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

#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)
Garbage
From the album: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Up by 1

A Long December
Counting Crows
From the album: Recovering the Satellites
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 1

Anna
Pure (band)
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Up by 1

Balloon
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 3

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 2

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 1

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Down by 3

Faster Pussycat to the Library!
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
10

Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 2

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12

Crash into Me
Dave Matthews Band
From the album: Crash
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 1

Discotheque
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 1

The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Born on a Pirate Ship
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 4

Falling
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
16

Naked Eye
Luscious Jackson
From the album: Fever in Fever Out
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
17

Super Bon Bon
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
18 Up by 1

Please Return It
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 3

Plastic Flowers
The Cheese
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 1

Plastic Is Forever
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 2

Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
From the album: A Few Small Repairs
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Down by 4

Ontario
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
23 Down by 3

Fire Water Burn
Bloodhound Gang
From the album: One Fierce Beer Coaster
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 4

I Will Survive
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25

Thirty-Three
The Smashing Pumpkins
From the album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
26

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27

Your Lucky Day in Hell
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 4

Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
29

One Headlight
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Up by 1

Resignation Superman
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 3

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
Paula Cole
From the album: This Fire
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 2

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35

Outtasite (Outta Mind)
Wilco
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Down by 6

Power World
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
37 Up by 1

Greedy Fly
Bush
From the album: Razorblade Suitcase
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 2

The Perfect Drug
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: Lost Highway Soundtrack
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

The New Pollution
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the album: Let's Face It
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Dark Secret
Matthew Sweet
From the album: The Craft Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
39 Dropout

The Distance
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
4
Weeks
22

A chart by

Date

March 8, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Garbage – "#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)" 1(×2) 15

3 2 Counting Crows – "A Long December" 2 14

4 3 Pure (band) – "Anna " 3 12

5 4 Imperial Teen – "Balloon" 4 12

2 5 The Cardigans – "Lovefool" 1(×6) 14

8 6 Beck – "Jack-Ass" 6 6

7 7 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – "A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart" 7 11

9 8 R.E.M. – "Electrolite" 8 7

6 9 Sam Phillips – "Faster Pussycat to the Library!" 3 16

10 10 Fountains of Wayne – "Radiation Vibe" 10 15

13 11 Johnny Cash – "Rusty Cage" 11 9

12 12 Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me" 12 15

14 13 U2 – "Discotheque" 13 7

15 14 Barenaked Ladies – "The Old Apartment" 14 9

11 15 Semisonic – "Falling" 7 19

16 16 Luscious Jackson – "Naked Eye" 7 21

17 17 Soul Coughing – "Super Bon Bon" 17 12

19 18 The Posies – "Please Return It" 18 10

22 19 The Cheese – "Plastic Flowers" 19 9

21 20 Sam Phillips – "Plastic Is Forever" 20 10

23 21 Shawn Colvin – "Sunny Came Home" 21 8

18 22 The Posies – "Ontario" 12 15

20 23 Bloodhound Gang – "Fire Water Burn" 16 13

28 24 Cake – "I Will Survive" 24 4

25 25 The Smashing Pumpkins – "Thirty-Three" 25 11

26 26 The Odds – "Someone Who's Cool" 26 6

27 27 Eels – "Your Lucky Day in Hell" 27 5

24 28 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – "Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get" 1(×2) 27

29 29 The Wallflowers – "One Headlight" 29 8

31 30 Big Head Todd & the Monsters – "Resignation Superman" 30 5

34 31 Fountains of Wayne – "Sink to the Bottom" 31 3

32 32 Paula Cole – "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" 32 7

33 33 Space – "Female Of The Species" 33 5

36 34 White Town – "Your Woman" 34 2

35 35 Wilco – "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" 35 4

30 36 Sam Phillips – "Power World" 1(×6) 24

38 37 Bush – "Greedy Fly" 37 3

40 38 Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" 38 2

NE 39 Beck – "The New Pollution" 39 1

NE 40 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get" 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Matthew Sweet – "Dark Secret" 1(×2) 27

39 -- Cake – "The Distance" 4 22

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