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 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 1

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 2

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
6

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 1

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 1

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 1

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Down by 3

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 2

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15

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

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 1

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 5

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
19 Up by 1

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 4

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21

A Change Would Do You Good
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22

Staring at the Sun
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 2

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 3

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 5

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 5

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 3

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 6

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
30 Down by 11

Female Of The Species
Space
From the album: Spiders
Peak
11
Weeks
24
Number
31 Up by 4

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 4

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 4

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 5

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 2

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
36 Debut

How Bizarre
OMC
From the album: How Bizarre
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 3

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 10

Your Woman
White Town
From the album: Women in Technology
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
39 Debut

I Want To Be There (When You Come)
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Evergreen
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

It's No Good
Depeche Mode
From the album: Ultra
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
34 Dropout

Toxygene
The Orb
Peak
34
Weeks
10
Number
38 Dropout

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

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Date

July 19, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×4) 12

2 2 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 2 12

4 3 Michael Penn – “Try” 3 10

5 4 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 4 14

3 5 Blur – “Song 2” 3 15

6 6 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 6 10

7 7 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 16

8 8 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 8 18

10 9 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 9 12

11 10 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 10 9

12 11 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 11 11

9 12 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 17

14 13 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 13 9

16 14 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 14 8

15 15 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 14 16

17 16 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 16 14

18 17 The Cardigans – “Been It” 17 6

13 18 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 8 22

20 19 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 19 6

24 20 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 20 6

21 21 Sheryl Crow – “A Change Would Do You Good” 21 8

22 22 U2 – “Staring at the Sun” 22 8

25 23 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 23 5

27 24 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 24 5

30 25 Ming Tea – “BBC” 25 4

26 26 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 7

32 27 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 27 4

31 28 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 28 5

23 29 Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 18 16

19 30 Space – “Female Of The Species” 11 24

35 31 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 31 3

36 32 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 32 3

37 33 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 33 3

39 34 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 34 2

33 35 Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×8) 25

NE 36 OMC – “How Bizarre” 36 1

40 37 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 37 2

28 38 White Town – “Your Woman” 1(×2) 21

NE 39 Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There (When You Come)” 39 1

NE 40 Faith No More – “Last Cup of Sorrow” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

34 -- The Orb – “Toxygene” 34 10

38 -- R.E.M. – “Electrolite” 1(×1) 25

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