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

On and On
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 1

16 Days
Whiskeytown
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

Tubthumping
Chumbawamba
From the album: Tubthumper
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4 Down by 2

Everything to Everyone
Everclear
From the album: So Much for the Afterglow
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 4

Karma Police
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6

All That That Implies
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7

Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve
From the album: Urban Hymns
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8

Sweet Surrender
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Down by 4

Silicon Teens
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
10

Barrier Reef
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11

Brimful Of Asha
Cornershop
From the album: When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12

Saint of Me
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Bridges to Babylon
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 1

Sex and Candy
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 1

Brick
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Up by 9

I'm Afraid Of Americans
David Bowie
From the album: Earthling
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16 Up by 1

All Mine
Portishead
From the album: Portishead
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 1

Seems So
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Tone Soul Evolution
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 5

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
19 Up by 6

Fall on Tears
Love Spit Love
From the album: Trysome Eatone
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 4

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
21 Down by 2

Long Long Time
Love Spit Love
From the album: Trysome Eatone
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
22 Down by 2

Pretty Deep
Tanya Donelly
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 3

You're Gorgeous
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 8

These Are the Things About You
Ivy
From the album: Apartment Life
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 4

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
26 Down by 4

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
11
Weeks
20
Number
27 Down by 4

Place Your Hands
Reef
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
28 Up by 6

I Do
Lisa Loeb
From the album: Firecracker
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29

Deadweight
Beck
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30

Streets of Where I'm From
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31

Nosering Girl
Nerf Herder
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 6

Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Green Day
From the album: Nimrod
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33

I've Got a Feeling
Ivy
From the album: Apartment Life
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
34 Up by 1

How's It Going to Be
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 2

Mouth (Stingray Mix)
Bush
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Down by 9

Superman's Dead
Our Lady Peace
From the album: Clumsy
Peak
26
Weeks
14
Number
37 Up by 3

Electric Barbarella
Duran Duran
From the album: Medazzaland
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Wash It Away
Black Lab
From the album: Your Body Above Me
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Ain't Goin' to Goa
A3
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Around the World
Daft Punk
From the album: Homework
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
28 Dropout

Silver Springs
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: The Dance
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
36 Dropout

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Dandy Warhols
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
39 Dropout

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
2
Weeks
28

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Date

December 6, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Longpigs – “On and On” 1(×3) 10

3 2 Whiskeytown – “16 Days” 2 15

4 3 Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping” 3 12

2 4 Everclear – “Everything to Everyone” 1(×2) 12

9 5 Radiohead – “Karma Police” 5 7

6 6 Michael Penn – “All That That Implies” 6 11

7 7 The Verve – “Bitter Sweet Symphony” 7 10

8 8 Sarah McLachlan – “Sweet Surrender” 8 9

5 9 Pulsars – “Silicon Teens” 4 14

10 10 Old 97's – “Barrier Reef” 10 14

11 11 Cornershop – “Brimful Of Asha” 11 9

12 12 The Rolling Stones – “Saint of Me” 12 8

14 13 Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy” 13 5

15 14 Ben Folds Five – “Brick” 14 4

24 15 David Bowie – “I'm Afraid Of Americans” 15 3

17 16 Portishead – “All Mine” 16 8

18 17 The Apples in Stereo – “Seems So” 17 6

13 18 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 1(×2) 19

25 19 Love Spit Love – “Fall on Tears” 19 4

16 20 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 1(×2) 19

19 21 Love Spit Love – “Long Long Time” 19 12

20 22 Tanya Donelly – “Pretty Deep” 20 8

26 23 Babybird – “You're Gorgeous” 23 4

32 24 Ivy – “These Are the Things About You” 24 4

21 25 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 1(×1) 22

22 26 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 11 20

23 27 Reef – “Place Your Hands” 14 18

34 28 Lisa Loeb – “I Do” 28 3

29 29 Beck – “Deadweight” 29 6

30 30 Old 97's – “Streets of Where I'm From” 30 6

31 31 Nerf Herder – “Nosering Girl” 31 6

38 32 Green Day – “Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)” 32 2

33 33 Ivy – “I've Got a Feeling” 33 7

35 34 Third Eye Blind – “How's It Going to Be” 34 5

37 35 Bush – “Mouth (Stingray Mix)” 35 6

27 36 Our Lady Peace – “Superman's Dead” 26 14

40 37 Duran Duran – “Electric Barbarella” 37 2

NE 38 Black Lab – “Wash It Away” 38 1

NE 39 A3 – “Ain't Goin' to Goa” 39 1

NE 40 Daft Punk – “Around the World” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

28 -- Fleetwood Mac – “Silver Springs” 27 7

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

39 -- Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 2 28

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