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 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2 Up by 1

Walk on the Ocean
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
3 Up by 1

Coal
Michael Penn
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Down by 2

Digging in the Dirt
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
5

Revolution Earth
The B-52's
From the album: Good Stuff
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
6 Up by 2

Mrs. Robinson
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 2

Eastern Bloc
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 3

99.9F°
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 3

Blood Makes Noise
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
10 Down by 3

Lifetime Piling Up
Talking Heads
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
11 Down by 1

My Useless Heart
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
12 Up by 2

Hometown
The Cages
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Down by 1

Confetti
The Lemonheads
From the album: It's a Shame About Ray
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
14 Up by 2
7
Duplicate
From the album: Duplicate prince
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 2

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Down by 3

Mr. Wrong
Cracker
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
17 Up by 3

Ordinary World
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 3

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 1

Dizz Knee Land
dada
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 3

Deeper and Deeper
Madonna
From the album: Erotica
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 1

Certain People I Know
Morrissey
From the album: Your Arsenal
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 4

Love U More
Sunscreem
From the album: O3
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 4

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

Kiko And The Lavender Moon
Los Lobos
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Down by 4

Walt Whitman's Beard
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
26 Down by 2

I Love You Period
Dan Baird
From the album: Love Songs for the Hearing Impared
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 1

Candy Everybody Wants
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Our Time in Eden
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 1

Be My Downfall
Del Amitri
From the album: Change Everything
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 1

Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)
Michael Penn
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 5

If I Had a Million Dollars
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Disc One 1991-2001: All Their Greatest Hits
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 1

Steam
Peter Gabriel
From the album: Us
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Round of Blues
Shawn Colvin
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 1

In Bloom
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 3

Beautiful Girl
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Don't Look Down
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 9

Cruel
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
37 Up by 2

Man on the Moon
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Debut

Little Bird
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Waiting for the Sun
The Jayhawks
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Black Gold
Soul Asylum
From the album: Grave Dancers Union
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Happy Birthday to Me
Cracker
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
38 Dropout

Not Enough Time
INXS
From the album: Welcome to Wherever You Are
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
40 Dropout

Even Better Than the Real Thing
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30

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Date

January 23, 1993

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Drive” 1(×5) 18

3 2 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “Walk on the Ocean” 2 20

4 3 Michael Penn – “Coal” 3 15

2 4 Peter Gabriel – “Digging in the Dirt” 1(×1) 21

5 5 The B-52's – “Revolution Earth” 1(×4) 24

8 6 The Lemonheads – “Mrs. Robinson” 6 13

9 7 Thomas Dolby – “Eastern Bloc” 7 12

11 8 Suzanne Vega – “99.9F°” 8 9

6 9 Suzanne Vega – “Blood Makes Noise” 1(×1) 22

7 10 Talking Heads – “Lifetime Piling Up” 6 16

10 11 The Spent Poets – “My Useless Heart” 9 17

14 12 The Cages – “Hometown” 12 13

12 13 The Lemonheads – “Confetti” 1(×3) 26

16 14 Duplicate – “7” 14 8

17 15 Spin Doctors – “Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Pocket Full of Kryptonite)” 15 11

13 16 Cracker – “Mr. Wrong” 8 21

20 17 Duran Duran – “Ordinary World” 17 4

15 18 U2 – “Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?” 13 16

18 19 dada – “Dizz Knee Land” 17 12

23 20 Madonna – “Deeper and Deeper” 20 8

22 21 Morrissey – “Certain People I Know” 21 10

26 22 Sunscreem – “Love U More” 22 6

19 23 Erasure – “Take a Chance on Me” 14 14

25 24 Los Lobos – “Kiko And The Lavender Moon” 24 10

21 25 The Spent Poets – “Walt Whitman's Beard” 8 24

24 26 Dan Baird – “I Love You Period” 21 12

28 27 10,000 Maniacs – “Candy Everybody Wants” 27 8

29 28 Del Amitri – “Be My Downfall” 28 7

30 29 Michael Penn – “Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)” 29 6

35 30 Barenaked Ladies – “If I Had a Million Dollars” 30 4

32 31 Peter Gabriel – “Steam” 31 6

33 32 Shawn Colvin – “Round of Blues” 32 5

34 33 Nirvana – “In Bloom” 33 5

37 34 INXS – “Beautiful Girl” 34 2

36 35 Lindsey Buckingham – “Don't Look Down” 35 4

27 36 Thomas Dolby – “Cruel” 8 22

39 37 R.E.M. – “Man on the Moon” 37 3

NE 38 Annie Lennox – “Little Bird” 38 1

NE 39 The Jayhawks – “Waiting for the Sun” 39 1

NE 40 Soul Asylum – “Black Gold” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Cracker – “Happy Birthday to Me” 1(×3) 31

38 -- INXS – “Not Enough Time” 7 23

40 -- U2 – “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 1(×2) 30

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