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

Palo Alto
Radiohead
From the album: OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK 1997 2017
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Untouchable
Rialto
From the album: Rialto
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Frozen
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
4

Sexy Boy
Air
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 1

Clarity
Dump
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 1

Mr. Whisper
Pee Shy
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 1

Jumper
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 3

No Surprises
Radiohead
From the album: OK Computer
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 2

Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger
From the album: Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10

Closing Time
Semisonic
From the album: Feeling Strangely Fine
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 1

Into the Ocean
Fretblanket
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Down by 3

Monosynth
Joy Electric
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 1

King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
Neutral Milk Hotel
From the album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 3

Saint Joe on the School Bus
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 4

Inside Out
Eve 6
From the album: Eve 6
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 1

Lucky Man
The Verve
From the album: Urban Hymns
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
17 Up by 23

Ray of Light
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Down by 5

Trampoline
Wild Strawberries
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
19 Up by 1

The Way
Fastball
From the album: All The Pain Money Can Buy
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 3

Medicine
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21

She Gave Me Love
The Getaway People
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 2

Heroes
The Wallflowers
From the album: Godzilla: The Album
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 7

Lost Myself
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
24 Down by 6

She Said
Longpigs
From the album: The Sun Is Often Out
Peak
9
Weeks
24
Number
25

Miss Misery
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
25
Weeks
12
Number
26 Up by 1

Push It
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 1

Atomic Soda
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 1

Airport Song
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 3

Are You Jimmy Ray?
Jimmy Ray
From the album: Jimmy Ray
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
30 Down by 8

Sex and Candy
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
31 Up by 2

Shimmer
Fuel
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 2

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
From the album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

California
Semisonic
From the album: Feeling Strangely Fine
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 4

Hooch
Everything
From the album: Super Natural
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 4

Debbie
The B-52's
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 6

Drinking In L.A.
Bran Van 3000
Peak
29
Weeks
13
Number
37 Down by 5

I Will Buy You a New Life
Everclear
From the album: So Much for the Afterglow
Peak
24
Weeks
17
Number
38 Debut

Cigarettes and Alcohol
Rod Stewart
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Could Have Been Friends
This Perfect Day
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 9

You're Gorgeous
Babybird
From the album: Ugly Beautiful
Peak
3
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Wash It Away
Black Lab
From the album: Your Body Above Me
Peak
15
Weeks
24
Number
37 Dropout

Brick
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
4
Weeks
27

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Date

May 23, 1998

Songs

40

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