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 9 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2

Candy
Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierson
From the album: Brick By Brick
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
3

World in My Eyes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Violator
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
4

So Hard
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
4
Weeks
18
Number
5

Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction
From the album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
6

Tomorrow Never Knows
Danielle Dax
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
7 Up by 3

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8

Groove Is In the Heart
Deee-Lite
From the album: World Clique
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Down by 2

Is She Weird
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
10 Down by 1

Tom's Diner
DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
From the album: Taste This
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
11

Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore
Poi Dog Pondering
From the album: Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea
Peak
10
Weeks
17
Number
12

Me by the Sea
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
13 Up by 5

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Down by 1

Dig for Fire
Pixies
From the album: Bossanova
Peak
12
Weeks
15
Number
15 Up by 2

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 2

Disappear
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 2

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 2

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 2

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 5

Obscurity Knocks
The Trash Can Sinatras
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
21 Down by 5

Hippychick
Soho
From the album: Goddess
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
22

Ring of Fire
Social Distortion
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
23 Up by 2

Tomorrow Wendy
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
21
Weeks
17
Number
24 Up by 4

Caroline
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Bloodletting
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 2

Half Harvest
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
26 Up by 3

Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
From the album: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 3

The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
From the album: The Rhythm of the Saints
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
28 Down by 2

For You
The Outfield
From the album: Diamond Days
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 7

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 1

Fashion Bomb
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
30
Weeks
7
Number
31 Up by 1

Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

This Is Ponderous
2NU
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Down by 6

Innocent One
Michael Penn
From the album: March
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
34 Up by 3

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 5

Love Calculator
Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak
25
Weeks
11
Number
36 Up by 2

Thank You World
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Debut

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

It Makes No Difference
The Darling Buds
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 5

Freedom '90
George Michael
From the album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Peak
28
Weeks
10
Number
40 Down by 5

Justify My Love
Madonna
From the album: The Immaculate Collection
Peak
29
Weeks
10

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Put The Message In The Box
World Party
From the album: Goodbye Jumbo
Peak
13
Weeks
24
Number
40 Dropout

So Close
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Peak
28
Weeks
10

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Date

January 26, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 12

2 2 Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson – “Candy” 1(×4) 20

3 3 Depeche Mode – “World in My Eyes” 3 20

4 4 Pet Shop Boys – “So Hard” 4 18

5 5 Jane's Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 5 18

6 6 Danielle Dax – “Tomorrow Never Knows” 6 20

10 7 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 7 6

8 8 Deee-Lite – “Groove Is In the Heart” 8 11

7 9 Pixies – “Is She Weird” 7 20

9 10 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega – “Tom's Diner” 5 21

11 11 Poi Dog Pondering – “Spending the Day in the Shirt You Wore” 10 17

12 12 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me by the Sea” 12 13

18 13 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 13 3

13 14 Pixies – “Dig for Fire” 12 15

17 15 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 15 8

14 16 INXS – “Disappear” 14 14

19 17 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 17 9

20 18 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 18 8

21 19 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 19 7

15 20 The Trash Can Sinatras – “Obscurity Knocks” 8 21

16 21 Soho – “Hippychick” 3 21

22 22 Social Distortion – “Ring of Fire” 3 24

25 23 Concrete Blonde – “Tomorrow Wendy” 21 17

28 24 Concrete Blonde – “Caroline” 24 8

23 25 Michael Penn – “Half Harvest” 15 22

29 26 Cocteau Twins – “Heaven Or Las Vegas” 26 6

24 27 Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” 18 14

26 28 The Outfield – “For You” 24 12

36 29 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 29 2

31 30 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Fashion Bomb” 30 7

32 31 The Darling Buds – “Crystal Clear” 31 5

33 32 2NU – “This Is Ponderous” 32 4

27 33 Michael Penn – “Innocent One” 20 17

37 34 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 34 2

30 35 Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys – “Love Calculator” 25 11

38 36 World Party – “Thank You World” 36 2

NE 37 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 37 1

NE 38 The Darling Buds – “It Makes No Difference” 38 1

34 39 George Michael – “Freedom '90” 28 10

35 40 Madonna – “Justify My Love” 29 10

DROPOUTS:

39 -- World Party – “Put The Message In The Box” 13 24

40 -- Daryl Hall & John Oates – “So Close” 28 10

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