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 2

Gift Shop
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Broken
Belly (band)
From the album: Twister (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3 Down by 2

Down in Flames
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

Trampoline
Joe Henry
From the album: Trampoline
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5

Open the Door
Magnapop
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand
Primitive Radio Gods
From the album: Rocket
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7

Pepper
Butthole Surfers
From the album: Electriclarryland
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 6

You're One
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Free to Decide
The Cranberries
From the album: To the Faithful Departed
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 2

Under Cedars And Stars
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
11

Rainfall
A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12

Only Talking Sense
The Finn Brothers
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13

Popular
Nada Surf
From the album: High / Low
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 1

Throwaway
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 5

Boy or a Girl
Imperial Drag
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 3

The Golden Age
Cracker
From the album: The Golden Age
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17

Little Dudes
Pee Shy
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
18

God Tells Me To
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 1

And She Drowned
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 4

Big Bang Baby
Stone Temple Pilots
From the album: Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
21

Stupid Girl
Garbage
From the album: Garbage
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
22

6th Avenue Heartache
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 3

All I Know
Screaming Trees
From the album: Dust
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 3

Some Kind Of Fun
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25

She Came On
Super Deluxe
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
26 Down by 3

The Official Ironman Rally Song
Guided By Voices
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 1

Ahead By A Century
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 2

Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)
The Virgin-Whore Complex
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 2

Novocaine For The Soul
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 6

Photograph
The Verve Pipe
From the album: Villains
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
31 Down by 2

Counting Blue Cars
Dishwalla
From the album: Pet Your Friends
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
32 Up by 2

Where It's At
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 2

Gold Dust Woman
Hole
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 2

Shoe Money
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
35 Up by 2

Big Chair
Reacharound
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 2

Lack of Water
The Why Store
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

Soundtrack to Mary
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
From the album: Now in a Minute
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Whoever You Are
Geggy Tah
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

E-Bow The Letter
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Scary Kisses
Voice of the Beehive
From the album: Sex & Misery
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
36 Dropout

Long Shot
Aimee Mann
From the album: I'm With Stupid
Peak
24
Weeks
14

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Date

August 24, 1996

Songs

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3 1 The Tragically Hip – “Gift Shop” 1(×1) 11

2 2 Belly (band) – “Broken” 1(×6) 13

1 3 Semisonic – “Down in Flames” 1(×1) 16

4 4 Joe Henry – “Trampoline” 4 12

5 5 Magnapop – “Open the Door” 1(×5) 17

6 6 Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand” 6 13

7 7 Butthole Surfers – “Pepper” 7 15

14 8 Imperial Teen – “You're One” 8 7

9 9 The Cranberries – “Free to Decide” 9 10

8 10 Ass Ponys – “Under Cedars And Stars” 7 20

11 11 A Flock of Seagulls – “Rainfall” 11 14

12 12 The Finn Brothers – “Only Talking Sense” 12 9

13 13 Nada Surf – “Popular” 13 8

15 14 The Posies – “Throwaway” 14 8

10 15 Imperial Drag – “Boy or a Girl” 2 17

19 16 Cracker – “The Golden Age” 16 10

17 17 Pee Shy – “Little Dudes” 17 16

18 18 Ass Ponys – “God Tells Me To” 18 15

20 19 Ass Ponys – “And She Drowned” 19 11

16 20 Stone Temple Pilots – “Big Bang Baby” 4 23

21 21 Garbage – “Stupid Girl” 21 13

22 22 The Wallflowers – “6th Avenue Heartache” 22 10

26 23 Screaming Trees – “All I Know” 23 8

27 24 Ass Ponys – “Some Kind Of Fun” 24 9

25 25 Super Deluxe – “She Came On” 25 12

23 26 Guided By Voices – “The Official Ironman Rally Song” 9 16

28 27 The Tragically Hip – “Ahead By A Century” 27 5

30 28 The Virgin-Whore Complex – “Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)” 28 3

31 29 Eels – “Novocaine For The Soul” 29 3

24 30 The Verve Pipe – “Photograph” 3 22

29 31 Dishwalla – “Counting Blue Cars” 5 23

34 32 Beck – “Where It's At” 32 5

35 33 Hole – “Gold Dust Woman” 33 5

32 34 Ass Ponys – “Shoe Money” 12 20

37 35 Reacharound – “Big Chair” 35 4

38 36 The Why Store – “Lack of Water” 36 4

39 37 Soul Coughing – “Soundtrack to Mary” 37 2

40 38 Donna Lewis – “I Love You Always Forever” 38 2

NE 39 Geggy Tah – “Whoever You Are” 39 1

NE 40 R.E.M. – “E-Bow The Letter” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Voice of the Beehive – “Scary Kisses” 13 17

36 -- Aimee Mann – “Long Shot” 24 14

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