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

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 2

#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)
Garbage
From the album: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
4 Down by 1

Dark Secret
Matthew Sweet
From the album: The Craft Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
5 Up by 6

Faster Pussycat to the Library!
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 1

Power World
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7 Down by 1

The Distance
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
8 Down by 1

Naked Eye
Luscious Jackson
From the album: Fever in Fever Out
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

Falling
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 2

A Long December
Counting Crows
From the album: Recovering the Satellites
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Mouth
Merril Bainbridge
From the album: The Garden
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 1

Anna
Pure (band)
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 6

Sleepy Maggie
Ashley MacIsaac
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
15

Ontario
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 3

Balloon
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 4

A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 2

Lady Picture Show
Stone Temple Pilots
From the album: Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
19 Up by 4

Crash into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 2

Fire Water Burn
Bloodhound Gang
From the album: One Fierce Beer Coaster
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21 Up by 4

Super Bon Bon
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 5

Daily Mutilation
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
23 Down by 5

Devils Haircut
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
24 Up by 10

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Down by 5

If It Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
26 Up by 4

Thirty-Three
The Smashing Pumpkins
From the album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Please Return It
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 7

The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Born on a Pirate Ship
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 4

Plastic Is Forever
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 6

This Misery
Wild Colonials
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 6

Plastic Flowers
The Cheese
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
32 Debut

Discotheque
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Debut

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Down by 8

Novocaine For The Soul
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
35 Down by 8

Whoever You Are
Geggy Tah
Peak
16
Weeks
23
Number
36 Down by 8

Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)
The Virgin-Whore Complex
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
37 Up by 2

Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
From the album: A Few Small Repairs
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

One Headlight
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 10

Swallowed
Bush
From the album: Razorblade Suitcase (In Addition)
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
40 Debut

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
Paula Cole
From the album: This Fire
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
John Mellencamp
From the album: Mr. Happy Go Lucky
Peak
32
Weeks
11
Number
37 Dropout

Love Rollercoaster
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
38 Dropout

Damage I've Done
The Heads featuring Johnette Napolitano
Peak
29
Weeks
11

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Date

January 25, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 The Cardigans – “Lovefool” 1(×2) 8

4 2 Garbage – “#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)” 2 9

2 3 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get” 1(×2) 21

3 4 Matthew Sweet – “Dark Secret” 1(×2) 22

11 5 Sam Phillips – “Faster Pussycat to the Library!” 5 10

5 6 Sam Phillips – “Power World” 1(×6) 18

6 7 Cake – “The Distance” 4 17

7 8 Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” 7 15

10 9 Semisonic – “Falling” 9 13

12 10 Counting Crows – “A Long December” 10 8

9 11 Merril Bainbridge – “Mouth” 9 19

13 12 Fountains of Wayne – “Radiation Vibe” 12 9

14 13 Pure (band) – “Anna ” 13 6

8 14 Ashley MacIsaac – “Sleepy Maggie” 5 19

15 15 The Posies – “Ontario” 15 9

19 16 Imperial Teen – “Balloon” 16 6

21 17 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart” 17 5

16 18 Stone Temple Pilots – “Lady Picture Show” 16 16

23 19 Dave Matthews Band – “Crash into Me” 19 9

22 20 Bloodhound Gang – “Fire Water Burn” 20 7

25 21 Soul Coughing – “Super Bon Bon” 21 6

17 22 The Posies – “Daily Mutilation” 7 16

18 23 Beck – “Devils Haircut” 8 18

34 24 Johnny Cash – “Rusty Cage” 24 3

20 25 Sheryl Crow – “If It Makes You Happy” 1(×3) 22

30 26 The Smashing Pumpkins – “Thirty-Three” 26 5

31 27 The Posies – “Please Return It” 27 4

35 28 Barenaked Ladies – “The Old Apartment” 28 3

33 29 Sam Phillips – “Plastic Is Forever” 29 4

24 30 Wild Colonials – “This Misery” 11 20

36 30 The Cheese – “Plastic Flowers” 30 3

NE 32 U2 – “Discotheque” 32 1

NE 33 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 33 1

26 34 Eels – “Novocaine For The Soul” 3 25

27 35 Geggy Tah – “Whoever You Are” 16 23

28 36 The Virgin-Whore Complex – “Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)” 5 25

39 37 Shawn Colvin – “Sunny Came Home” 37 2

40 38 The Wallflowers – “One Headlight” 38 2

29 39 Bush – “Swallowed” 23 11

NE 40 Paula Cole – “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

32 -- John Mellencamp – “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” 32 11

37 -- Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Love Rollercoaster” 25 9

38 -- The Heads ft. Johnette Napolitano – “Damage I've Done” 29 11

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