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

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 1

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 1

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 1

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 3

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
7 Up by 2

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 2

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Down by 1

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
10 Up by 1

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
10
Weeks
14
Number
11 Down by 4

I'm Free
The Soup Dragons
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Down by 1

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
14

The King Is Half-Undressed
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
15

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
19
Number
16

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 1

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 1

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 1

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 1

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 1

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Down by 5

Suicide Blonde
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
25 Up by 3

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 3

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 2

Never Enough
The Cure
From the album: Mixed Up
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 3

So Close
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 4

Freedom '90
George Michael
From the album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 7

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 5

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 2

Justify My Love
Madonna
From the album: The Immaculate Collection
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 9

Joey
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
35 Up by 5

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 6

Thanksgiving
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
39 Down by 12

Stuck in a Loop
Devo
From the album: Smooth Noodle Maps
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
40 Down by 10

The Only One I Know
The Charlatans
From the album: Some Friendly
Peak
22
Weeks
13

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

She's My Baby
Traveling Wilburys
From the album: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
39 Dropout

Merry Go Round
The Replacements
From the album: All Shook Down
Peak
34
Weeks
9

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Date

December 15, 1990

Songs

40

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1 1 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×3) 6

2 2 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 14

4 3 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 14

5 4 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 12

6 5 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 15

3 6 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 15

9 7 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 7 14

10 8 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 8 12

8 9 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 15

11 10 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 10 14

7 11 The Soup Dragons – “I'm Free” 1(×2) 18

13 12 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 12 11

12 13 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 18

14 14 Jellyfish – “The King Is Half-Undressed” 13 14

15 15 World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 19

16 16 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 16 16

17 17 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 17 9

18 18 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 18 8

20 19 INXS – “Disappear” 19 8

21 20 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 20 5

22 21 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 21 7

23 22 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 22 11

24 23 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 23 11

19 24 INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 10 16

28 25 The Outfield – “For You” 25 6

29 26 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 26 5

31 27 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 27 2

26 28 The Cure – “Never Enough” 21 11

32 29 Daryl Hall & John Oates – “So Close” 29 5

34 30 George Michael – “Freedom '90” 30 4

38 31 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 31 2

37 32 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 32 3

35 33 Madonna – “Justify My Love” 33 4

25 34 Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 1(×3) 28

40 35 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 35 2

NE 36 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 36 1

NE 37 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 37 1

32 38 Poi Dog Pondering – “Thanksgiving” 1(×4) 26

27 39 Devo – “Stuck in a Loop” 20 9

30 40 The Charlatans – “The Only One I Know” 22 13

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Traveling Wilburys – “She's My Baby” 33 6

39 -- The Replacements – “Merry Go Round” 34 9

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