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

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Up by 1

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 1

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
5

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Up by 2

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 2

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 2

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 3

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
12 Down by 3

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
13 Up by 3

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Down by 1

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
15 Up by 2

Belong
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Down by 1

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
17 Down by 3

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
18 Up by 13

Lily Was Here
David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer
From the album: Saxuality
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19

How Much Is Enough?
The Fixx
Peak
11
Weeks
19
Number
20

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
18
Weeks
16
Number
21

The One and Only
Chesney Hawkes
From the album: Buddy's Song
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
22 Up by 1

Ordinary Average Guy
Joe Walsh
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23 Down by 1

Counting Backwards
Throwing Muses
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
24 Down by 6

X Y & Zee
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
25 Up by 11

Learning to Fly
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Down by 1

Well, Did You Evah!
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
27 Up by 1

Lift Me Up
Yes
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
28 Down by 4

That Is Why
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
29 Down by 1

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
9
Weeks
29
Number
30 Debut

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Down by 1

More Than Words
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
32

Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish
From the album: Bellybutton
Peak
27
Weeks
16
Number
33 Up by 2

Walking in Memphis
Marc Cohn
From the album: Marc Cohn
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 7

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
From the album: Heart Shaped World
Peak
4
Weeks
28
Number
35 Down by 2

She Talks to Angels
The Black Crowes
From the album: Shake Your Money Maker
Peak
33
Weeks
11
Number
36 Up by 2

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Someone
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 12

Bitter Tears
INXS
From the album: X
Peak
17
Weeks
22
Number
39 Down by 5

How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
20
Weeks
17
Number
40 Debut

Crazy
Seal
From the album: Seal
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Just the Way It Is, Baby
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
10
Weeks
29
Number
40 Dropout

Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
5
Weeks
28

A chart by

Date

June 22, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 11

2 2 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 2 9

4 3 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 3 6

3 4 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 12

5 5 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×10) 17

6 6 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 6 9

7 7 Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 7 15

10 8 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 8 8

11 9 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 9 3

12 10 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 10 8

8 11 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 2 19

9 12 EMF – “Unbelievable” 5 20

16 13 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 13 7

13 14 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 24

17 15 R.E.M. – “Belong” 15 5

15 16 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 9 21

14 17 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 12 19

31 18 David A. Stewart ft. Candy Dulfer – “Lily Was Here” 18 4

19 19 The Fixx – “How Much Is Enough?” 11 19

20 20 Roxette – “Joyride” 18 16

21 21 Chesney Hawkes – “The One and Only” 20 11

23 22 Joe Walsh – “Ordinary Average Guy” 22 10

22 23 Throwing Muses – “Counting Backwards” 14 13

18 24 Pop Will Eat Itself – “X Y & Zee” 5 21

36 25 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Learning to Fly” 25 2

25 26 Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop – “Well, Did You Evah!” 6 23

28 27 Yes – “Lift Me Up” 27 11

24 28 Jellyfish – “That Is Why” 1(×2) 27

28 29 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 9 29

NE 30 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 30 1

30 31 Extreme – “More Than Words” 26 13

32 32 Jellyfish – “Baby's Coming Back” 27 16

35 33 Marc Cohn – “Walking in Memphis” 33 4

27 34 Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game” 4 28

33 35 The Black Crowes – “She Talks to Angels” 33 11

38 36 Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over” 36 2

39 37 The Rembrandts – “Someone” 37 2

26 38 INXS – “Bitter Tears” 17 22

34 39 Pet Shop Boys – “How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?” 20 17

NE 40 Seal – “Crazy” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- The Rembrandts – “Just the Way It Is, Baby” 10 29

40 -- Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring” 5 28

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