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

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 2

Free to Go
Folk Implosion
From the album: One Part Lullaby
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 2

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
6 Up by 2

Valentine
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Down by 1

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Manic Street Preachers
From the album: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
8 Down by 1

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
9 Up by 3

Child Psychology
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 5

Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
From the album: The Soft Bulletin
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 2

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
4
Weeks
25
Number
12 Down by 1

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
13

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 4

Beautiful Stranger
Madonna
From the album: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
8
Weeks
18
Number
15 Down by 1

Sucks to Be You
Prozzäk
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 3

Emergency! Emergency!
The Promise Ring
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 1

Spit on a Stranger
Pavement
From the album: Terror Twilight
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
18 Up by 5

Barrel of a Gun
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 2

Drunk Is Better Than Dead
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
20

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
22

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
22
Weeks
13
Number
23 Up by 2

Via Chicago
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 1

Muscle Museum
Muse
From the album: Showbiz
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 3

The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

Burn to Shine
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
From the album: Burn to Shine
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 10

Cathedrals
Jump Little Children
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
29 Up by 2

Seven
David Bowie
From the album: 'hours...'
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 3

Hanginaround
Counting Crows
From the album: This Desert Life
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 4

It's Saturday
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 4

Sweet Child O' Mine
Sheryl Crow
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
33 Up by 3

Crash on the Barrelhead
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 4

Nobody Has To Know
Spain
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
35 Up by 3

Millennium Blues
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Lost in Space
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

All My Little Words
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Thunderstorm
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 8

Coming up Roses
Owsley
Peak
15
Weeks
22

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
37 Dropout

Comedy
Shack
Peak
24
Weeks
16
Number
39 Dropout

Rendez-vu
Basement Jaxx
From the album: Remedy
Peak
39
Weeks
4
Number
40 Dropout

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22

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Date

October 23, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 Super Furry Animals – “Fire in My Heart” 1(×2) 10

2 2 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 2 14

5 3 Folk Implosion – “Free to Go” 3 7

4 4 Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 4 14

3 5 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 1(×2) 16

8 6 Old 97's – “Valentine” 6 11

6 7 Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” 1(×3) 21

7 8 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 1(×5) 23

12 9 Black Box Recorder – “Child Psychology” 9 8

15 10 The Flaming Lips – “Waitin' for a Superman” 10 8

9 11 Old 97's – “Jagged” 4 25

11 12 The Apples in Stereo – “Strawberryfire” 9 15

13 13 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 12 13

10 14 Madonna – “Beautiful Stranger” 8 18

14 15 Prozzäk – “Sucks to Be You” 14 12

19 16 The Promise Ring – “Emergency! Emergency!” 16 6

16 17 Pavement – “Spit on a Stranger” 10 15

23 18 Guster – “Barrel of a Gun” 18 6

17 19 The Push Stars – “Drunk Is Better Than Dead” 1(×1) 25

20 20 Shack – “Natalie's Party” 20 11

21 21 The Beta Band – “Dogs Got a Bone” 21 15

22 22 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Mexican God” 22 13

25 23 Wilco – “Via Chicago” 23 5

24 24 Fountains of Wayne – “Red Dragon Tattoo” 24 10

26 25 Muse – “Muscle Museum” 25 4

29 26 The Magnetic Fields – “The Book of Love” 26 3

27 27 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – “Burn to Shine” 27 6

18 28 Jump Little Children – “Cathedrals” 14 21

31 29 David Bowie – “Seven” 29 4

33 30 Counting Crows – “Hanginaround” 30 3

35 31 Marcy Playground – “It's Saturday” 31 3

28 32 Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Child O' Mine” 7 19

36 33 Old 97's – “Crash on the Barrelhead” 33 3

30 34 Spain – “Nobody Has To Know” 30 8

38 35 Matthew Sweet – “Millennium Blues” 35 2

NE 36 Fountains of Wayne – “Lost in Space” 36 1

NE 37 Guster – “Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)” 37 1

NE 38 The Magnetic Fields – “All My Little Words” 38 1

NE 39 Matthew Sweet – “Thunderstorm” 39 1

32 40 Owsley – “Coming up Roses” 15 22

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Old 97's – “Murder (Or a Heart Attack)” 6 20

37 -- Shack – “Comedy” 24 16

39 -- Basement Jaxx – “Rendez-vu” 39 4

40 -- Wilco – “Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)” 1(×2) 22

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