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

Karma Police
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Sex and Candy
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Down by 1

On and On
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

Sweet Surrender
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

I'm Afraid Of Americans
David Bowie
From the album: Earthling
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

Tubthumping
Chumbawamba
From the album: Tubthumper
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
7

Saint of Me
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Bridges to Babylon
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 1

Brick
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 3

These Are the Things About You
Ivy
From the album: Apartment Life
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10

Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve
From the album: Urban Hymns
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
11

Seems So
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Tone Soul Evolution
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 1

You're Gorgeous
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 5

All That That Implies
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
14

Fall on Tears
Love Spit Love
From the album: Trysome Eatone
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 18

Monosynth
Joy Electric
Peak
15
Weeks
2
Number
16

Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Green Day
From the album: Nimrod
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 2

Wash It Away
Black Lab
From the album: Your Body Above Me
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 6

She Said
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 2

Brimful Of Asha
Cornershop
From the album: When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
20

I Do
Lisa Loeb
From the album: Firecracker
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Down by 6

16 Days
Whiskeytown
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
22 Up by 1

Around the World
Daft Punk
From the album: Homework
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 5

Everything to Everyone
Everclear
From the album: So Much for the Afterglow
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
24 Down by 2

Barrier Reef
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
10
Weeks
19
Number
25 Up by 4

Candy Girl
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26

Streets of Where I'm From
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
27

I've Got a Feeling
Ivy
From the album: Apartment Life
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
28 Down by 3

Deadweight
Beck
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 3

The Mummers' Dance
Loreena McKennitt
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 5

Lost Myself
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 10

All Mine
Portishead
From the album: Portishead
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
32 Down by 4

Nosering Girl
Nerf Herder
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
33 Down by 3

Silicon Teens
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
34 Down by 3

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
35 Up by 3

Ain't Goin' to Goa
A3
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 1

Electric Barbarella
Duran Duran
From the album: Medazzaland
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
37 Debut

Salome
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 4

How's It Going to Be
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
39 Debut

Losing a Whole Year
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 4

Mouth (Stingray Mix)
Bush
Peak
35
Weeks
11

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Pretty Deep
Tanya Donelly
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
40 Dropout

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23

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Date

January 10, 1998

Songs

40

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1 1 Radiohead – “Karma Police” 1(×4) 12

3 2 Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy” 2 10

2 3 Longpigs – “On and On” 1(×4) 15

4 4 Sarah McLachlan – “Sweet Surrender” 4 14

6 5 David Bowie – “I'm Afraid Of Americans” 5 8

5 6 Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping” 3 17

7 7 The Rolling Stones – “Saint of Me” 7 13

9 8 Ben Folds Five – “Brick” 8 9

12 9 Ivy – “These Are the Things About You” 9 9

10 10 The Verve – “Bitter Sweet Symphony” 7 15

11 11 The Apples in Stereo – “Seems So” 11 11

13 12 Babybird – “You're Gorgeous” 12 9

8 13 Michael Penn – “All That That Implies” 5 16

14 14 Love Spit Love – “Fall on Tears” 14 9

33 15 Joy Electric – “Monosynth” 15 2

16 16 Green Day – “Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)” 16 7

19 17 Black Lab – “Wash It Away” 17 6

24 18 Longpigs – “She Said” 18 5

17 19 Cornershop – “Brimful Of Asha” 11 14

20 20 Lisa Loeb – “I Do” 20 8

15 21 Whiskeytown – “16 Days” 2 20

23 22 Daft Punk – “Around the World” 22 6

18 23 Everclear – “Everything to Everyone” 1(×2) 17

22 24 Old 97's – “Barrier Reef” 10 19

29 25 Babybird – “Candy Girl” 25 4

26 26 Old 97's – “Streets of Where I'm From” 25 11

27 27 Ivy – “I've Got a Feeling” 27 12

25 28 Beck – “Deadweight” 25 11

32 29 Loreena McKennitt – “The Mummers' Dance” 29 5

35 30 Longpigs – “Lost Myself” 30 3

21 31 Portishead – “All Mine” 16 13

28 32 Nerf Herder – “Nosering Girl” 28 11

30 33 Pulsars – “Silicon Teens” 4 19

31 34 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 1(×2) 24

38 35 A3 – “Ain't Goin' to Goa” 35 6

37 36 Duran Duran – “Electric Barbarella” 36 7

NE 37 Old 97's – “Salome” 37 1

34 38 Third Eye Blind – “How's It Going to Be” 33 10

NE 39 Third Eye Blind – “Losing a Whole Year” 39 1

36 40 Bush – “Mouth (Stingray Mix)” 35 11

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Tanya Donelly – “Pretty Deep” 20 12

40 -- My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 1(×2) 23

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