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

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2 Up by 1

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
3 Up by 1

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Down by 2

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 1

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 1

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
7 Up by 4

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 4

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 2

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
10 Down by 2

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
11 Down by 2

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
7
Weeks
18
Number
12 Down by 2

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
13

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
14

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 2

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 5

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 3

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 3

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
19 Down by 3

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
20 Down by 2

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
21 Down by 2

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
22

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Dandy Warhols
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23

Place Your Hands
Reef
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 2

16 Days
Whiskeytown
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 1

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
26 Down by 1

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
27

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
28

Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
29

Soft Serve
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 1

Silicon Teens
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 1

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Let Down
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 1

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 2

Barrier Reef
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

Superman's Dead
Our Lady Peace
From the album: Clumsy
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 2

Paranoid Android
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

Tubthumping
Chumbawamba
From the album: Tubthumper
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Everything to Everyone
Everclear
From the album: So Much for the Afterglow
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Long Long Time
Love Spit Love
From the album: Trysome Eatone
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Criminal
Fiona Apple
From the album: Tidal
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
35 Dropout

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
16
Weeks
22
Number
39 Dropout

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
40 Dropout

I Want To Be There (When You Come)
Echo & The Bunnymen
From the album: Evergreen
Peak
26
Weeks
9

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Date

September 20, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 1(×2) 19

3 2 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 2 18

4 3 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 3 11

2 4 Michael Penn – “Try” 1(×2) 19

6 5 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 5 14

5 6 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 1(×4) 21

11 7 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 7 8

12 8 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 8 8

7 9 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×5) 21

8 10 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 6 21

9 11 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 7 18

10 12 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 10 17

13 13 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 13 15

14 14 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 14 14

17 15 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 15 12

21 16 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 16 9

20 17 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 17 13

15 18 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 4 23

16 19 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 8 20

18 20 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 17 15

19 21 Ming Tea – “BBC” 18 13

22 22 The Dandy Warhols – “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” 22 7

23 23 Reef – “Place Your Hands” 23 7

26 24 Whiskeytown – “16 Days” 24 4

24 25 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 24 12

25 26 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 25 12

27 27 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 27 11

28 28 Faith No More – “Last Cup of Sorrow” 28 10

29 29 Soul Coughing – “Soft Serve” 29 9

31 30 Pulsars – “Silicon Teens” 30 3

32 31 R.E.M. – “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” 31 6

33 32 Radiohead – “Let Down” 32 5

34 33 Belle and Sebastian – “Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying” 33 7

36 34 Old 97's – “Barrier Reef” 34 3

37 35 Our Lady Peace – “Superman's Dead” 35 3

38 36 Radiohead – “Paranoid Android” 36 3

NE 37 Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping” 37 1

NE 38 Everclear – “Everything to Everyone” 38 1

NE 39 Love Spit Love – “Long Long Time” 39 1

NE 40 Fiona Apple – “Criminal” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

30 -- The Cardigans – “Been It” 12 14

35 -- K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 16 22

39 -- Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 24 13

40 -- Echo & The Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There (When You Come)” 26 9

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