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 Up by 1

Freak Magnet
Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Up by 1

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Down by 2

Could Have Been Friends
This Perfect Day
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 1

Crown
The Connells
From the album: Still Life
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5 Down by 1

Hooch
Everything
From the album: Super Natural
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
6

Sherry Fraser
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 2

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8 Up by 6

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 2

Poets
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Medicine
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
11 Up by 9

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12

California
Semisonic
From the album: Feeling Strangely Fine
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
13 Up by 3

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Down by 1

Cigarettes and Alcohol
Rod Stewart
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
15 Up by 2

Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 1

Thirteen
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 10

Inside Out
Eve 6
From the album: Eve 6
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
18 Down by 10

Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger
From the album: Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
19

One Week
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Stunt, Disc One 1991-2001: All Their Greatest Hits
Peak
19
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 3

Push the Button
Money Mark
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 4

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

She Will Have Her Way
Neil Finn
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 1

The Rockafeller Skank
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 6

Ray of Light
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
25 Up by 2

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 2

Break It Up
Rocket from the Crypt
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 6

Hand In Your Head
Money Mark
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 3

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 5

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 3

My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 5

Truly Truly
Grant Lee Buffalo
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
32

Save Tonight
Eagle-Eye Cherry
From the album: Desireless
Peak
32
Weeks
9
Number
33 Down by 4

I Think I'm Paranoid
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 2

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

Hey Now Now
Swirl 360
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
36 Up by 1

Fire Escape
Fastball
From the album: All The Pain Money Can Buy
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 2

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 10

Jumper
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Airport Song
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
22
Weeks
22
Number
40 Dropout

Mr. Whisper
Pee Shy
Peak
2
Weeks
26

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Date

September 19, 1998

Songs

40

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2 1 Violent Femmes – “Freak Magnet” 1(×1) 15

3 2 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 2 8

1 3 This Perfect Day – “Could Have Been Friends” 1(×3) 18

5 4 The Connells – “Crown” 4 16

4 5 Everything – “Hooch” 2 19

6 6 Marcy Playground – “Sherry Fraser” 6 17

9 7 Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 7 12

14 8 Drugstore – “El President” 8 7

11 9 The Tragically Hip – “Poets” 9 13

10 10 Guster – “Medicine” 3 21

20 11 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 11 7

12 12 Semisonic – “California” 8 20

16 13 Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 13 11

13 14 Rod Stewart – “Cigarettes and Alcohol” 10 18

17 15 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Wasting Away” 15 12

15 16 Garbage – “Thirteen” 13 14

7 17 Eve 6 – “Inside Out” 1(×1) 25

8 18 Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta” 1(×3) 26

19 19 Barenaked Ladies – “One Week” 19 14

23 20 Money Mark – “Push the Button” 20 8

25 21 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 21 7

22 22 Neil Finn – “She Will Have Her Way” 22 10

24 23 Fatboy Slim – “The Rockafeller Skank” 23 8

18 24 Madonna – “Ray of Light” 1(×4) 19

27 25 Orgy – “Stitches” 25 6

28 26 Rocket from the Crypt – “Break It Up” 26 7

21 27 Money Mark – “Hand In Your Head” 21 13

31 28 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 28 5

34 29 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 29 3

33 30 Sheryl Crow – “My Favorite Mistake” 30 4

26 31 Grant Lee Buffalo – “Truly Truly” 16 16

32 32 Eagle-Eye Cherry – “Save Tonight” 32 9

29 33 Garbage – “I Think I'm Paranoid” 17 12

36 34 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 34 3

35 35 Swirl 360 – “Hey Now Now” 35 9

37 36 Fastball – “Fire Escape” 36 4

39 37 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 37 2

NE 38 Cake – “Never There” 38 1

NE 39 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 39 1

30 40 Third Eye Blind – “Jumper” 1(×4) 26

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Guster – “Airport Song” 22 22

40 -- Pee Shy – “Mr. Whisper” 2 26

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