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

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
From the album: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3

Thank U
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 1

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5 Down by 1

Yoo Hoo
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 12

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Down by 1

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
8 Down by 1

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
9 Down by 1

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
6
Weeks
16
Number
10

Rachael
Buffalo Tom
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 2

Daysleeper
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
12 Up by 1

Sweetest Thing
U2
From the album: The Best of 1980-1990
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Up by 1

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 2

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
15

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
16

Last Stop: This Town
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 6

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
18 Up by 9

In Love
Fear of Pop
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 1

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
19
Weeks
15
Number
20 Up by 1

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
21 Up by 3

Malibu
Hole
From the album: Celebrity Skin
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 5

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
23 Up by 7

Every Morning
Sugar Ray
From the album: 14:59
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Down by 5

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
25 Down by 3

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 3

So Long, Superman
Firewater
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 1

Somethin' Hot
The Afghan Whigs
Peak
27
Weeks
10
Number
28 Up by 3

Special
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 6

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
23
Weeks
14
Number
30 Down by 5

Fireworks
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
31 Up by 7

Lotus
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 2

Blue Monday
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 7

Club Montepulciano
Hooverphonic
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
34 Up by 2

Goddess On A Hiway
Mercury Rev
From the album: Deserter's Songs
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35

What It's Like
Everlast
From the album: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 3

Half a Man
Chocolate Genius
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
37

Dragula
Rob Zombie
From the album: Hellbilly Deluxe
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
37 Debut

Millennium
Robbie Williams
From the album: I've Been Expecting You
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 2

This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
Belle and Sebastian
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Cancer for the Cure
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

Tropicalia
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
41
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

The Boy with the Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: The Boy With the Arab Strap
Peak
31
Weeks
10
Number
39 Dropout

Candy Perfume Girl
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
41 Dropout

It's Alright, Baby
Komeda
Peak
6
Weeks
24

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Date

December 19, 1998

Songs

41

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1 1 Tripping Daisy – “Sonic Bloom” 1(×3) 12

2 2 Placebo – “Pure Morning” 2 8

3 3 Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” 3 11

5 4 The Cardigans – “My Favourite Game” 4 8

4 5 Imperial Teen – “Yoo Hoo” 1(×5) 13

18 6 Beck – “Cold Brains” 6 7

6 7 Drugstore – “El President” 2 20

7 8 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 3 20

8 9 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 6 16

10 10 Buffalo Tom – “Rachael” 10 9

9 11 R.E.M. – “Daysleeper” 9 10

13 12 U2 – “Sweetest Thing” 12 9

14 13 Cracker – “My Life Is Totally Boring Without You” 13 8

12 14 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 12 14

15 15 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 15 16

16 16 Eels – “Last Stop: This Town” 16 13

11 17 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 10 18

27 18 Fear of Pop – “In Love” 18 3

20 19 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 19 15

21 20 New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 20 8

24 21 Hole – “Malibu” 21 6

17 22 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 1(×4) 21

30 23 Sugar Ray – “Every Morning” 23 3

19 24 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 5 20

22 25 Orgy – “Stitches” 14 19

29 26 Firewater – “So Long, Superman” 26 7

28 27 The Afghan Whigs – “Somethin' Hot” 27 10

31 28 Garbage – “Special” 28 5

23 29 Cake – “Never There” 23 14

25 30 The Tragically Hip – “Fireworks” 24 11

38 31 R.E.M. – “Lotus” 31 2

34 32 Orgy – “Blue Monday” 32 4

26 33 Hooverphonic – “Club Montepulciano” 25 11

36 34 Mercury Rev – “Goddess On A Hiway” 34 3

35 35 Everlast – “What It's Like” 35 5

33 36 Chocolate Genius – “Half a Man” 32 10

37 37 Rob Zombie – “Dragula” 37 6

NE 37 Robbie Williams – “Millennium” 37 1

40 38 Belle and Sebastian – “This Is Just a Modern Rock Song” 38 2

NE 40 Eels – “Cancer for the Cure” 40 1

NE 41 Beck – “Tropicalia” 41 1

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Belle and Sebastian – “The Boy with the Arab Strap” 31 10

39 -- Madonna – “Candy Perfume Girl” 12 23

41 -- Komeda – “It's Alright, Baby” 6 24

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