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

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2 Up by 1

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Down by 1

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
4

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 1

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10 Up by 1

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 3

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 1

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 3

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 3

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
16

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
16
Weeks
18
Number
17 Up by 1

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 1

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 1

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 5

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
21

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 1

I Want To Be There (When You Come)
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Evergreen
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 1

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 2

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 1

How Bizarre
OMC
From the album: How Bizarre
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 1

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 1

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 2

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 2

Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 2

Soft Serve
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 2

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Dandy Warhols
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Place Your Hands
Reef
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 10

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
40 Debut

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
14
Weeks
19

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Date

August 16, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 1(×3) 16

3 2 Michael Penn – “Try” 2 14

2 3 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×5) 16

4 4 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 4 18

5 5 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 5 14

6 6 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 6 13

7 7 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 7 16

9 8 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 8 15

10 9 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 9 13

11 10 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 10 12

8 11 Blur – “Song 2” 3 19

13 12 The Cardigans – “Been It” 12 10

14 13 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 13 9

17 14 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 14 10

12 15 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 7 22

16 16 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 16 18

18 17 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 17 10

19 18 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 18 9

20 19 Ming Tea – “BBC” 19 8

15 20 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 20

21 21 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 21 6

22 22 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 22 8

23 23 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 23 7

24 24 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 24 9

25 25 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 25 7

27 26 Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There (When You Come)” 26 5

28 27 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 27 7

26 28 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 11

30 29 OMC – “How Bizarre” 29 5

31 30 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 30 6

32 31 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 31 4

34 32 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 32 3

35 33 Faith No More – “Last Cup of Sorrow” 33 5

36 34 Soul Coughing – “Soft Serve” 34 4

37 35 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 35 3

38 36 The Dandy Warhols – “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” 36 2

39 37 Reef – “Place Your Hands” 37 2

40 38 Belle and Sebastian – “Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying” 38 2

29 39 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 21

NE 40 R.E.M. – “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 14 19

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