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

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3 Up by 1

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 1

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 2

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
6 Up by 3

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Down by 3

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
10 Up by 1

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 1

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 2

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 1

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
14 Down by 1

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
15

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
16 Up by 1

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 1

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 1

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 2

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 4

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
22
Number
21 Up by 1

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
21
Weeks
14
Number
22 Up by 1

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 2

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 4

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
25 Up by 3

I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 5

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
27
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 12

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 5

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 3

Rooms On Fire
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Crystal Visions
Peak
30
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 6

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 6

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
33 Down by 1

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
34

I Drove All Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: A Night to Remember
Peak
34
Weeks
9
Number
35 Up by 1

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 2

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Up by 5

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Up by 3

Pet Sematary
Ramones
From the album: Brain Drain
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 6

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Debut

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 12

She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
42 Down by 12

I'll Be You
The Replacements
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
43 Down by 8

5 O’Clock World
Julian Cope
From the album: My Nation Underground
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
44 Debut

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Up by 1

Don't Say You Love Me
Billy Squier
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
46 Up by 1

A Friend Is A Friend
Pete Townshend
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Down by 8

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
48 Up by 2

Interesting Drug
Morrissey
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Debut

Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)
Q-Feel
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 2

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
26

Dropouts

Number
43 Dropout

Disappointed
Public Image Ltd.
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
44 Dropout

Help!
Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo
From the album: The Greatest Hits Collection
Peak
27
Weeks
17
Number
48 Dropout

Circle
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
30
Weeks
12

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Date

July 1, 1989

Songs

50

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1 1 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×6) 16

2 2 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 17

4 3 Erasure – “Stop!” 3 13

5 4 Madonna – “Love Song” 4 10

3 5 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 17

9 6 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 6 7

7 7 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 7 12

8 8 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 12

6 9 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 18

11 10 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 10 10

10 11 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 16

14 12 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 12 9

12 13 The Cure – “Fascination Street” 12 12

13 14 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 19

15 15 Roxette – “The Look” 15 19

17 16 New Order – “Round and Round” 16 16

18 17 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 17 14

19 18 Queen – “I Want It All” 18 8

21 19 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 19 7

16 20 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 22

22 21 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 21 14

23 22 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 22 8

25 23 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 23 5

20 24 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 14 20

28 25 Tom Petty – “I Won't Back Down” 25 9

31 26 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 26 4

27 27 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 27 13

40 28 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 28 2

24 29 Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 20 17

33 30 Stevie Nicks – “Rooms On Fire” 30 8

37 31 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 31 5

26 32 Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 21 15

32 33 Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 22 16

34 34 Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night” 34 9

36 35 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 35 6

38 36 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 36 5

42 37 Prince – “Batdance” 37 3

41 38 Ramones – “Pet Sematary” 38 5

45 39 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 39 3

NE 40 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 40 1

29 41 Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy” 1(×2) 23

30 42 The Replacements – “I'll Be You” 1(×1) 22

35 43 Julian Cope – “5 O’Clock World” 6 22

NE 44 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 44 1

46 45 Billy Squier – “Don't Say You Love Me” 45 3

47 46 Pete Townshend – “A Friend Is A Friend” 46 3

39 47 New Order – “Fine Time” 1(×5) 23

50 48 Morrissey – “Interesting Drug” 48 2

NE 49 Q-Feel – “Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)” 49 1

48 50 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 1(×1) 26

DROPOUTS:

43 -- Public Image Ltd. – “Disappointed” 41 5

44 -- Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo – “Help!” 27 17

48 -- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Circle” 30 12

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