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

Pure Morning
Placebo
From the album: Without You I'm Nothing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 2

My Favourite Game
The Cardigans
From the album: Gran Turismo
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
3 Down by 1

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
From the album: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 2

In Love
Fear of Pop
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5

Cold Brains
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 3

Thank U
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 3

Every Morning
Sugar Ray
From the album: 14:59
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8

Rachael
Buffalo Tom
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9

My Life Is Totally Boring Without You
Cracker
From the album: Gentleman's Blues
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 3

Yoo Hoo
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
11

Circles
Soul Coughing
From the album: El Oso
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
12 Up by 2

Malibu
Hole
From the album: Celebrity Skin
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13

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

You Get What You Give
New Radicals
From the album: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
15 Up by 3

Lotus
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 4

Daysleeper
R.E.M.
From the album: Up
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 1

Got You (Where I Want You)
The Flys
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 6

Millennium
Robbie Williams
From the album: I've Been Expecting You
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 2

Last Stop: This Town
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
20

Waltz #2 (XO)
Elliott Smith
From the album: XO
Peak
19
Weeks
18
Number
21 Up by 1

So Long, Superman
Firewater
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 1

Special
Garbage
From the album: Version 2.0
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 4

El President
Drugstore
From the album: The Best Of Drugstore
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
24 Down by 3

First Lady Of Delaware
The Seymores
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
25

Somethin' Hot
The Afghan Whigs
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
26 Up by 4

Blue Monday
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Down by 1

The Power of Good-Bye
Madonna
From the album: Ray of Light
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
28 Up by 3

Goddess On A Hiway
Mercury Rev
From the album: Deserter's Songs
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 5

Cancer for the Cure
Eels
From the album: Electro-Shock Blues
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 2

This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
Belle and Sebastian
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Down by 3

Goner W/ Souvenir
Richard Buckner
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
32 Down by 3

Never There
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
23
Weeks
17
Number
33 Down by 6

Fly Away
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: 5
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
34 Up by 1

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair
From the album: Whitechocolatespaceegg
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
35 Up by 3

Tropicalia
Beck
From the album: Mutations
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36

What It's Like
Everlast
From the album: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Peak
35
Weeks
8
Number
37 Debut

Lipstick
Imperial Teen
From the album: What Is Not to Love
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 2

Lullaby
Shawn Mullins
From the album: Soul's Core
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Praise You
Fatboy Slim
From the album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Maria
Blondie
From the album: No Exit
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

Freak of the Week
Marvelous 3
Peak
41
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Stitches
Orgy
From the album: Candyass
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
37 Dropout

Fireworks
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Phantom Power
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
39 Dropout

Club Montepulciano
Hooverphonic
Peak
25
Weeks
13
Number
41 Dropout

Dragula
Rob Zombie
From the album: Hellbilly Deluxe
Peak
37
Weeks
8

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Date

January 9, 1999

Songs

41

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1 1 Placebo – “Pure Morning” 1(×2) 11

4 2 The Cardigans – “My Favourite Game” 2 11

2 3 Tripping Daisy – “Sonic Bloom” 1(×4) 15

6 4 Fear of Pop – “In Love” 4 6

5 5 Beck – “Cold Brains” 5 10

3 6 Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” 3 14

10 7 Sugar Ray – “Every Morning” 7 6

8 8 Buffalo Tom – “Rachael” 8 12

9 9 Cracker – “My Life Is Totally Boring Without You” 9 11

7 10 Imperial Teen – “Yoo Hoo” 1(×5) 16

11 11 Soul Coughing – “Circles” 6 19

14 12 Hole – “Malibu” 12 9

13 13 U2 – “Sweetest Thing” 12 12

15 14 New Radicals – “You Get What You Give” 14 11

18 15 R.E.M. – “Lotus” 15 5

12 16 R.E.M. – “Daysleeper” 9 13

16 17 The Flys – “Got You (Where I Want You)” 15 19

24 18 Robbie Williams – “Millennium” 18 4

17 19 Eels – “Last Stop: This Town” 16 16

20 20 Elliott Smith – “Waltz #2 (XO)” 19 18

22 21 Firewater – “So Long, Superman” 21 10

23 22 Garbage – “Special” 22 8

19 23 Drugstore – “El President” 2 23

21 24 The Seymores – “First Lady Of Delaware” 3 23

25 25 The Afghan Whigs – “Somethin' Hot” 25 13

30 26 Orgy – “Blue Monday” 26 7

26 27 Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye” 12 17

31 28 Mercury Rev – “Goddess On A Hiway” 28 6

34 29 Eels – “Cancer for the Cure” 29 4

32 30 Belle and Sebastian – “This Is Just a Modern Rock Song” 30 5

28 31 Richard Buckner – “Goner W/ Souvenir” 5 23

29 32 Cake – “Never There” 23 17

27 33 Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” 10 21

35 34 Liz Phair – “Polyester Bride” 1(×4) 24

38 35 Beck – “Tropicalia” 35 4

36 36 Everlast – “What It's Like” 35 8

NE 37 Imperial Teen – “Lipstick” 37 1

40 38 Shawn Mullins – “Lullaby” 38 2

NE 39 Fatboy Slim – “Praise You” 39 1

NE 40 Blondie – “Maria” 40 1

NE 41 Marvelous 3 – “Freak of the Week” 41 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Orgy – “Stitches” 14 21

37 -- The Tragically Hip – “Fireworks” 24 13

39 -- Hooverphonic – “Club Montepulciano” 25 13

41 -- Rob Zombie – “Dragula” 37 8

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