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

Yoo Hoo
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Down by 1

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 5

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Down by 1

Freak Magnet
Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
6 Up by 1

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Down by 2

Crown
The Connells
From the album: Still Life
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
8 Up by 2

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 2

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
From the album: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 4

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 3

Poets
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 7

Thank U
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
14 Down by 2

Sherry Fraser
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
15

Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 1

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 1

Push the Button
Money Mark
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
18

Break It Up
Rocket from the Crypt
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
19 Up by 2

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 3

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Up by 3

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22

My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 7

Daysleeper
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 1

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 2

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 2

Last Stop: This Town
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 13

Could Have Been Friends
This Perfect Day
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
28 Up by 4

Club Montepulciano
Hooverphonic
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 2

Fireworks
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 10

Hooch
Everything
From the album: Super Natural
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
31 Down by 5

She Will Have Her Way
Neil Finn
Peak
20
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 5

Rachael
Buffalo Tom
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 1

The Boy with the Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Debut

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Up by 4

Sweetest Thing
U2
From the album: The Best of 1980-1990
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36

Half a Man
Chocolate Genius
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 1

Somethin' Hot
The Afghan Whigs
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Debut

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 12

Medicine
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
3
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

One Week
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Stunt, Disc One 1991-2001: All Their Greatest Hits
Peak
18
Weeks
19
Number
35 Dropout

The Rockafeller Skank
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
40 Dropout

Save Tonight
Eagle-Eye Cherry
From the album: Desireless
Peak
32
Weeks
14
Number
41 Dropout

Ray of Light
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24

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Date

October 31, 1998

Songs

41

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2 1 Imperial Teen – “Yoo Hoo” 1(×1) 6

1 2 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 1(×4) 14

3 3 Drugstore – “El President” 3 13

9 4 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 4 13

4 5 Violent Femmes – “Freak Magnet” 1(×2) 21

7 6 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 6 13

5 7 The Connells – “Crown” 3 22

10 8 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 8 9

11 9 Tripping Daisy – “Sonic Bloom” 9 5

6 10 Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 6 18

8 11 The Tragically Hip – “Poets” 8 19

19 12 Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” 12 4

13 13 Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 13 17

12 14 Marcy Playground – “Sherry Fraser” 6 23

15 15 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Wasting Away” 14 18

17 16 Orgy – “Stitches” 16 12

16 17 Money Mark – “Push the Button” 15 14

18 18 Rocket from the Crypt – “Break It Up” 18 13

21 19 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 19 11

23 20 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 20 9

24 21 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 21 7

22 22 Sheryl Crow – “My Favorite Mistake” 22 10

30 23 R.E.M. – “Daysleeper” 23 3

25 24 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 24 8

27 25 Cake – “Never There” 25 7

28 26 Eels – “Last Stop: This Town” 26 6

14 27 This Perfect Day – “Could Have Been Friends” 1(×3) 24

32 28 Hooverphonic – “Club Montepulciano” 28 4

31 29 The Tragically Hip – “Fireworks” 29 4

20 30 Everything – “Hooch” 2 25

26 31 Neil Finn – “She Will Have Her Way” 20 16

37 32 Buffalo Tom – “Rachael” 32 2

34 33 Belle and Sebastian – “The Boy with the Arab Strap” 33 4

NE 34 Placebo – “Pure Morning” 34 1

39 35 U2 – “Sweetest Thing” 35 2

36 36 Chocolate Genius – “Half a Man” 36 3

38 37 The Afghan Whigs – “Somethin' Hot” 37 3

NE 38 The Cardigans – “My Favourite Game” 38 1

NE 39 New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 39 1

NE 40 Cracker – “My Life Is Totally Boring Without You” 40 1

29 41 Guster – “Medicine” 3 27

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Barenaked Ladies – “One Week” 18 19

35 -- Fatboy Slim – “The Rockafeller Skank” 19 13

40 -- Eagle-Eye Cherry – “Save Tonight” 32 14

41 -- Madonna – “Ray of Light” 1(×4) 24

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