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 5

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

A Long December
Counting Crows
From the album: Recovering the Satellites
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3

Anna
Pure (band)
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

Balloon
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 5

#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
16
Number
7 Up by 1

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Down by 1

A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
9

Faster Pussycat to the Library!
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 1

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 2

Discotheque
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12

Crash into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 1

The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Born on a Pirate Ship
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Down by 4

Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 9

I Will Survive
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 1

Falling
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
17

Super Bon Bon
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18

Please Return It
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19

Plastic Flowers
The Cheese
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20

Plastic Is Forever
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21

Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
From the album: A Few Small Repairs
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 6

Naked Eye
Luscious Jackson
From the album: Fever in Fever Out
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
23 Up by 3

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 3

Your Lucky Day in Hell
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 3

Ontario
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
26 Down by 3

Fire Water Burn
Bloodhound Gang
From the album: One Fierce Beer Coaster
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
27 Down by 2

Thirty-Three
The Smashing Pumpkins
From the album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
28 Up by 3

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 4

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Resignation Superman
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 3

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 3

One Headlight
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
33 Up by 2

Outtasite (Outta Mind)
Wilco
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 5

The New Pollution
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

Greedy Fly
Bush
From the album: Razorblade Suitcase (In Addition)
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 2

The Perfect Drug
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: Lost Highway Soundtrack
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 3

The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the album: Let's Face It
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Sorry
Nerf Herder
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Scottish Rite Temple Stomp
Ninian Hawick
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Stacey Donnelly
Strapping Fieldhands
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
28 Dropout

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
32 Dropout

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

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

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Date

March 15, 1997

Songs

40

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6 1 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×1) 7

2 2 Counting Crows – “A Long December” 2 15

3 3 Pure (band) – “Anna ” 3 13

4 4 Imperial Teen – “Balloon” 4 13

5 5 The Cardigans – “Lovefool” 1(×6) 15

1 6 Garbage – “#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)” 1(×2) 16

8 7 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 7 8

7 8 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart” 7 12

9 9 Sam Phillips – “Faster Pussycat to the Library!” 3 17

11 10 Johnny Cash – “Rusty Cage” 10 10

13 11 U2 – “Discotheque” 11 8

12 12 Dave Matthews Band – “Crash into Me” 12 16

14 13 Barenaked Ladies – “The Old Apartment” 13 10

10 14 Fountains of Wayne – “Radiation Vibe” 10 16

24 15 Cake – “I Will Survive” 15 5

15 16 Semisonic – “Falling” 7 20

17 17 Soul Coughing – “Super Bon Bon” 17 13

18 18 The Posies – “Please Return It” 18 11

19 19 The Cheese – “Plastic Flowers” 19 10

20 20 Sam Phillips – “Plastic Is Forever” 20 11

21 21 Shawn Colvin – “Sunny Came Home” 21 9

16 22 Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” 7 22

26 23 The Odds – “Someone Who's Cool” 23 7

27 24 Eels – “Your Lucky Day in Hell” 24 6

22 25 The Posies – “Ontario” 12 16

23 26 Bloodhound Gang – “Fire Water Burn” 16 14

25 27 The Smashing Pumpkins – “Thirty-Three” 25 12

31 28 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 28 4

33 29 Space – “Female Of The Species” 29 6

30 30 Big Head Todd & the Monsters – “Resignation Superman” 30 6

34 31 White Town – “Your Woman” 31 3

29 32 The Wallflowers – “One Headlight” 29 9

35 33 Wilco – “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” 33 5

39 34 Beck – “The New Pollution” 34 2

37 35 Bush – “Greedy Fly” 35 4

38 36 Nine Inch Nails – “The Perfect Drug” 36 3

40 37 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get” 37 2

NE 38 Nerf Herder – “Sorry” 38 1

NE 39 Ninian Hawick – “Scottish Rite Temple Stomp” 39 1

NE 40 Strapping Fieldhands – “Stacey Donnelly” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

28 -- The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get” 1(×2) 27

32 -- Paula Cole – “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” 32 7

36 -- Sam Phillips – “Power World” 1(×6) 24

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