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 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 1

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 1

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4 Down by 2

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
From the album: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 1

Thank U
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 4

Daysleeper
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 11

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
12

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
13 Down by 5

Freak Magnet
Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
14

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
15 Up by 3

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 1

Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
17

Break It Up
Rocket from the Crypt
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 1

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 1

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 4

Rachael
Buffalo Tom
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 11

Crown
The Connells
From the album: Still Life
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
22 Up by 1

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 2

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 2

Last Stop: This Town
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 7

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 2

Club Montepulciano
Hooverphonic
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 2

Fireworks
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 2

Sweetest Thing
U2
From the album: The Best of 1980-1990
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 5

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 14

Poets
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
31

The Boy with the Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
32 Up by 1

Half a Man
Chocolate Genius
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
33 Up by 3

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 1

Somethin' Hot
The Afghan Whigs
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Up by 3

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 16

Sherry Fraser
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
37 Up by 2

So Long, Superman
Firewater
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 11

Push the Button
Money Mark
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
39 Debut

Malibu
Hole
From the album: Celebrity Skin
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 3

My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow
From the album: The Globe Sessions
Peak
22
Weeks
12
Number
41 Debut

Dragula
Rob Zombie
From the album: Hellbilly Deluxe
Peak
41
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

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

She Will Have Her Way
Neil Finn
Peak
20
Weeks
17

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Date

November 14, 1998

Songs

41

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1 1 Imperial Teen – “Yoo Hoo” 1(×3) 8

3 2 Drugstore – “El President” 2 15

4 3 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 3 15

2 4 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 1(×4) 16

5 5 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 5 15

6 6 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 6 11

7 7 Tripping Daisy – “Sonic Bloom” 7 7

9 8 Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” 8 6

13 9 R.E.M. – “Daysleeper” 9 5

21 10 Placebo – “Pure Morning” 10 3

11 11 Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 6 20

12 12 Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 12 19

8 13 Violent Femmes – “Freak Magnet” 1(×2) 23

14 14 Orgy – “Stitches” 14 14

18 15 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 15 13

15 16 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Wasting Away” 14 20

17 17 Rocket from the Crypt – “Break It Up” 17 15

19 18 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 18 11

20 19 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 19 9

24 20 Buffalo Tom – “Rachael” 20 4

10 21 The Connells – “Crown” 3 24

23 22 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 22 10

25 23 Cake – “Never There” 23 9

26 24 Eels – “Last Stop: This Town” 24 8

32 25 The Cardigans – “My Favourite Game” 25 3

28 26 Hooverphonic – “Club Montepulciano” 26 6

29 27 The Tragically Hip – “Fireworks” 27 6

30 28 U2 – “Sweetest Thing” 28 4

34 29 New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 29 3

16 30 The Tragically Hip – “Poets” 8 21

31 31 Belle and Sebastian – “The Boy with the Arab Strap” 31 6

33 32 Chocolate Genius – “Half a Man” 32 5

36 33 Cracker – “My Life Is Totally Boring Without You” 33 3

35 34 The Afghan Whigs – “Somethin' Hot” 34 5

38 35 Beck – “Cold Brains” 35 2

20 36 Marcy Playground – “Sherry Fraser” 6 25

39 37 Firewater – “So Long, Superman” 37 2

27 38 Money Mark – “Push the Button” 15 16

NE 39 Hole – “Malibu” 39 1

37 40 Sheryl Crow – “My Favorite Mistake” 22 12

NE 41 Rob Zombie – “Dragula” 41 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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