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

Drive
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Digging in the Dirt
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Blood Makes Noise
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Up by 1

Walk on the Ocean
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 1

Revolution Earth
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6

Lifetime Piling Up
Talking Heads
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7

Coal
Michael Penn
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 3

Mrs. Robinson
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 1

Mr. Wrong
Cracker
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
10 Down by 1

My Useless Heart
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
11 Up by 1

Eastern Bloc
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 1

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
13

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

Take a Chance on Me
Erasure
From the album: Abba-esque
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 1

Hometown
The Cages
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 1

99.9F°
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 1

Dizz Knee Land
dada
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 1

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 4

Walt Whitman's Beard
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
20 Up by 5
7
Duplicate
From the album: Duplicate prince
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21

I Love You Period
Dan Baird
From the album: Love Songs for the Hearing Impared
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 2

Cruel
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
23 Down by 1

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
24 Down by 1

Not Enough Time
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
25 Up by 1

Certain People I Know
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 2

Kiko And The Lavender Moon
Los Lobos
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 3

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
28 Up by 3

Deeper and Deeper
Madonna
From the album: Erotica
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 2

The Trap Door
Jules Shear
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
30 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
29
Number
31 Up by 1

Candy Everybody Wants
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 2

Love U More
Sunscreem
From the album: O3
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 2

Be My Downfall
Del Amitri
From the album: Change Everything
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 2

Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)
Michael Penn
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

Steam
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

Ordinary World
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 2

Round of Blues
Shawn Colvin
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

In Bloom
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Don't Look Down
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

If I Had a Million Dollars
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Disc One 1991-2001: All Their Greatest Hits
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
33 Dropout

Walking on Broken Glass
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
38 Dropout

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

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Date

January 2, 1993

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Drive” 1(×2) 15

2 2 Peter Gabriel – “Digging in the Dirt” 1(×1) 18

3 3 Suzanne Vega – “Blood Makes Noise” 1(×1) 19

5 4 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “Walk on the Ocean” 4 17

4 5 The B-52's – “Revolution Earth” 1(×4) 21

6 6 Talking Heads – “Lifetime Piling Up” 6 13

7 7 Michael Penn – “Coal” 7 12

11 8 The Lemonheads – “Mrs. Robinson” 8 10

8 9 Cracker – “Mr. Wrong” 8 18

9 10 The Spent Poets – “My Useless Heart” 9 14

12 11 Thomas Dolby – “Eastern Bloc” 11 9

10 11 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 1(×3) 23

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

14 14 Erasure – “Take a Chance on Me” 14 11

16 15 The Cages – “Hometown” 15 10

17 16 Suzanne Vega – “99.9F°” 16 6

18 17 dada – “Dizz Knee Land” 17 9

19 18 Spin Doctors – “Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)” 18 8

15 19 The Spent Poets – “Walt Whitman's Beard” 8 21

25 20 Duplicate – “7” 20 5

21 21 Dan Baird – “I Love You Period” 21 9

20 22 Thomas Dolby – “Cruel” 8 19

22 23 Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 1(×3) 29

23 24 INXS – “Not Enough Time” 7 21

26 25 Morrissey – “Certain People I Know” 25 7

28 26 Los Lobos – “Kiko And The Lavender Moon” 26 7

24 27 U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 1(×2) 28

31 28 Madonna – “Deeper and Deeper” 28 5

27 29 Jules Shear – “The Trap Door” 17 17

29 30 The Lemonheads – “It's a Shame About Ray” 1(×7) 29

32 31 10,000 Maniacs – “Candy Everybody Wants” 31 5

34 32 Sunscreem – “Love U More” 32 3

35 33 Del Amitri – “Be My Downfall” 33 4

36 34 Michael Penn – “Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)” 34 3

37 35 Peter Gabriel – “Steam” 35 3

NE 36 Duran Duran – “Ordinary World” 36 1

39 37 Shawn Colvin – “Round of Blues” 37 2

40 38 Nirvana – “In Bloom” 38 2

NE 39 Lindsey Buckingham – “Don't Look Down” 39 1

NE 40 Barenaked Ladies – “If I Had a Million Dollars” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 1(×1) 30

33 -- Annie Lennox – “Walking on Broken Glass” 10 20

38 -- Thomas Dolby – “I Love You Goodbye” 5 25

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