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

Monosynth
Joy Electric
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

Untouchable
Rialto
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3

I'm Afraid Of Americans
David Bowie
From the album: Earthling
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
4

You're Gorgeous
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
5 Up by 2

No Surprises
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Down by 1

Sex and Candy
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
7 Down by 1

Brick
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
8

Lost Myself
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9

She Said
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
9
Weeks
17
Number
10 Up by 2

Frozen
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11

Candy Girl
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 2

Sexy Boy
Air
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13

Trampoline
Wild Strawberries
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 2

Clarity
Dump
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 5

These Are the Things About You
Ivy
From the album: Apartment Life
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
16 Up by 13

Palo Alto
Radiohead
From the album: OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17

Wash It Away
Black Lab
From the album: Your Body Above Me
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 3

Lucky Man
The Verve
From the album: Urban Hymns
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19

Salome
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20

Shine a Light
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Tone Soul Evolution
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Down by 6

Sweet Surrender
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
22 Up by 3

Into the Ocean
Fretblanket
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 8

Mr. Whisper
Pee Shy
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24

I Will Buy You a New Life
Everclear
From the album: So Much for the Afterglow
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 1

Are You Jimmy Ray?
Jimmy Ray
From the album: Jimmy Ray
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 2

Closing Time
Semisonic
From the album: Feeling Strangely Fine
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27

The Way
Fastball
From the album: All The Pain Money Can Buy
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 10

The Mummers' Dance
Loreena McKennitt
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
29 Up by 9

Jumper
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 2

Miss Misery
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 4

King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
Neutral Milk Hotel
From the album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 1

Drinking In L.A.
Bran Van 3000
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 6

Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger
From the album: Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34

Torn
Natalie Imbruglia
From the album: Left of the Middle
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Down by 12

Karma Police
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
36 Down by 14

Fall on Tears
Love Spit Love
From the album: Trysome Eatone
Peak
13
Weeks
21
Number
37 Down by 7

Seems So
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Tone Soul Evolution
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
38 Debut

Saint Joe on the School Bus
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Inside Out
Eve 6
From the album: Eve 6
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

She Gave Me Love
The Getaway People
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Tomorrow Never Dies
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Tomorrow Never Dies
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
37 Dropout

Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Green Day
From the album: Nimrod
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
40 Dropout

Saint of Me
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Bridges to Babylon
Peak
7
Weeks
24

A chart by

Date

April 4, 1998

Songs

40

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1 1 Joy Electric – “Monosynth” 1(×6) 14

2 2 Rialto – “Untouchable” 2 11

3 3 David Bowie – “I'm Afraid Of Americans” 1(×1) 20

4 4 Babybird – “You're Gorgeous” 4 21

7 5 Radiohead – “No Surprises” 5 9

5 6 Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy” 1(×5) 22

6 7 Ben Folds Five – “Brick” 4 21

8 8 Longpigs – “Lost Myself” 8 15

9 9 Longpigs – “She Said” 9 17

12 10 Madonna – “Frozen” 10 6

11 11 Babybird – “Candy Girl” 11 16

14 12 Air – “Sexy Boy” 12 9

13 13 Wild Strawberries – “Trampoline” 13 11

16 14 Dump – “Clarity” 14 8

10 15 Ivy – “These Are the Things About You” 6 21

29 16 Radiohead – “Palo Alto ” 16 4

17 17 Black Lab – “Wash It Away” 15 18

21 18 The Verve – “Lucky Man” 18 10

19 19 Old 97's – “Salome” 19 13

20 20 The Apples in Stereo – “Shine a Light” 20 12

15 21 Sarah McLachlan – “Sweet Surrender” 4 26

25 22 Fretblanket – “Into the Ocean” 22 6

31 23 Pee Shy – “Mr. Whisper” 23 3

24 24 Everclear – “I Will Buy You a New Life” 24 10

26 25 Jimmy Ray – “Are You Jimmy Ray?” 25 8

28 26 Semisonic – “Closing Time” 26 5

27 27 Fastball – “The Way” 27 7

18 28 Loreena McKennitt – “The Mummers' Dance” 16 17

38 29 Third Eye Blind – “Jumper” 29 2

32 30 Elliott Smith – “Miss Misery” 30 5

35 31 Neutral Milk Hotel – “King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1” 31 3

33 32 Bran Van 3000 – “Drinking In L.A.” 32 6

39 33 Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta” 33 2

34 34 Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn” 34 7

23 35 Radiohead – “Karma Police” 1(×4) 24

22 36 Love Spit Love – “Fall on Tears” 13 21

30 37 The Apples in Stereo – “Seems So” 10 23

NE 38 Marcy Playground – “Saint Joe on the School Bus” 38 1

NE 39 Eve 6 – “Inside Out” 39 1

NE 40 The Getaway People – “She Gave Me Love” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Sheryl Crow – “Tomorrow Never Dies” 22 11

37 -- Green Day – “Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)” 15 18

40 -- The Rolling Stones – “Saint of Me” 7 24

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