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 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Down by 1

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 1

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 1

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 1

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

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Up by 1

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 3

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
14 Up by 1

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 1

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
16 Up by 1

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 1

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 6

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 3

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
11
Weeks
23
Number
20 Up by 5

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21

A Change Would Do You Good
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

Staring at the Sun
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 3

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
24 Up by 3

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 3

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 2

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 9

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
29 Down by 6

It's No Good
Depeche Mode
From the album: Ultra
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
30 Up by 1

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 3

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 3

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
34

Toxygene
The Orb
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
35 Up by 3

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 3

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 6

Electrolite
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
39 Debut

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Someone Who's Cool
The Odds
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
37 Dropout

The Good in Everyone
Sloan
Peak
33
Weeks
11

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Date

July 12, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×3) 11

2 2 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 2 11

3 3 Blur – “Song 2” 3 14

4 4 Michael Penn – “Try” 4 9

5 5 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 5 13

7 6 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 6 9

6 7 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 15

9 8 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 8 17

8 9 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 16

11 10 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 10 11

12 11 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 11 8

13 12 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 12 10

10 13 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 8 21

15 14 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 14 8

14 15 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 14 15

17 16 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 16 7

18 17 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 17 13

24 18 The Cardigans – “Been It” 18 5

16 19 Space – “Female Of The Species” 11 23

25 20 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 20 5

21 21 Sheryl Crow – “A Change Would Do You Good” 21 7

22 22 U2 – “Staring at the Sun” 22 7

20 23 Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 18 15

27 24 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 24 5

28 25 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 25 4

26 26 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 6

29 27 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 27 4

19 28 White Town – “Your Woman” 1(×2) 20

23 29 Depeche Mode – “It's No Good” 23 14

31 30 Ming Tea – “BBC” 30 3

33 31 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 31 4

35 32 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 32 3

30 33 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×8) 24

34 34 The Orb – “Toxygene” 34 10

38 35 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 35 2

39 36 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 36 2

40 37 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 37 2

32 38 R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 1(×1) 25

NE 39 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 39 1

NE 40 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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