Los Lobos
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 5

I Love You Goodbye
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 2

Deeper and Deeper
Madonna
From the album: Erotica
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 3

Candy Everybody Wants
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 5

These Are Days
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
36 Down by 2

You're the One for Me, Fatty
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
37 Up by 3

Be My Downfall
Del Amitri
From the album: Change Everything
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Love U More
Sunscreem
From the album: O3
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)
Michael Penn
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Steam
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

All I Want
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
7
Weeks
26
Number
38 Dropout

Disappointed
Electronic
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
39 Dropout

Stay
Shakespears Sister
From the album: Hormonally Yours
Peak
9
Weeks
22

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Date

December 19, 1992

Songs

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2 1 Peter Gabriel – “Digging in the Dirt” 1(×1) 16

3 2 R.E.M. – “Drive” 2 13

1 3 Suzanne Vega – “Blood Makes Noise” 1(×1) 17

4 4 The B-52's – “Revolution Earth” 1(×4) 19

7 5 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “Walk on the Ocean” 5 15

6 6 Talking Heads – “Lifetime Piling Up” 6 11

5 7 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 1(×3) 21

9 8 Cracker – “Mr. Wrong” 8 16

10 9 The Spent Poets – “My Useless Heart” 9 12

12 10 Michael Penn – “Coal” 10 10

8 11 The Spent Poets – “Walt Whitman's Beard” 8 19

15 12 The Lemonheads – “Mrs. Robinson” 12 8

13 13 U2 – “Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?” 13 11

14 14 Erasure – “Take a Chance on Me” 14 9

11 15 Thomas Dolby – “Cruel” 8 17

18 16 Thomas Dolby – “Eastern Bloc” 16 7

17 17 The Cages – “Hometown” 17 8

16 18 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 1(×3) 27

19 19 INXS – “Not Enough Time” 7 19

24 20 dada – “Dizz Knee Land” 20 7

26 21 Spin Doctors – “Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)” 21 6

29 22 Suzanne Vega – “99.9F°” 22 4

20 23 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 1(×2) 26

25 24 Dan Baird – “I Love You Period” 24 7

21 25 Jules Shear – “The Trap Door” 17 15

22 26 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 1(×1) 29

23 27 Annie Lennox – “Walking on Broken Glass” 10 19

28 28 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 1(×7) 27

31 29 Morrissey – “Certain People I Know” 29 5

33 30 Duplicate – “7” 30 3

32 31 Los Lobos – “Kiko And The Lavender Moon” 31 5

27 32 Thomas Dolby – “I Love You Goodbye” 5 24

35 33 Madonna – “Deeper and Deeper” 33 3

37 34 10,000 Maniacs – “Candy Everybody Wants” 34 3

30 35 10,000 Maniacs – “These Are Days” 27 12

34 36 Morrissey – “You're the One for Me, Fatty” 25 14

40 37 Del Amitri – “Be My Downfall” 37 2

NE 38 Sunscreem – “Love U More” 38 1

NE 39 Michael Penn – “Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)” 39 1

NE 40 Peter Gabriel – “Steam” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Toad the Wet Sprocket – “All I Want” 7 26

38 -- Electronic – “Disappointed” 11 21

39 -- Shakespears Sister – “Stay” 9 22

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