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 6 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 7

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4

Anna
Pure (band)
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
5

Balloon
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
6

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
7

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
8 Up by 1

The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Born on a Pirate Ship
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9 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
17
Number
10 Down by 7

A Long December
Counting Crows
From the album: Recovering the Satellites
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 1

I Will Survive
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 1

Your Lucky Day in Hell
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 2

Discotheque
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
14

Please Return It
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 5

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16

Plastic Flowers
The Cheese
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 1

Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
From the album: A Few Small Repairs
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 1

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 3

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 5

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Down by 6

#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
21
Number
22 Up by 1

The New Pollution
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 1

Resignation Superman
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 3

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 8

Faster Pussycat to the Library!
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
26 Down by 5

Crash into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
27 Up by 1

Sorry
Nerf Herder
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 2

Scottish Rite Temple Stomp
Ninian Hawick
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 4

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 2

Stacey Donnelly
Strapping Fieldhands
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 4

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 6

Plastic Is Forever
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
33 Up by 1

The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the album: Let's Face It
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 2

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

Under the Water
Merril Bainbridge
From the album: The Garden
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

It's No Good
Depeche Mode
From the album: Ultra
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 10

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

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Outtasite (Outta Mind)
Wilco
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
40 Dropout

Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
10
Weeks
20

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Date

April 19, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×6) 12

2 2 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 2 13

10 3 White Town – “Your Woman” 3 8

4 4 Pure (band) – “Anna ” 3 18

5 5 Imperial Teen – “Balloon” 4 18

6 6 Johnny Cash – “Rusty Cage” 6 15

7 7 The Cardigans – “Lovefool” 1(×6) 20

9 8 Barenaked Ladies – “The Old Apartment” 8 15

8 9 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart” 7 17

3 10 Counting Crows – “A Long December” 2 20

12 11 Cake – “I Will Survive” 11 10

13 12 Eels – “Your Lucky Day in Hell” 12 11

11 13 U2 – “Discotheque” 10 13

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

20 15 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 15 9

16 16 The Cheese – “Plastic Flowers” 16 15

18 17 Shawn Colvin – “Sunny Came Home” 17 14

19 18 The Odds – “Someone Who's Cool” 18 12

22 19 Space – “Female Of The Species” 19 11

25 20 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 20 3

15 21 Garbage – “#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Remix)” 1(×2) 21

23 22 Beck – “The New Pollution” 22 7

24 23 Big Head Todd & the Monsters – “Resignation Superman” 23 11

27 24 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 24 5

17 25 Sam Phillips – “Faster Pussycat to the Library!” 3 22

21 26 Dave Matthews Band – “Crash into Me” 12 21

28 27 Nerf Herder – “Sorry” 27 6

30 28 Ninian Hawick – “Scottish Rite Temple Stomp” 28 6

33 29 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 29 4

32 30 Strapping Fieldhands – “Stacey Donnelly” 30 6

35 31 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 31 3

26 32 Sam Phillips – “Plastic Is Forever” 20 16

34 33 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get” 33 7

36 34 Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 34 3

37 35 Merril Bainbridge – “Under the Water” 35 3

38 36 Depeche Mode – “It's No Good” 36 2

39 37 Blur – “Song 2” 37 2

NE 38 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 38 1

29 39 Soul Coughing – “Super Bon Bon” 17 18

NE 40 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Wilco – “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” 31 9

40 -- Fountains of Wayne – “Radiation Vibe” 10 20

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