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

Closer
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: The Downward Spiral
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 2

Girls & Boys
Blur
From the album: Parklife
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Down by 1

Gentleman Who Fell
Milla Jovovich
From the album: The Divine Comedy
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
4 Down by 1

Always
Erasure
From the album: I Say, I Say, I Say
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5

When I Fall
Sam Phillips
From the album: Martinis & Bikinis
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
6

Nails in My Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Together Alone
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
7

Bed of Roses
The Indians
From the album: Reality Bites (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8

Cornflake Girl
Tori Amos
From the album: Under the Pink
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 11

Wake Up
Love Spit Love
From the album: Love Spit Love
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10

I Can't Stop Smiling
Velocity Girl
From the album: Simpatico
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11

Headache
Frank Black
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

Am I Wrong
Love Spit Love
From the album: Love Spit Love
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 4

I Need Love
Sam Phillips
From the album: Martinis & Bikinis
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
14 Down by 1

Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
Whale
From the album: We Care
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
15

Fall Down
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: Dulcinea
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16

Baby, I Can't Please You
Sam Phillips
From the album: Martinis & Bikinis
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 3

Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
From the album: Superunknown
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 4

Bad Reputation
Freedy Johnston
From the album: This Perfect World
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19

Stay (I Missed You)
Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
From the album: Tails, Reality Bites (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 3

All I Wanna Do
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Tuesday Night Music Club
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21

Love Is Strong
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Voodoo Lounge
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 6

Undone - the Sweater Song
Weezer
From the album: Weezer (Blue Album)
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 6

Strawberry Road
Sam Phillips
From the album: Martinis & Bikinis
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 7

Possession
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
25 Down by 7

Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
From the album: Fuzzy
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
26 Up by 1

Yellow Ledbetter
Pearl Jam
From the album: Jeremy - Single
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 6

Sometimes Always
The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the album: Stoned & Dethroned
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 3

Clock
Milla Jovovich
From the album: The Divine Comedy
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 3

Every Iceberg Is Afire
Sky Cries Mary
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 4

Cleopatra’s Cat
Spin Doctors
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
31 Down by 7

Bizarre Love Triangle
Frente!
From the album: Lonely (EP)
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
32 Up by 3

Rain King
Counting Crows
From the album: August and Everything After
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 8

The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Morrissey
From the album: Vauxhall and I
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
34 Up by 3

Self Esteem
The Offspring
From the album: Smash
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 4

Einstein on the Beach (for an Eggman)
Counting Crows
From the album: DGC Rarities Vol. 1
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 4

Mad Dog 20/20
Teenage Fanclub
From the album: DGC Rarities Vol. 1
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 7

Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Pearl Jam
From the album: Vs.
Peak
10
Weeks
26
Number
38 Debut

Blinded by Rainbows
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Voodoo Lounge
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Ruby Lane
Milla Jovovich
From the album: The Divine Comedy
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Stove/Smother
Sloan
From the album: DGC Rarities Vol. 1
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Say Something
James
From the album: Wah Wah
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
36 Dropout

Until I Fall Away
Gin Blossoms
From the album: New Miserable Experience
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
38 Dropout

Cut Your Hair
Pavement
From the album: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Peak
12
Weeks
22

A chart by

Date

August 20, 1994

Songs

40

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1 1 Nine Inch Nails – "Closer" 1(×3) 16

4 2 Blur – "Girls & Boys" 2 12

2 3 Milla Jovovich – "Gentleman Who Fell" 1(×2) 19

3 4 Erasure – "Always" 1(×8) 19

5 5 Sam Phillips – "When I Fall" 4 20

6 6 Crowded House – "Nails in My Feet" 6 18

7 7 The Indians – "Bed of Roses" 7 17

8 8 Tori Amos – "Cornflake Girl" 8 14

20 9 Love Spit Love – "Wake Up" 9 3

10 10 Velocity Girl – "I Can't Stop Smiling" 10 9

11 11 Frank Black – "Headache" 11 7

12 12 Love Spit Love – "Am I Wrong" 12 6

9 13 Sam Phillips – "I Need Love" 1(×5) 26

13 14 Whale – "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" 13 16

15 15 Toad the Wet Sprocket – "Fall Down" 15 14

16 16 Sam Phillips – "Baby, I Can't Please You" 16 13

14 17 Soundgarden – "Black Hole Sun" 14 18

22 18 Freedy Johnston – "Bad Reputation" 18 6

19 19 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories – "Stay (I Missed You)" 19 12

23 20 Sheryl Crow – "All I Wanna Do" 20 6

21 21 The Rolling Stones – "Love Is Strong" 21 7

28 22 Weezer – "Undone - the Sweater Song" 22 3

29 23 Sam Phillips – "Strawberry Road" 23 5

17 24 Sarah McLachlan – "Possession" 7 22

18 25 Grant Lee Buffalo – "Fuzzy" 3 24

27 26 Pearl Jam – "Yellow Ledbetter" 26 7

33 27 The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Sometimes Always" 27 3

31 28 Milla Jovovich – "Clock" 28 5

32 29 Sky Cries Mary – "Every Iceberg Is Afire" 29 4

26 30 Spin Doctors – "Cleopatra’s Cat" 26 13

24 31 Frente! – "Bizarre Love Triangle" 5 21

35 32 Counting Crows – "Rain King" 32 4

25 33 Morrissey – "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" 3 25

37 34 The Offspring – "Self Esteem" 34 2

39 35 Counting Crows – "Einstein on the Beach (for an Eggman)" 35 2

40 36 Teenage Fanclub – "Mad Dog 20/20" 36 2

30 37 Pearl Jam – "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" 10 26

NE 38 The Rolling Stones – "Blinded by Rainbows" 38 1

NE 39 Milla Jovovich – "Ruby Lane" 39 1

NE 40 Sloan – "Stove/Smother" 40 1

DROPOUTS:

34 -- James – "Say Something" 17 19

36 -- Gin Blossoms – "Until I Fall Away" 14 20

38 -- Pavement – "Cut Your Hair" 12 22

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