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

Yoo Hoo
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
6 Up by 2

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 2

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
From the album: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 3

Freak Magnet
Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
9 Up by 3

Thank U
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 3

Crown
The Connells
From the album: Still Life
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
11 Down by 1

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 1

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
13 Up by 10

Daysleeper
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Up by 2

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
15

Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
16 Down by 5

Poets
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 1

Break It Up
Rocket from the Crypt
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 1

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 1

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 6

Sherry Fraser
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 1

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 13

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 1

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 8

Rachael
Buffalo Tom
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
26

Last Stop: This Town
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 10

Push the Button
Money Mark
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
28

Club Montepulciano
Hooverphonic
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29

Fireworks
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 5

Sweetest Thing
U2
From the album: The Best of 1980-1990
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 2

The Boy with the Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 6

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 3

Half a Man
Chocolate Genius
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 5

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2

Somethin' Hot
The Afghan Whigs
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 4

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 15

My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
38 Debut

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

So Long, Superman
Firewater
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 13

Could Have Been Friends
This Perfect Day
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
41 Down by 10

She Will Have Her Way
Neil Finn
Peak
20
Weeks
17

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Hooch
Everything
From the album: Super Natural
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
41 Dropout

Medicine
Guster
From the album: Goldfly
Peak
3
Weeks
27

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Date

November 7, 1998

Songs

41

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1 1 Imperial Teen – “Yoo Hoo” 1(×2) 7

2 2 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 1(×4) 15

3 3 Drugstore – “El President” 3 14

4 4 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 4 14

6 5 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 5 14

8 6 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 6 10

9 7 Tripping Daisy – “Sonic Bloom” 7 6

5 8 Violent Femmes – “Freak Magnet” 1(×2) 22

12 9 Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” 9 5

7 10 The Connells – “Crown” 3 23

10 11 Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 6 19

13 12 Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 12 18

23 13 R.E.M. – “Daysleeper” 13 4

16 14 Orgy – “Stitches” 14 13

15 15 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Wasting Away” 14 19

11 16 The Tragically Hip – “Poets” 8 20

18 17 Rocket from the Crypt – “Break It Up” 17 14

19 18 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 18 12

20 19 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 19 10

14 20 Marcy Playground – “Sherry Fraser” 6 24

21 20 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 20 8

34 21 Placebo – “Pure Morning” 21 2

24 23 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 23 9

32 24 Buffalo Tom – “Rachael” 24 3

25 25 Cake – “Never There” 25 8

26 26 Eels – “Last Stop: This Town” 26 7

17 27 Money Mark – “Push the Button” 15 15

28 28 Hooverphonic – “Club Montepulciano” 28 5

29 29 The Tragically Hip – “Fireworks” 29 5

35 30 U2 – “Sweetest Thing” 30 3

33 31 Belle and Sebastian – “The Boy with the Arab Strap” 31 5

38 32 The Cardigans – “My Favourite Game” 32 2

36 33 Chocolate Genius – “Half a Man” 33 4

39 34 New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 34 2

37 35 The Afghan Whigs – “Somethin' Hot” 35 4

40 36 Cracker – “My Life Is Totally Boring Without You” 36 2

22 37 Sheryl Crow – “My Favorite Mistake” 22 11

NE 38 Beck – “Cold Brains” 38 1

NE 39 Firewater – “So Long, Superman” 39 1

27 40 This Perfect Day – “Could Have Been Friends” 1(×3) 25

31 41 Neil Finn – “She Will Have Her Way” 20 17

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Everything – “Hooch” 2 25

41 -- Guster – “Medicine” 3 27

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