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

Gift Shop
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 2

Trampoline
Joe Henry
From the album: Trampoline
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Down by 1

Broken
Belly (band)
From the album: Twister (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4 Down by 1

Down in Flames
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 3

You're One
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand
Primitive Radio Gods
From the album: Rocket
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7

Pepper
Butthole Surfers
From the album: Electriclarryland
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Down by 3

Open the Door
Magnapop
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
9

Free to Decide
The Cranberries
From the album: To the Faithful Departed
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Up by 1

Rainfall
A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 1

Only Talking Sense
The Finn Brothers
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 1

Popular
Nada Surf
From the album: High / Low
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 1

Throwaway
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 4

Under Cedars And Stars
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
15 Up by 1

The Golden Age
Cracker
From the album: The Golden Age
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 2

God Tells Me To
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17

Little Dudes
Pee Shy
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
18 Up by 1

And She Drowned
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Down by 4

Boy or a Girl
Imperial Drag
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
20 Up by 2

6th Avenue Heartache
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 2

All I Know
Screaming Trees
From the album: Dust
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 1

Stupid Girl
Garbage
From the album: Garbage
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 1

Some Kind Of Fun
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 1

She Came On
Super Deluxe
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
25 Up by 3

Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)
The Virgin-Whore Complex
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 1

Ahead By A Century
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 2

Novocaine For The Soul
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 8

Big Bang Baby
Stone Temple Pilots
From the album: Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
29 Down by 3

The Official Ironman Rally Song
Guided By Voices
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 9

Whoever You Are
Geggy Tah
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 9

E-Bow The Letter
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Debut

If It Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Down by 1

Where It's At
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 1

Gold Dust Woman
Hole
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
35

Big Chair
Reacharound
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 1

Soundtrack to Mary
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 1

Lack of Water
The Why Store
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
38

I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
From the album: Now in a Minute
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 9

Photograph
The Verve Pipe
From the album: Villains
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
40 Debut

Dark Secret
Matthew Sweet
From the album: The Craft Soundtrack
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Counting Blue Cars
Dishwalla
From the album: Pet Your Friends
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
34 Dropout

Shoe Money
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
12
Weeks
20

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Date

August 31, 1996

Songs

40

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1 1 The Tragically Hip – “Gift Shop” 1(×2) 12

4 2 Joe Henry – “Trampoline” 2 13

2 3 Belly (band) – “Broken” 1(×6) 14

3 4 Semisonic – “Down in Flames” 1(×1) 17

8 5 Imperial Teen – “You're One” 5 8

6 6 Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand” 6 14

7 7 Butthole Surfers – “Pepper” 7 16

5 8 Magnapop – “Open the Door” 1(×5) 18

9 9 The Cranberries – “Free to Decide” 9 11

11 10 A Flock of Seagulls – “Rainfall” 10 15

12 11 The Finn Brothers – “Only Talking Sense” 11 10

13 12 Nada Surf – “Popular” 12 9

14 13 The Posies – “Throwaway” 13 9

10 14 Ass Ponys – “Under Cedars And Stars” 7 21

16 15 Cracker – “The Golden Age” 15 11

18 16 Ass Ponys – “God Tells Me To” 16 16

17 17 Pee Shy – “Little Dudes” 17 17

19 18 Ass Ponys – “And She Drowned” 18 12

15 19 Imperial Drag – “Boy or a Girl” 2 18

22 20 The Wallflowers – “6th Avenue Heartache” 20 11

23 21 Screaming Trees – “All I Know” 21 9

21 22 Garbage – “Stupid Girl” 21 14

24 23 Ass Ponys – “Some Kind Of Fun” 23 10

25 24 Super Deluxe – “She Came On” 24 13

28 25 The Virgin-Whore Complex – “Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)” 25 4

27 26 The Tragically Hip – “Ahead By A Century” 26 6

29 27 Eels – “Novocaine For The Soul” 27 4

20 28 Stone Temple Pilots – “Big Bang Baby” 4 24

26 29 Guided By Voices – “The Official Ironman Rally Song” 9 17

39 30 Geggy Tah – “Whoever You Are” 30 2

40 31 R.E.M. – “E-Bow The Letter” 31 2

NE 32 Sheryl Crow – “If It Makes You Happy” 32 1

32 33 Beck – “Where It's At” 32 6

33 34 Hole – “Gold Dust Woman” 33 6

35 35 Reacharound – “Big Chair” 35 5

37 36 Soul Coughing – “Soundtrack to Mary” 36 3

36 37 The Why Store – “Lack of Water” 36 5

38 38 Donna Lewis – “I Love You Always Forever” 38 3

30 39 The Verve Pipe – “Photograph” 3 23

NE 40 Matthew Sweet – “Dark Secret” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Dishwalla – “Counting Blue Cars” 5 23

34 -- Ass Ponys – “Shoe Money” 12 20

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