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

If It Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Power World
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
3

You're One
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
4

Throwaway
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5

Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)
The Virgin-Whore Complex
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Novocaine For The Soul
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 1

Dark Secret
Matthew Sweet
From the album: The Craft Soundtrack
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Up by 1

Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 3

Popular
Nada Surf
From the album: High / Low
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
10

Only Talking Sense
The Finn Brothers
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 2

Ahead By A Century
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12 Down by 1

6th Avenue Heartache
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
13 Down by 1

The Golden Age
Cracker
From the album: The Golden Age
Peak
10
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 5

This Misery
Wild Colonials
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 6

Sleepy Maggie
Ashley MacIsaac
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 1

All I Know
Screaming Trees
From the album: Dust
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 1

Whoever You Are
Geggy Tah
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Down by 4

Broken
Belly (band)
From the album: Twister (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
19 Up by 1

E-Bow The Letter
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Down by 5

Trampoline
Joe Henry
From the album: Trampoline
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
21 Up by 1

The Distance
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 3

Devils Haircut
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23

Soundtrack to Mary
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 3

Bound For The Floor
Local H
From the album: As Good as Dead
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 3

Big Chair
Reacharound
Peak
25
Weeks
14
Number
26 Down by 10

Gift Shop
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
27 Up by 6

Daily Mutilation
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 3

Mouth
Merril Bainbridge
From the album: The Garden
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Up by 1

I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
From the album: Now in a Minute
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 2

Don't Wake Daddy
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 2

Free to Decide
The Cranberries
From the album: To the Faithful Departed
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
32 Up by 3

Ohio Air Show Plane Crash
Joe Henry
From the album: Trampoline
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 3

Lady Picture Show
Stone Temple Pilots
From the album: Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 3

Naked Eye
Luscious Jackson
From the album: Fever in Fever Out
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 11

Down in Flames
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
36 Up by 2

Head Over Feet
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Jagged Little Pill
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 2

Bittersweet Me
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

El Scorcho
Weezer
From the album: Pinkerton
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 5

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand
Primitive Radio Gods
From the album: Rocket
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
40 Debut

Falling
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
26 Dropout

Some Kind Of Fun
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
18
Weeks
18
Number
40 Dropout

Open the Door
Magnapop
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
26

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Date

November 2, 1996

Songs

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1 1 Sheryl Crow – “If It Makes You Happy” 1(×3) 10

2 2 Sam Phillips – “Power World” 2 6

3 3 Imperial Teen – “You're One” 1(×3) 17

4 4 The Posies – “Throwaway” 4 18

5 5 The Virgin-Whore Complex – “Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)” 5 13

7 6 Eels – “Novocaine For The Soul” 6 13

8 7 Matthew Sweet – “Dark Secret” 7 10

9 8 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get” 8 9

6 9 Nada Surf – “Popular” 1(×1) 18

10 10 The Finn Brothers – “Only Talking Sense” 4 19

13 11 The Tragically Hip – “Ahead By A Century” 11 15

11 12 The Wallflowers – “6th Avenue Heartache” 11 20

12 13 Cracker – “The Golden Age” 10 20

19 14 Wild Colonials – “This Misery” 14 8

21 15 Ashley MacIsaac – “Sleepy Maggie” 15 7

17 16 Screaming Trees – “All I Know” 16 18

18 17 Geggy Tah – “Whoever You Are” 17 11

14 18 Belly (band) – “Broken” 1(×6) 23

20 19 R.E.M. – “E-Bow The Letter” 19 11

15 20 Joe Henry – “Trampoline” 1(×1) 22

22 21 Cake – “The Distance” 21 5

25 22 Beck – “Devils Haircut” 22 6

23 23 Soul Coughing – “Soundtrack to Mary” 23 12

27 24 Local H – “Bound For The Floor” 24 8

28 25 Reacharound – “Big Chair” 25 14

16 26 The Tragically Hip – “Gift Shop” 1(×3) 21

33 27 The Posies – “Daily Mutilation” 27 4

31 28 Merril Bainbridge – “Mouth” 28 7

30 29 Donna Lewis – “I Love You Always Forever” 29 12

32 30 The Tragically Hip – “Don't Wake Daddy” 30 5

29 31 The Cranberries – “Free to Decide” 9 20

35 32 Joe Henry – “Ohio Air Show Plane Crash” 32 5

36 33 Stone Temple Pilots – “Lady Picture Show” 33 4

37 34 Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” 34 3

24 35 Semisonic – “Down in Flames” 1(×1) 26

38 36 Alanis Morissette – “Head Over Feet” 36 3

39 37 R.E.M. – “Bittersweet Me” 37 2

NE 38 Weezer – “El Scorcho” 38 1

34 39 Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand” 6 23

NE 40 Semisonic – “Falling” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

26 -- Ass Ponys – “Some Kind Of Fun” 18 18

40 -- Magnapop – “Open the Door” 1(×5) 26

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