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 1

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 2

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Born on a Pirate Ship
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 1

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6 Up by 1

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 7

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
7
Weeks
3
Number
8 Down by 3

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 4

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Down by 2

Anna
Pure (band)
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
11 Down by 2

Balloon
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
12

Your Lucky Day in Hell
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
13 Down by 3

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
14 Down by 3

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
15

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16 Up by 11

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 1

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 2

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 12

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 4

A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
21 Up by 2

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Down by 5

Plastic Flowers
The Cheese
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
23 Down by 4

I Will Survive
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
24 Down by 3

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

Resignation Superman
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Peak
23
Weeks
15
Number
26 Down by 1

Sorry
Nerf Herder
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
27 Down by 1

Scottish Rite Temple Stomp
Ninian Hawick
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 1

It's No Good
Depeche Mode
From the album: Ultra
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 1

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 4

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32

Under the Water
Merril Bainbridge
From the album: The Garden
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 11

The New Pollution
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 5

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36

The Good in Everyone
Sloan
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Debut

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38

Smooth Death
Danielson Family
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 1

Toxygene
The Orb
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 12

A Long December
Counting Crows
From the album: Recovering the Satellites
Peak
2
Weeks
24

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Stacey Donnelly
Strapping Fieldhands
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
37 Dropout

Discotheque
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
10
Weeks
16

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Date

May 17, 1997

Songs

40

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2 1 White Town – “Your Woman” 1(×1) 12

3 2 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 2 7

1 3 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×8) 16

4 4 Barenaked Ladies – “The Old Apartment” 4 19

6 5 Blur – “Song 2” 5 6

7 6 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 8

14 7 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 7 3

5 8 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 1(×1) 17

13 9 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 9 13

8 10 Pure (band) – “Anna ” 3 22

9 11 Imperial Teen – “Balloon” 4 22

12 12 Eels – “Your Lucky Day in Hell” 12 15

10 13 Johnny Cash – “Rusty Cage” 6 19

11 14 The Cardigans – “Lovefool” 1(×6) 24

15 15 The Odds – “Someone Who's Cool” 15 16

27 16 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 16 5

18 17 Space – “Female Of The Species” 17 15

20 18 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 18 9

31 19 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 19 3

16 20 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “A Nail Won't Fix A Broken Heart” 7 21

23 21 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 21 7

17 22 The Cheese – “Plastic Flowers” 15 19

19 23 Cake – “I Will Survive” 11 14

21 24 Shawn Colvin – “Sunny Came Home” 17 18

24 25 Big Head Todd & the Monsters – “Resignation Superman” 23 15

25 26 Nerf Herder – “Sorry” 25 10

26 27 Ninian Hawick – “Scottish Rite Temple Stomp” 26 10

29 28 Depeche Mode – “It's No Good” 28 6

30 29 Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 29 7

34 30 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 30 3

33 31 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 31 5

32 32 Merril Bainbridge – “Under the Water” 32 7

22 33 Beck – “The New Pollution” 21 11

39 34 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 34 2

NE 35 Michael Penn – “Try” 35 1

36 36 Sloan – “The Good in Everyone” 36 4

NE 37 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 37 1

38 38 Danielson Family – “Smooth Death” 38 4

40 39 The Orb – “Toxygene” 39 2

28 40 Counting Crows – “A Long December” 2 24

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Strapping Fieldhands – “Stacey Donnelly” 27 9

37 -- U2 – “Discotheque” 10 16

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