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 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
4 Up by 3

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
From the album: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5 Down by 1

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6 Up by 2

Thank U
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Down by 1

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
8 Down by 3

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
9

Daysleeper
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11 Up by 4

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
12

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
12
Weeks
20
Number
13 Down by 2

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
14

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 4

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 2

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
17

Break It Up
Rocket from the Crypt
Peak
17
Weeks
16
Number
18 Up by 2

Rachael
Buffalo Tom
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 6

Freak Magnet
Violent Femmes
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
20 Down by 4

Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
21 Up by 4

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24

Last Stop: This Town
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 1

Club Montepulciano
Hooverphonic
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 1

Fireworks
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 1

Sweetest Thing
U2
From the album: The Best of 1980-1990
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 1

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 4

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 5

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31

The Boy with the Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32

Half a Man
Chocolate Genius
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 1

Somethin' Hot
The Afghan Whigs
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 13

Crown
The Connells
From the album: Still Life
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
35 Up by 2

So Long, Superman
Firewater
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
35 Debut

Special
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 3

Malibu
Hole
From the album: Celebrity Skin
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

What It's Like
Everlast
From the album: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
39 Up by 2

Dragula
Rob Zombie
From the album: Hellbilly Deluxe
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 10

Poets
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
8
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Sherry Fraser
Marcy Playground
From the album: Marcy Playground
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
38 Dropout

Push the Button
Money Mark
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
40 Dropout

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

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Date

November 21, 1998

Songs

40

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1 1 Imperial Teen – “Yoo Hoo” 1(×4) 9

2 2 Drugstore – “El President” 2 16

3 3 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 3 16

7 4 Tripping Daisy – “Sonic Bloom” 4 8

4 5 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 1(×4) 17

8 6 Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” 6 7

6 7 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 6 12

5 8 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 5 16

9 9 R.E.M. – “Daysleeper” 9 6

10 10 Placebo – “Pure Morning” 10 4

15 11 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 11 14

12 12 Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 12 20

11 13 Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 6 21

14 14 Orgy – “Stitches” 14 15

19 15 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 15 10

18 16 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 16 12

17 17 Rocket from the Crypt – “Break It Up” 17 16

20 18 Buffalo Tom – “Rachael” 18 5

13 19 Violent Femmes – “Freak Magnet” 1(×2) 24

16 20 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Wasting Away” 14 21

25 21 The Cardigans – “My Favourite Game” 21 4

22 22 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 22 11

23 23 Cake – “Never There” 23 10

24 24 Eels – “Last Stop: This Town” 24 9

26 25 Hooverphonic – “Club Montepulciano” 25 7

27 26 The Tragically Hip – “Fireworks” 26 7

28 27 U2 – “Sweetest Thing” 27 5

29 28 New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 28 4

33 29 Cracker – “My Life Is Totally Boring Without You” 29 4

35 30 Beck – “Cold Brains” 30 3

31 31 Belle and Sebastian – “The Boy with the Arab Strap” 31 7

32 32 Chocolate Genius – “Half a Man” 32 6

34 33 The Afghan Whigs – “Somethin' Hot” 33 6

21 34 The Connells – “Crown” 3 25

37 35 Firewater – “So Long, Superman” 35 3

NE 35 Garbage – “Special” 35 1

39 36 Hole – “Malibu” 36 2

NE 36 Everlast – “What It's Like” 36 1

41 39 Rob Zombie – “Dragula” 39 2

30 40 The Tragically Hip – “Poets” 8 22

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Marcy Playground – “Sherry Fraser” 6 25

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

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

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