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 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 2

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Down by 1

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Down by 1

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
6

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
8

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 2

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 1

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 4

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 6

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
17

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Up by 14

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Down by 5

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
21 Down by 10

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
22

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26

I Want To Be There (When You Come)
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Evergreen
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 8

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

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 5

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 1

Soft Serve
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 5

How Bizarre
OMC
From the album: How Bizarre
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 1

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Dandy Warhols
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 1

Place Your Hands
Reef
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 1

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 2

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 11

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
40 Debut

Let Down
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
21

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Date

August 23, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 1(×4) 17

2 2 Michael Penn – “Try” 2 15

5 3 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 3 15

3 4 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×5) 17

4 5 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 4 19

6 6 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 6 14

7 7 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 7 17

8 8 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 8 16

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

10 10 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 10 13

13 11 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 11 10

12 12 The Cardigans – “Been It” 12 11

14 13 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 13 11

18 14 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 14 10

21 15 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 15 7

16 16 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 16 19

17 17 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 17 11

32 18 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 18 4

19 19 Ming Tea – “BBC” 19 9

15 20 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 7 23

11 21 Blur – “Song 2” 3 20

22 22 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 22 9

23 23 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 23 8

24 24 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 24 10

25 25 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 25 8

26 26 Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There (When You Come)” 26 6

27 27 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 27 8

20 28 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 21

30 29 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 29 7

35 30 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 30 4

31 31 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 31 5

33 32 Faith No More – “Last Cup of Sorrow” 32 6

34 33 Soul Coughing – “Soft Serve” 33 5

29 34 OMC – “How Bizarre” 29 6

36 35 The Dandy Warhols – “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” 35 3

37 36 Reef – “Place Your Hands” 36 3

38 37 Belle and Sebastian – “Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying” 37 3

40 38 R.E.M. – “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” 38 2

28 39 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 12

NE 40 Radiohead – “Let Down” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 21

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