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

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 3

Everything to Everyone
Everclear
From the album: So Much for the Afterglow
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3

16 Days
Whiskeytown
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
4 Down by 2

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 3

On and On
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
6 Down by 2

Silicon Teens
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
7

Tubthumping
Chumbawamba
From the album: Tubthumper
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 2

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 4

All That That Implies
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 1

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
11

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
11
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 7

Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve
From the album: Urban Hymns
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13 Down by 1

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
14

Place Your Hands
Reef
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15 Up by 1

Barrier Reef
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Down by 6

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
17

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Dandy Warhols
Peak
17
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 3

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
19 Up by 7

Sweet Surrender
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 9

Brimful Of Asha
Cornershop
From the album: When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 2

Long Long Time
Love Spit Love
From the album: Trysome Eatone
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 12

Saint of Me
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Bridges to Babylon
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Down by 6

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
25 Up by 13

Karma Police
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Down by 6

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
27 Down by 6

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
28

Superman's Dead
Our Lady Peace
From the album: Clumsy
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 4

Pretty Deep
Tanya Donelly
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 6

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
31 Up by 5

All Mine
Portishead
From the album: Portishead
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 5

Silver Springs
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: The Dance
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 8

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
34 Up by 5

I've Got a Feeling
Ivy
From the album: Apartment Life
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 5

Let Down
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
36 Debut

Seems So
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Tone Soul Evolution
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Deadweight
Beck
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Nosering Girl
Nerf Herder
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Streets of Where I'm From
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Mouth (Stingray Mix)
Bush
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
27 Dropout

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
6
Weeks
26
Number
31 Dropout

Soft Serve
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
29
Weeks
14
Number
32 Dropout

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
34 Dropout

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
31
Weeks
12
Number
40 Dropout

Paranoid Android
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
35
Weeks
8

A chart by

Date

November 1, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 1(×2) 14

5 2 Everclear – “Everything to Everyone” 2 7

3 3 Whiskeytown – “16 Days” 3 10

2 4 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 1(×2) 14

8 5 Longpigs – “On and On” 5 5

4 6 Pulsars – “Silicon Teens” 4 9

7 7 Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping” 7 7

6 8 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 1(×1) 17

13 9 Michael Penn – “All That That Implies” 9 6

9 10 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 2 24

11 11 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 11 15

19 12 The Verve – “Bitter Sweet Symphony” 12 5

12 13 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 12 19

14 14 Reef – “Place Your Hands” 14 13

16 15 Old 97's – “Barrier Reef” 15 9

10 16 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 5 20

17 17 The Dandy Warhols – “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” 17 13

15 18 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 9 20

26 19 Sarah McLachlan – “Sweet Surrender” 19 4

29 20 Cornershop – “Brimful Of Asha” 20 4

23 21 Love Spit Love – “Long Long Time” 21 7

22 22 R.E.M. – “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” 22 12

35 23 The Rolling Stones – “Saint of Me” 23 3

18 24 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 1(×3) 25

38 25 Radiohead – “Karma Police” 25 2

20 26 Michael Penn – “Try” 1(×2) 25

21 27 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 1(×4) 27

28 28 Our Lady Peace – “Superman's Dead” 28 9

33 29 Tanya Donelly – “Pretty Deep” 29 3

24 30 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×5) 27

36 31 Portishead – “All Mine” 31 3

37 32 Fleetwood Mac – “Silver Springs” 32 3

25 33 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 14 18

39 34 Ivy – “I've Got a Feeling” 34 2

30 35 Radiohead – “Let Down” 27 11

NE 36 The Apples in Stereo – “Seems So” 36 1

NE 37 Beck – “Deadweight” 37 1

NE 38 Nerf Herder – “Nosering Girl” 38 1

NE 39 Old 97's – “Streets of Where I'm From” 39 1

NE 40 Bush – “Mouth (Stingray Mix)” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

27 -- Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 6 26

31 -- Soul Coughing – “Soft Serve” 29 14

32 -- Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 10 22

34 -- Belle and Sebastian – “Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying” 31 12

40 -- Radiohead – “Paranoid Android” 35 8

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