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

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 1

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 2

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 2

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 3

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
7 Up by 1

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
8 Down by 3

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
9

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
10

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 3

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
15

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
17
Number
16

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 3

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
18 Up by 1

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 6

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 2

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
21 Up by 5

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 2

Stuck in a Loop
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 2

Never Enough
The Cure
From the album: Mixed Up
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
24

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Up by 2

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
26 Up by 3

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 6

The Only One I Know
The Charlatans
From the album: Some Friendly
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 3

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Down by 7

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
31 Up by 5

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 3

So Close
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33

She's My Baby
Traveling Wilburys
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 4

Freedom '90
George Michael
From the album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 1

Merry Go Round
The Replacements
From the album: All Shook Down
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
36 Up by 3

Justify My Love
Madonna
From the album: The Immaculate Collection
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 9

Heart Like a Wheel
The Human League
From the album: Romantic?
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
38 Down by 8

Party Town
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
39 Debut

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 3

Post Post-Modern Man
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
3
Weeks
20

Dropouts

Number
40 Dropout

Policy of Truth
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
25

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Date

December 1, 1990

Songs

40

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2 1 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×1) 4

1 2 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 12

4 3 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 13

6 4 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 4 12

7 5 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 5 10

3 6 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 1(×2) 16

8 7 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 13

5 8 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 16

9 9 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 9 13

10 10 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 10 12

11 11 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 11 12

12 12 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 12 10

13 13 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 13 12

17 14 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 14 9

15 15 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 17

16 16 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 16 14

14 17 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 10 14

19 18 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 18 7

25 19 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 19 6

18 20 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 1(×3) 26

26 21 INXS – “Disappear” 21 6

20 22 Devo – “Stuck in a Loop” 20 7

21 23 The Cure – “Never Enough” 21 9

24 24 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 24 9

27 25 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 25 9

29 26 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 26 5

31 27 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 27 3

22 28 The Charlatans – “The Only One I Know” 22 11

32 29 The Outfield – “For You” 29 4

23 30 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 24

36 31 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 31 3

35 32 Daryl Hall & John Oates – “So Close” 32 3

33 33 Traveling Wilburys – “She's My Baby” 33 5

38 34 George Michael – “Freedom '90” 34 2

34 35 The Replacements – “Merry Go Round” 34 8

39 36 Madonna – “Justify My Love” 36 2

28 37 The Human League – “Heart Like a Wheel” 18 11

30 38 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Party Town” 16 15

NE 39 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 39 1

37 40 Devo – “Post Post-Modern Man” 3 20

DROPOUTS:

40 -- Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 1(×4) 25

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