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

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 2

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 2

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
7

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Down by 1

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 1

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 1

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 3

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 2

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Down by 5

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
11
Weeks
22
Number
17 Up by 1

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 1

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Down by 4

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
20

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
21 Up by 1

A Change Would Do You Good
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 1

Staring at the Sun
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 1

It's No Good
Depeche Mode
From the album: Ultra
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 4

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 5

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 1

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 2

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 3

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 3

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 9

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
31 Up by 6

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 7

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 3

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34

Toxygene
The Orb
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 3

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 10

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
37 Down by 4

The Good in Everyone
Sloan
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
38 Debut

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Smooth Death
Danielson Family
Peak
35
Weeks
10
Number
39 Dropout

Your Lucky Day in Hell
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

Lovefool
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
30

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Date

July 5, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×2) 10

2 2 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 2 10

3 3 Blur – “Song 2” 3 13

6 4 Michael Penn – “Try” 4 8

5 5 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 5 12

4 6 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 14

7 7 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 7 8

8 8 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 15

10 9 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 9 16

9 10 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 8 20

12 11 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 11 10

13 12 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 12 7

16 13 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 13 9

14 14 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 14 14

17 15 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 15 7

11 16 Space – “Female Of The Species” 11 22

18 17 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 17 6

19 18 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 18 12

15 19 White Town – “Your Woman” 1(×2) 19

20 20 Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 18 14

22 21 Sheryl Crow – “A Change Would Do You Good” 21 6

23 22 U2 – “Staring at the Sun” 22 6

24 23 Depeche Mode – “It's No Good” 23 13

28 24 The Cardigans – “Been It” 24 4

30 25 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 25 4

27 26 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 5

29 27 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 27 4

31 28 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 28 3

32 29 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 29 3

21 30 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×8) 23

37 31 Ming Tea – “BBC” 31 2

25 32 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 1(×1) 24

36 33 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 33 3

34 34 The Orb – “Toxygene” 34 9

38 35 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 35 2

26 36 The Odds – “Someone Who's Cool” 12 23

33 37 Sloan – “The Good in Everyone” 33 11

NE 38 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 38 1

NE 39 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 39 1

NE 40 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Danielson Family – “Smooth Death” 35 10

39 -- Eels – “Your Lucky Day in Hell” 10 21

40 -- The Cardigans – “Lovefool” 1(×6) 30

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