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

Could Have Been Friends
This Perfect Day
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Up by 1

Freak Magnet
Violent Femmes
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 3

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Down by 2

Hooch
Everything
From the album: Super Natural
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
5 Up by 3

Crown
The Connells
From the album: Still Life
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Up by 1

Sherry Fraser
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
7 Down by 3

Inside Out
Eve 6
From the album: Eve 6
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
8 Down by 3

Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger
From the album: Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
9 Up by 4

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 1

Medicine
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 1

Poets
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Down by 2

California
Semisonic
From the album: Feeling Strangely Fine
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 2

Cigarettes and Alcohol
Rod Stewart
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
14 Up by 5

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Down by 1

Thirteen
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 2

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 5

Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
18 Down by 2

Ray of Light
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
19 Up by 1

One Week
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Stunt, Disc One 1991-2001: All Their Greatest Hits
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
20 Up by 7

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21

Hand In Your Head
Money Mark
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 1

She Will Have Her Way
Neil Finn
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 2

Push the Button
Money Mark
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
24

The Rockafeller Skank
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 3

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 9

Truly Truly
Grant Lee Buffalo
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
27 Up by 3

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 1

Break It Up
Rocket from the Crypt
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 3

I Think I'm Paranoid
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
30 Down by 15

Jumper
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
31 Up by 2

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32

Save Tonight
Eagle-Eye Cherry
From the album: Desireless
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Up by 1

My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 5

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35

Hey Now Now
Swirl 360
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 2

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37

Fire Escape
Fastball
From the album: All The Pain Money Can Buy
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 7

Airport Song
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
22
Weeks
22
Number
39 Debut

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 4

Mr. Whisper
Pee Shy
Peak
2
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Saint Joe on the School Bus
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
23

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Date

September 12, 1998

Songs

40

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1 1 This Perfect Day – “Could Have Been Friends” 1(×3) 17

3 2 Violent Femmes – “Freak Magnet” 2 14

6 3 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 3 7

2 4 Everything – “Hooch” 2 18

8 5 The Connells – “Crown” 5 15

7 6 Marcy Playground – “Sherry Fraser” 6 16

4 7 Eve 6 – “Inside Out” 1(×1) 24

5 8 Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta” 1(×3) 25

13 9 Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 9 11

9 10 Guster – “Medicine” 3 20

12 11 The Tragically Hip – “Poets” 11 12

10 12 Semisonic – “California” 8 19

11 13 Rod Stewart – “Cigarettes and Alcohol” 10 17

19 14 Drugstore – “El President” 14 6

14 15 Garbage – “Thirteen” 13 13

18 16 Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 16 10

22 17 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Wasting Away” 17 11

16 18 Madonna – “Ray of Light” 1(×4) 18

20 19 Barenaked Ladies – “One Week” 19 13

27 20 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 20 6

21 21 Money Mark – “Hand In Your Head” 21 12

23 22 Neil Finn – “She Will Have Her Way” 22 9

25 23 Money Mark – “Push the Button” 23 7

24 24 Fatboy Slim – “The Rockafeller Skank” 24 7

28 25 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 25 6

17 26 Grant Lee Buffalo – “Truly Truly” 16 15

30 27 Orgy – “Stitches” 27 5

29 28 Rocket from the Crypt – “Break It Up” 28 6

26 29 Garbage – “I Think I'm Paranoid” 17 11

15 30 Third Eye Blind – “Jumper” 1(×4) 25

33 31 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 31 4

32 32 Eagle-Eye Cherry – “Save Tonight” 32 8

34 33 Sheryl Crow – “My Favorite Mistake” 33 3

39 34 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 34 2

35 35 Swirl 360 – “Hey Now Now” 35 8

38 36 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 36 2

37 37 Fastball – “Fire Escape” 37 3

31 38 Guster – “Airport Song” 22 22

NE 39 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 39 1

36 40 Pee Shy – “Mr. Whisper” 2 26

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Marcy Playground – “Saint Joe on the School Bus” 6 23

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