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

Divine Thing
The Soup Dragons
From the album: Hotwired
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

High
The Cure
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3

Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Cracker
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 2

Fingertips
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

Goodbye Cruel World
Shakespears Sister
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6 Down by 1

Honeydrip
Ian McCulloch
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
7

Too Much Passion
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
7
Weeks
19
Number
8 Up by 1

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 1

The Sad Sound of the Wind
Jules Shear
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 1

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
From the album: Tongues and Tails
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 3

Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
12 Up by 1

I've Been Waiting
Matthew Sweet
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 4

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
From the album: Wish
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Down by 2

Until The End Of The World
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
15

Weather With You
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 2

Born Of Frustration
James
From the album: Seven
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 3

Hello Cruel World
E
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
18 Down by 2

Ballerina Out of Control
The Ocean Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
19

See the Constellation
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
19
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 3

The Rocks in Virginia's Dress
The Spent Poets
From the album: The Spent Poets
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 1

Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park
Cowboy Junkies
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
22 Up by 2

Someday?
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 2

Turn Around
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 2

If I Wasn't Shy
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 10

Close But No Cigar
Thomas Dolby
From the album: Astronauts & Heretics
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 8

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 7

Get a Hold of My Heart
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
3
Weeks
25
Number
28 Down by 7

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man
Concrete Blonde
From the album: Walking in London
Peak
12
Weeks
17
Number
29 Up by 1

Why
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Debut

Countdown
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Up by 2

Twisterella
Ride
From the album: Going Blank Again
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 4

The Statue Got Me High
They Might Be Giants
From the album: Apollo 18
Peak
13
Weeks
14
Number
33 Down by 4

The Life Of Riley
Lightning Seeds
Peak
24
Weeks
15
Number
34 Down by 2

Money Don't Matter 2 Night
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
32
Weeks
7
Number
35 Down by 8

One
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
5
Weeks
23
Number
36 Down by 5

Silent All These Years
Tori Amos
From the album: Little Earthquakes
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
37 Up by 2

57 Channels (And Nothin' On)
Bruce Springsteen
From the album: Human Touch
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

Remedy
The Black Crowes
From the album: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 3

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Julee Cruise
Peak
27
Weeks
12
Number
40 Down by 3

Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)
The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette
From the album: The White Room
Peak
23
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Come as You Are
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
15
Weeks
19

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Date

June 6, 1992

Songs

40

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1 1 The Soup Dragons – “Divine Thing” 1(×2) 8

2 2 The Cure – “High” 1(×5) 12

3 3 Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 3 11

6 4 They Might Be Giants – “Fingertips” 4 9

4 5 Shakespears Sister – “Goodbye Cruel World” 1(×4) 15

5 6 Ian McCulloch – “Honeydrip” 3 16

7 7 The Smithereens – “Too Much Passion” 7 19

9 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge” 8 17

10 9 Jules Shear – “The Sad Sound of the Wind” 9 10

11 10 Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” 10 8

8 11 Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” 1(×7) 23

13 12 Matthew Sweet – “I've Been Waiting” 12 11

17 13 The Cure – “Friday I'm In Love” 13 6

12 14 U2 – “Until The End Of The World” 6 20

15 15 Crowded House – “Weather With You” 15 14

18 16 James – “Born Of Frustration” 16 13

14 17 E – “Hello Cruel World” 9 21

16 18 The Ocean Blue – “Ballerina Out of Control” 1(×1) 22

19 19 They Might Be Giants – “See the Constellation” 19 10

23 20 The Spent Poets – “The Rocks in Virginia's Dress” 20 4

22 21 Cowboy Junkies – “Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park” 21 11

24 22 Concrete Blonde – “Someday?” 22 7

25 23 They Might Be Giants – “Turn Around” 23 5

26 24 They Might Be Giants – “If I Wasn't Shy” 24 5

35 25 Thomas Dolby – “Close But No Cigar” 25 3

34 26 XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 26 4

20 27 The Smithereens – “Get a Hold of My Heart” 3 25

21 28 Concrete Blonde – “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” 12 17

30 29 Annie Lennox – “Why” 29 5

NE 30 Lindsey Buckingham – “Countdown” 30 1

33 31 Ride – “Twisterella” 31 4

28 32 They Might Be Giants – “The Statue Got Me High” 13 14

29 33 Lightning Seeds – “The Life Of Riley” 24 15

32 34 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Money Don't Matter 2 Night” 32 7

27 35 U2 – “One” 5 23

31 36 Tori Amos – “Silent All These Years” 30 11

39 37 Bruce Springsteen – “57 Channels (And Nothin' On)” 37 2

40 38 The Black Crowes – “Remedy” 38 2

36 39 Julee Cruise – “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” 27 12

37 40 The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)” 23 16

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Nirvana – “Come as You Are” 15 19

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