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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 Up by 1

Here Comes Your Man
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Pop Song '89
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
3

Love Song
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
4 Up by 1

All I Want Is You
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
5 Up by 1

So Alive
Love and Rockets
From the album: Love and Rockets
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
6 Up by 1

The Prisoner
Howard Jones
From the album: Cross That Line
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 1

Let The Day Begin
The Call
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 3

Nanana
Royal Crescent Mob
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9

Lovesong
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Up by 2

Between Something And Nothing
The Ocean Blue
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 7

Stop!
Erasure
From the album: Crackers International
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
12 Down by 2

Get Up
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
13 Up by 2

J for Jules
'Til Tuesday
From the album: Everything's Different Now
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
14 Up by 2

Vanishing Point
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Down by 2

Express Yourself
Madonna
From the album: Like a Prayer
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 9

Love Shack
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 4

Run
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18

Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs
From the album: Blind Man's Zoo
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
19

Channel Z
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
20

Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Peak
20
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 1

Harry Houdini
Kon Kan
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 5

Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
2
Weeks
29
Number
23 Up by 5

Partyman
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Down by 1

Batdance
Prince
From the album: Batman (Soundtrack)
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
25 Down by 1

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
26 Down by 7

Bring Me Edelweiss
Edelweiss
From the album: Edelweiss
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
27 Up by 3

Down All the Days
The Pogues
From the album: Peace and Love
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 1

Don't Look Back
Fine Young Cannibals
From the album: The Raw & the Cooked
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
29 Up by 2

I Don't Want a Lover
Texas
From the album: Southside
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
30 Up by 3

Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
From the album: The Seeds of Love
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 3

Dream Attack
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32

Monkey Gone to Heaven
Pixies
From the album: Doolittle
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
33 Up by 6

Topaz
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 8

Love Less
New Order
From the album: Technique
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
35

Send Me An Angel
Real Life
Peak
19
Weeks
31
Number
36 Up by 4

Pictures of Matchstick Men
Camper Van Beethoven
From the album: Key Lime Pie
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37

Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)
Figures on a Beach
Peak
37
Weeks
6
Number
38 Down by 11

My Brave Face
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flowers in the Dirt
Peak
15
Weeks
19
Number
39 Up by 2

Lay Down Your Arms
The Graces
Peak
39
Weeks
6
Number
40 Up by 4

Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')
Kon Kan
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 1

She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
From the album: The Stone Roses
Peak
41
Weeks
4
Number
42 Up by 3

Sold Me Down The River
The Alarm
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 7

See a Little Light
Bob Mould
Peak
30
Weeks
18
Number
44 Down by 6

Eardrum Buzz
Wire
Peak
16
Weeks
20
Number
45 Debut

Sugar Daddy
Thompson Twins
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46

Gravitate to Me
The The
Peak
46
Weeks
5
Number
47 Debut

I Want That Man
Deborah Harry
From the album: Def Dumb and Blonde
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

No Big Deal
Love and Rockets
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 6

Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
3
Weeks
29
Number
50 Down by 2

World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
10
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
49 Dropout

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

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

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Date

September 23, 1989

Songs

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2 1 Pixies – “Here Comes Your Man” 1(×1) 14

1 2 R.E.M. – “Pop Song '89” 1(×5) 19

3 3 Madonna – “Love Song” 1(×2) 22

5 4 U2 – “All I Want Is You” 4 13

6 5 Love and Rockets – “So Alive” 5 22

7 6 Howard Jones – “The Prisoner” 6 13

8 7 The Call – “Let The Day Begin” 7 16

11 8 Royal Crescent Mob – “Nanana” 8 10

9 9 The Cure – “Lovesong” 9 12

12 10 The Ocean Blue – “Between Something And Nothing” 10 7

4 11 Erasure – “Stop!” 1(×1) 25

10 12 R.E.M. – “Get Up” 5 24

15 13 'Til Tuesday – “J for Jules” 13 10

16 14 New Order – “Vanishing Point” 14 15

13 15 Madonna – “Express Yourself” 13 17

25 16 The B-52's – “Love Shack” 16 5

21 17 New Order – “Run” 17 7

18 18 10,000 Maniacs – “Trouble Me” 15 17

19 19 The B-52's – “Channel Z” 19 12

20 20 Indigo Girls – “Closer to Fine” 20 12

22 21 Kon Kan – “Harry Houdini” 21 9

17 22 R.E.M. – “Turn You Inside-Out” 2 29

28 23 Prince – “Partyman” 23 5

23 24 Prince – “Batdance” 22 15

24 25 Tom Petty – “Free Fallin'” 24 11

19 26 Edelweiss – “Bring Me Edelweiss” 8 21

30 27 The Pogues – “Down All the Days” 27 7

29 28 Fine Young Cannibals – “Don't Look Back” 28 8

31 29 Texas – “I Don't Want a Lover” 29 8

33 30 Tears for Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” 30 4

34 31 New Order – “Dream Attack” 31 7

32 32 Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” 8 24

39 33 The B-52's – “Topaz” 33 2

26 34 New Order – “Love Less” 1(×9) 28

35 35 Real Life – “Send Me An Angel” 19 31

40 36 Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 36 2

37 37 Figures on a Beach – “Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria)” 37 6

27 38 Paul McCartney – “My Brave Face” 15 19

41 39 The Graces – “Lay Down Your Arms” 39 6

44 40 Kon Kan – “Puss N' Boots/These Boots (Are Made For Walkin')” 40 3

42 41 The Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums” 41 4

45 42 The Alarm – “Sold Me Down The River” 42 3

36 43 Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” 30 18

38 44 Wire – “Eardrum Buzz” 16 20

NE 45 Thompson Twins – “Sugar Daddy” 45 1

46 46 The The – “Gravitate to Me” 46 5

NE 47 Deborah Harry – “I Want That Man” 47 1

NE 48 Love and Rockets – “No Big Deal” 48 1

43 49 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Madonna Of The Wasps” 3 29

48 50 R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” 10 28

DROPOUTS:

49 -- Sheena Easton – “101” 35 9

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

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