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

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
2

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
4

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
5 Up by 1

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6 Down by 1

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
7

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
8

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
9 Up by 1

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 1

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
11 Up by 1

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 4

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Up by 1

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 3

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 1

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 4

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
18 Down by 3

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
15
Weeks
16
Number
19 Down by 8

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
19 Up by 1

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 1

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 5

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 1

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 1

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
24 Up by 1

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 2

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 7

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
27 Down by 3

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
15
Weeks
18
Number
28 Up by 5

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 1

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 1

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down by 4

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Number
33 Up by 6

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Up by 2

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
30
Number
36 Down by 6

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
30
Weeks
17
Number
37 Up by 1

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38 Down by 4

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
39 Debut

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Up by 1

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 8

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
28
Number
44 Up by 4

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 4

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46

Gravitate to Me
The The
Peak
46
Weeks
4
Number
48 Down by 8

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 7

101
Sheena Easton
From the album: The Lover in Me
Peak
35
Weeks
9
Number
50 Down by 5

Round and Round
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Dressed for Success
Roxette
From the album: Look Sharp!
Peak
32
Weeks
15
Number
47 Dropout

Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
15
Weeks
24
Number
50 Dropout

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

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Date

September 16, 1989

Songs

49

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1 1 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×5) 18

2 2 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 2 13

3 3 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 21

4 4 Erasure – “Stop!” 1(×1) 24

6 5 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 5 12

5 6 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 5 21

7 7 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 7 12

8 8 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 8 15

10 9 The Cure – “Lovesong” 9 11

9 10 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 23

12 11 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 11 9

16 12 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 12 6

14 13 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 13 16

18 15 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 15 9

17 16 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 16 14

13 17 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 28

15 18 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 15 16

11 19 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 8 20

20 19 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 11

21 20 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 20 11

26 21 New Order – “Run” 21 6

23 22 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 22 8

22 23 Prince – “Batdance” 22 14

25 24 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 24 10

27 25 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 25 4

19 26 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 27

24 27 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 15 18

33 28 Prince – “Partyman” 28 4

29 29 Fine Young Cannibals – “Don't Look Back” 29 7

31 30 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 30 6

32 31 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 31 7

28 32 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 23

39 33 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 33 3

36 34 New Order – “Dream Attack” 34 6

35 35 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 30

30 36 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 30 17

38 37 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 37 5

34 38 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 16 19

NE 39 The B-52's – “Topaz” 39 1

NE 40 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 40 1

41 41 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 41 5

43 42 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 42 3

35 43 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 28

48 44 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 44 2

49 45 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 45 2

46 46 The The – “Gravitate to Me” 46 4

40 48 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 27

42 49 Sheena Easton – “101” 35 9

45 50 New Order – “Round and Round” 14 27

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Roxette – “Dressed for Success” 32 15

47 -- Fine Young Cannibals – “Good Thing” 15 24

50 -- Queen – “I Want It All” 18 18

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