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

Jump They Say
David Bowie
From the album: Black Tie White Noise
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 1

Regret
New Order
From the album: Republic
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 1

Star Me Kitten
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 1

Sleeping Satellite
Tasmin Archer
From the album: Great Expectations
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 1

Feed the Tree
Belly (band)
From the album: Star
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
6 Up by 1

Arms of Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Respect
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7 Down by 1

The Ghost at Number One
Jellyfish
From the album: Spilt Milk
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
8

Joining a Fan Club
Jellyfish
From the album: Spilt Milk
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
9 Up by 1

Creep
Radiohead
From the album: Pablo Honey
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 2

Untogether
Belly (band)
From the album: Star
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11

When I Was Dead
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Respect
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 1

Come Undone
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 4

Gepetto
Belly (band)
From the album: Star
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 1

What's Up?
4 Non Blondes
From the album: Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 1

Railway Shoes
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Respect
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 4

Slow Dog
Belly (band)
From the album: Star
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 3

Ordinary World
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
18 Down by 1

Sweet Thing
Mick Jagger
From the album: Wandering Spirit
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
19

Two Princes
Spin Doctors
From the album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
20 Up by 13

Pets
Porno For Pyros
From the album: Porno For Pyros
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Down by 3

When Heroes Go Down
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 9

I Should've Known
Aimee Mann
From the album: Whatever
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 2

If I Had a Million Dollars
Barenaked Ladies
From the album: Disc One 1991-2001: All Their Greatest Hits
Peak
8
Weeks
22
Number
24 Up by 2

Are You Gonna Go My Way
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Are You Gonna Go My Way
Peak
24
Weeks
9
Number
25 Down by 3

Little Bird
Annie Lennox
From the album: Diva
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 2

Don't Tear Me Up
Mick Jagger
From the album: Wandering Spirit
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27

Fever
Madonna
From the album: Erotica
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
28 Up by 1

Is It Like Today?
World Party
From the album: Bang!
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 1

Walking In My Shoes
Depeche Mode
From the album: Songs of Faith and Devotion
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 2

The Crying Game
Boy George
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 5

Fields of Gold
Sting
From the album: Ten Summoner's Tales
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 8

Black Gold
Soul Asylum
From the album: Grave Dancers Union
Peak
19
Weeks
19
Number
33 Down by 8

I Will Not Take These Things for Granted
Toad the Wet Sprocket
From the album: fear
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
34 Up by 1

Story of My Life
Pere Ubu
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
35 Up by 2

Runaway Train
Soul Asylum
From the album: Grave Dancers Union
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

Dreams
The Cranberries
From the album: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

The Glutton of Sympathy
Jellyfish
From the album: Spilt Milk
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Hang on to Your Ego
Frank Black
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Love Is Stronger Than Death
The The
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 2

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
38
Weeks
5

Dropouts

Number
23 Dropout

Man on the Moon
R.E.M.
From the album: Automatic for the People
Peak
21
Weeks
20
Number
34 Dropout

Don't Look Down
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Out of the Cradle
Peak
17
Weeks
21
Number
39 Dropout

I Feel You
Depeche Mode
From the album: Songs of Faith and Devotion
Peak
23
Weeks
12
Number
40 Dropout

In Liverpool
Suzanne Vega
From the album: 99.9F°
Peak
25
Weeks
14

A chart by

Date

May 29, 1993

Songs

40

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1 1 David Bowie – “Jump They Say” 1(×5) 11

3 2 New Order – “Regret” 2 7

2 3 R.E.M. – “Star Me Kitten” 1(×2) 18

5 4 Tasmin Archer – “Sleeping Satellite” 4 14

4 5 Belly (band) – “Feed the Tree” 1(×7) 18

7 6 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Arms of Love” 6 12

6 7 Jellyfish – “The Ghost at Number One” 4 16

8 8 Jellyfish – “Joining a Fan Club” 8 14

10 9 Radiohead – “Creep” 9 7

12 10 Belly (band) – “Untogether” 10 8

11 11 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “When I Was Dead” 11 12

13 12 Duran Duran – “Come Undone” 12 7

9 13 Belly (band) – “Gepetto” 9 13

15 14 4 Non Blondes – “What's Up?” 14 8

16 15 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Railway Shoes” 15 6

20 16 Belly (band) – “Slow Dog” 16 4

14 17 Duran Duran – “Ordinary World” 1(×1) 22

17 18 Mick Jagger – “Sweet Thing” 6 18

19 19 Spin Doctors – “Two Princes” 19 11

33 20 Porno For Pyros – “Pets” 20 2

18 21 Suzanne Vega – “When Heroes Go Down” 17 15

31 22 Aimee Mann – “I Should've Known” 22 4

21 23 Barenaked Ladies – “If I Had a Million Dollars” 8 22

26 24 Lenny Kravitz – “Are You Gonna Go My Way” 24 9

22 25 Annie Lennox – “Little Bird” 5 19

28 26 Mick Jagger – “Don't Tear Me Up” 26 9

27 27 Madonna – “Fever” 27 8

29 28 World Party – “Is It Like Today?” 28 6

30 29 Depeche Mode – “Walking In My Shoes” 29 5

32 30 Boy George – “The Crying Game” 30 6

36 31 Sting – “Fields of Gold” 31 3

24 32 Soul Asylum – “Black Gold” 19 19

25 33 Toad the Wet Sprocket – “I Will Not Take These Things for Granted” 25 10

35 34 Pere Ubu – “Story of My Life” 34 6

37 35 Soul Asylum – “Runaway Train” 35 3

NE 36 The Cranberries – “Dreams” 36 1

NE 37 Jellyfish – “The Glutton of Sympathy” 37 1

NE 38 Frank Black – “Hang on to Your Ego” 38 1

NE 39 The The – “Love Is Stronger Than Death” 39 1

38 40 R.E.M. – “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight” 38 5

DROPOUTS:

23 -- R.E.M. – “Man on the Moon” 21 20

34 -- Lindsey Buckingham – “Don't Look Down” 17 21

39 -- Depeche Mode – “I Feel You” 23 12

40 -- Suzanne Vega – “In Liverpool” 25 14

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