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 7 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Up by 1

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Down by 1

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
4

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 1

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
7

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
8

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 1

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 1

The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
11 Up by 1

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
12 Down by 1

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
13

Fascination Street
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 14

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15

The Look
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
15
Weeks
20
Number
16

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

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
18

I Want It All
Queen
From the album: The Miracle
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 6

The Other End (Of the Telescope)
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
21 Up by 1

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 1

She's A Mystery To Me
Roy Orbison
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
23

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 1

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
25

I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
26 Down by 6

Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
9
Weeks
23
Number
27

The Beat(en) Generation
The The
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
28 Up by 3

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 11

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30

Rooms On Fire
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Crystal Visions
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
31 Down by 7

Mayor of Simpleton
XTC
From the album: Oranges & Lemons
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
32 Down by 3

Always Saturday
Guadalcanal Diary
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
33 Up by 1

I Drove All Night
Cyndi Lauper
From the album: A Night to Remember
Peak
33
Weeks
10
Number
34 Up by 1

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 1

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 1

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 1

Pet Sematary
Ramones
From the album: Brain Drain
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Up by 1

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
39 Up by 5

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 7

Like a Prayer
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
22
Weeks
17
Number
41 Down by 9

Now You're In Heaven
Julian Lennon
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
42 Up by 3

Don't Say You Love Me
Billy Squier
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 3

A Friend Is A Friend
Pete Townshend
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
44 Debut

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Debut

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Up by 1

Interesting Drug
Morrissey
Peak
47
Weeks
3
Number
48 Up by 1

Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)
Q-Feel
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 7

I'll Be You
The Replacements
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
50

Left to My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
41 Dropout

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

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

Fine Time
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23

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Date

July 8, 1989

Songs

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1 1 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×7) 17

3 2 Erasure – “Stop!” 2 14

2 3 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 18

4 4 Madonna – “Love Song” 4 11

6 5 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 5 8

5 6 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 18

7 7 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 7 13

8 8 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 13

10 9 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 9 11

9 10 Morrissey – “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” 4 19

12 11 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 11 10

11 12 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 17

13 13 The Cure – “Fascination Street” 12 13

28 14 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 14 3

15 15 Roxette – “The Look” 15 20

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

17 17 Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 17 15

18 18 Queen – “I Want It All” 18 9

19 19 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 19 8

14 20 'Til Tuesday – “The Other End (Of the Telescope)” 1(×4) 20

22 21 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 21 9

21 22 Roy Orbison – “She's A Mystery To Me” 21 15

23 23 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 23 6

26 25 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 25 5

25 25 Tom Petty – “I Won't Back Down” 25 10

20 26 Cowboy Junkies – “Sweet Jane” 9 23

27 27 The The – “The Beat(en) Generation” 27 14

31 28 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 28 6

40 29 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 29 2

30 30 Stevie Nicks – “Rooms On Fire” 30 9

24 31 XTC – “Mayor of Simpleton” 14 21

29 32 Guadalcanal Diary – “Always Saturday” 20 18

34 33 Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night” 33 10

35 34 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 34 7

36 35 Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 35 6

37 36 Prince – “Batdance” 36 4

38 37 Ramones – “Pet Sematary” 37 6

39 38 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 38 4

44 39 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 39 2

33 40 Madonna – “Like a Prayer” 22 17

32 41 Julian Lennon – “Now You're In Heaven” 21 16

45 42 Billy Squier – “Don't Say You Love Me” 42 4

46 43 Pete Townshend – “A Friend Is A Friend” 43 4

NE 44 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 44 1

NE 45 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 45 1

NE 46 The Cure – “Lovesong” 46 1

48 47 Morrissey – “Interesting Drug” 47 3

49 48 Q-Feel – “Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)” 48 2

42 49 The Replacements – “I'll Be You” 1(×1) 23

50 50 Pet Shop Boys – “Left to My Own Devices” 1(×1) 27

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

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