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

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Down by 1

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
4

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5

Here's Where The Story Ends
The Sundays
From the album: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
6 Up by 4

I'll Be Your Chauffeur
David J.
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Down by 1

Hey Venus
That Petrol Emotion
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
8 Down by 1

Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
9

U Li La Lu
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 3

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11

All I Want
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12

World in Motion
New Order featuring John Barnes
From the album: The Best of New Order
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Up by 4

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14

Ball and Chain
Social Distortion
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
15

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Down by 8

Book of Dreams
Suzanne Vega
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
17 Up by 2

Home
Iggy Pop
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Up by 6

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 3

Pictures of You
The Cure
From the album: Disintegration
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
20 Up by 3

Lucky Ball and Chain
They Might Be Giants
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21

Her Way of Praying
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
22 Down by 4

Pure
The Lightning Seeds
From the album: Cloudcuckooland
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
23 Down by 3

Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
24 Down by 2

Particle Man
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
25

King of Wishful Thinking
Go West
From the album: Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
25
Weeks
15
Number
26 Up by 4

Velouria
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Up by 8

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 1

November Spawned a Monster
Morrissey
From the album: Bona Drag
Peak
27
Weeks
15
Number
29 Down by 3

Invisible
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
9
Weeks
26
Number
30 Down by 2

Getting Away With It
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
35
Number
31

Blues Before and After
The Smithereens
Peak
29
Weeks
18
Number
32

Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
Cheap Trick
From the album: Busted
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
33 Up by 5

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 5

Way Down Now
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
35 Up by 1

Epic
Faith No More
From the album: The Real Thing
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
36 Up by 1

Thieves In the Temple
Prince
From the album: Graffiti Bridge
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 5

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 1

Deadbeat Club
The B-52's
From the album: Cosmic Thing
Peak
10
Weeks
23
Number
41 Down by 8

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Del Amitri
Peak
17
Weeks
25
Number
42 Down by 8

Yer So Bad
Tom Petty
From the album: Full Moon Fever
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
43 Down by 2

Every Beat Of The Heart
The Railway Children
Peak
41
Weeks
8
Number
44 Debut

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 2

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Flood
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
35

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
20
Weeks
22
Number
44 Dropout

Elephant Stone
The Stone Roses
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
45 Dropout

Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")
Julee Cruise
From the album: Twin Peaks
Peak
32
Weeks
14

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Date

September 8, 1990

Songs

45

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1 1 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×2) 12

3 2 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 2 14

2 3 Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 14

4 4 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 4 8

5 5 The Sundays – “Here's Where The Story Ends” 1(×3) 22

10 6 David J. – “I'll Be Your Chauffeur” 6 10

6 7 That Petrol Emotion – “Hey Venus” 4 21

7 8 The Chills – “Heavenly Pop Hit ” 5 20

9 9 Poi Dog Pondering – “U Li La Lu” 9 16

13 10 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 10 4

11 11 The Lightning Seeds – “All I Want” 11 13

12 12 New Order ft. John Barnes – “World in Motion” 12 10

17 13 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 13 4

14 14 Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” 14 17

15 15 They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 15 9

8 16 Suzanne Vega – “Book of Dreams” 8 22

19 17 Iggy Pop – “Home” 17 8

24 18 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 18 5

16 19 The Cure – “Pictures of You” 1(×2) 24

23 20 They Might Be Giants – “Lucky Ball and Chain” 20 6

21 21 The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Her Way of Praying” 21 15

18 22 The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” 6 24

20 23 Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence” 1(×6) 28

22 24 They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” 5 27

25 25 Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking” 25 15

30 26 Pixies – “Velouria” 26 6

35 27 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 27 3

27 28 Morrissey – “November Spawned a Monster” 27 15

26 29 Michael Penn – “Invisible” 9 26

28 30 Electronic – “Getting Away With It” 1(×7) 35

31 31 The Smithereens – “Blues Before and After” 29 18

32 32 Cheap Trick – “Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love” 32 7

38 33 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 33 2

29 34 World Party – “Way Down Now” 14 19

36 35 Faith No More – “Epic” 35 6

37 36 Prince – “Thieves In the Temple” 36 2

42 37 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 37 2

NE 38 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 38 1

NE 39 Soho – “Hippychick” 39 1

39 40 The B-52's – “Deadbeat Club” 10 23

33 41 Del Amitri – “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 17 25

34 42 Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad” 21 20

41 43 The Railway Children – “Every Beat Of The Heart” 41 8

NE 44 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 44 1

43 45 They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 1(×3) 35

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Sinéad O'Connor – “The Emperor's New Clothes” 20 22

44 -- The Stone Roses – “Elephant Stone” 22 16

45 -- Julee Cruise – “Falling (Theme from "Twin Peaks")” 32 14

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