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

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

A Long December
Counting Crows
From the album: Recovering the Satellites
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
4

Anna
Pure (band)
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
5

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

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
7

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 2

The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Born on a Pirate Ship
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Discotheque
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 2

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12

I Will Survive
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 4

#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
19
Number
14 Up by 4

Your Lucky Day in Hell
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 1

Faster Pussycat to the Library!
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
16

Please Return It
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17

Plastic Flowers
The Cheese
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 3

Crash into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
19 Up by 2

Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
From the album: A Few Small Repairs
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20 Up by 2

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 2

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 2

Plastic Is Forever
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 2

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Down by 5

Super Bon Bon
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
25 Up by 1

Resignation Superman
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 1

The New Pollution
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 3

Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
28 Debut

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Up by 3

Sorry
Nerf Herder
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 5

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31

Outtasite (Outta Mind)
Wilco
Peak
31
Weeks
8
Number
32 Up by 1

Scottish Rite Temple Stomp
Ninian Hawick
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Stacey Donnelly
Strapping Fieldhands
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 6

Falling
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
35 Up by 4

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 1

The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the album: Let's Face It
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Debut

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 2

Greedy Fly
Bush
From the album: Razorblade Suitcase (In Addition)
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
39 Debut

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Under the Water
Merril Bainbridge
From the album: The Garden
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

Ontario
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
30 Dropout

Naked Eye
Luscious Jackson
From the album: Fever in Fever Out
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
38 Dropout

The Perfect Drug
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: Lost Highway Soundtrack
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
40 Dropout

Fire Water Burn
Bloodhound Gang
From the album: One Fierce Beer Coaster
Peak
16
Weeks
16

A chart by

Date

April 5, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×4) 10

2 2 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 2 11

3 3 Counting Crows – “A Long December” 2 18

4 4 Pure (band) – “Anna ” 3 16

5 5 Imperial Teen – “Balloon” 4 16

6 6 The Cardigans – “Lovefool” 1(×6) 18

7 7 Johnny Cash – “Rusty Cage” 7 13

8 8 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart” 7 15

11 9 Barenaked Ladies – “The Old Apartment” 9 13

10 10 U2 – “Discotheque” 10 11

13 11 White Town – “Your Woman” 11 6

12 12 Cake – “I Will Survive” 12 8

9 13 Garbage – “#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)” 1(×2) 19

18 14 Eels – “Your Lucky Day in Hell” 14 9

14 15 Sam Phillips – “Faster Pussycat to the Library!” 3 20

16 16 The Posies – “Please Return It” 16 14

17 17 The Cheese – “Plastic Flowers” 17 13

15 18 Dave Matthews Band – “Crash into Me” 12 19

21 19 Shawn Colvin – “Sunny Came Home” 19 12

22 20 The Odds – “Someone Who's Cool” 20 10

23 21 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 21 7

20 22 Sam Phillips – “Plastic Is Forever” 20 14

25 23 Space – “Female Of The Species” 23 9

19 24 Soul Coughing – “Super Bon Bon” 17 16

26 25 Big Head Todd & the Monsters – “Resignation Superman” 25 9

27 26 Beck – “The New Pollution” 26 5

24 27 Fountains of Wayne – “Radiation Vibe” 10 19

NE 28 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 28 1

32 29 Nerf Herder – “Sorry” 29 4

35 30 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 30 3

31 31 Wilco – “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” 31 8

33 32 Ninian Hawick – “Scottish Rite Temple Stomp” 32 4

34 33 Strapping Fieldhands – “Stacey Donnelly” 33 4

28 34 Semisonic – “Falling” 7 23

39 35 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 35 2

37 36 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get” 36 5

NE 37 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 37 1

36 38 Bush – “Greedy Fly” 35 7

NE 39 Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 39 1

NE 40 Merril Bainbridge – “Under the Water” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

29 -- The Posies – “Ontario” 12 18

30 -- Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” 7 24

38 -- Nine Inch Nails – “The Perfect Drug” 36 5

40 -- Bloodhound Gang – “Fire Water Burn” 16 16

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