In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

Compact View

Filter:

Number
1

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Up by 1

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Down by 1

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
5 Up by 11

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6 Down by 1

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
7 Down by 1

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
8

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
9

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 1

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11 Down by 4

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
12

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
13

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
9
Weeks
19
Number
14 Down by 4

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
15 Down by 1

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
Peak
11
Weeks
17
Number
16 Down by 1

Counting Backwards
Throwing Muses
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 7

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
18
Weeks
14
Number
19 Down by 2

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
20

The One and Only
Chesney Hawkes
From the album: Buddy's Song
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 2

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
22

Ordinary Average Guy
Joe Walsh
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 3

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 7

Belong
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
25 Down by 4

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
17
Weeks
20
Number
26 Down by 3

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
26
Number
27 Down by 2

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
9
Weeks
27
Number
28

Lift Me Up
Yes
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 2

More Than Words
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
26
Weeks
11
Number
30 Down by 1

Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
27
Weeks
14
Number
31 Debut

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Down by 2

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
33

She Talks to Angels
The Black Crowes
From the album: Shake Your Money Maker
Peak
33
Weeks
9
Number
34 Down by 2

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
10
Weeks
28
Number
35 Up by 3

Lily Was Here
David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer
From the album: Saxuality
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Walking in Memphis
Marc Cohn
From the album: Marc Cohn
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Down by 3

Always on the Run
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
38 Down by 3

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
27
Number
39 Down by 2

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Thompson Twins
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
40

Night and Day
U2
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
31

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Sadeness (Part I)
Enigma
From the album: MCMXC a.D.
Peak
23
Weeks
17

A chart by

Date

June 8, 1991

Songs

40

Create Chart Card Export chart (CSV)

https://www.crownnote.com/charts/amsvec/in-retrospect-593

1 1 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 10

2 2 The La's – “There She Goes” 2 9

4 3 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 3 7

3 4 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×10) 15

16 5 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 5 4

5 6 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 2 17

6 7 EMF – “Unbelievable” 5 18

8 8 Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 7 13

9 9 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 9 7

11 10 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 10 6

7 11 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 22

12 12 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 12 17

13 13 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 9 19

10 14 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 5 19

14 15 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 11 17

15 16 Throwing Muses – “Counting Backwards” 14 11

24 17 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 17 6

18 18 Roxette – “Joyride” 18 14

17 19 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 25

20 20 Chesney Hawkes – “The One and Only” 20 9

19 21 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 6 21

22 22 Joe Walsh – “Ordinary Average Guy” 22 8

26 23 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 23 5

31 24 R.E.M. – “Belong” 24 3

21 25 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 17 20

23 26 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 26

25 27 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 9 27

28 28 Yes – “Lift Me Up” 28 9

27 29 Extreme – “More Than Words” 26 11

29 30 Jellyfish – “Baby's Coming Back” 27 14

NE 31 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 31 1

30 32 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 20 15

33 33 The Black Crowes – “She Talks to Angels” 33 9

32 34 The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 10 28

38 35 David A. Stewart ft. Candy Dulfer – “Lily Was Here” 35 2

39 36 Marc Cohn – “Walking in Memphis” 36 2

34 37 Lenny Kravitz – “Always on the Run” 32 10

35 38 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 27

37 39 Thompson Twins – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 8 21

40 40 U2 – “Night and Day” 1(×9) 31

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Enigma – “Sadeness (Part I)” 23 17

Leave the first comment

Leave a comment to share your thoughts about this chart.