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

Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)
Everclear
From the album: Sparkle and Fade
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Natural One
Folk Implosion
From the album: Kids Original Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
3

All The Umbrellas In London
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: Get Lost
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4 Up by 2

In the Meantime
Spacehog
From the album: Resident Alien
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5

Bad Days
The Flaming Lips
From the album: Clouds Taste Metallic
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 2

Kitty
The Presidents Of The United States Of America
From the album: The Presidents of the United States of America
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 4

Wonderwall
Oasis
From the album: (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Time Flies... (1994 - 2009)
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 1

My Friends
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: One Hot Minute
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
9 Down by 1

Seal My Fate
Belly (band)
From the album: King
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
10 Down by 1

Queer
Garbage
From the album: Garbage
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 2

1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
From the album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12

Runaway
The Corrs
From the album: Forgiven, Not Forgotten
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13 Up by 2

The World I Know
Collective Soul
From the album: Collective Soul
Peak
13
Weeks
13
Number
14 Down by 4

One Of Us
Joan Osborne
From the album: Relish
Peak
4
Weeks
19
Number
15 Up by 4

Closer to Free
BoDeans
From the album: Go Slow Down
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16

It's Oh So Quiet
Björk
From the album: Post
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
17 Up by 1

Brainville
The Flaming Lips
From the album: Clouds Taste Metallic
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18 Up by 3

Thousand Dollar Car
The Bottle Rockets
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Down by 2

Friends of P.
The Rentals
From the album: Return of the Rentals
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
20

Cumbersome
Seven Mary Three
From the album: American Standard
Peak
11
Weeks
21
Number
21 Up by 6

Ironic
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Jagged Little Pill
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 8

Camel Walk
Southern Culture on the Skids
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
23 Up by 3

Missing
Everything But The Girl
From the album: Amplified Heart
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
24 Down by 2

P Control
Prince
From the album: The Gold Experience
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
25 Up by 6

Aeroplane
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: One Hot Minute
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Up by 9

Big Me
Foo Fighters
From the album: Foo Fighters
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 4

Endorphinmachine
Prince
From the album: The Gold Experience
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 2

Smoke and Mirrors
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: Get Lost
Peak
28
Weeks
7
Number
29 Down by 4

Free as a Bird
The Beatles
From the album: Anthology 1
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
30 Down by 6

Lump
The Presidents Of The United States Of America
From the album: The Presidents of the United States of America
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
31 Up by 5

Only Happy When it Rains
Garbage
From the album: Garbage
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 3

Christmas at the Zoo
The Flaming Lips
From the album: Clouds Taste Metallic
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
33

Mighty K.C.
For Squirrels
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Debut

Peaches
The Presidents Of The United States Of America
From the album: The Presidents of the United States of America
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 1

Glycerine
Bush
From the album: Sixteen Stone
Peak
32
Weeks
10
Number
36 Down by 8

Bright As Yellow
The Innocence Mission
From the album: Glow
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
37 Down by 5

Car Song
Elastica
From the album: Elastica
Peak
17
Weeks
15
Number
38

Promises Broken
Soul Asylum
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 2

Just
Radiohead
From the album: The Bends
Peak
7
Weeks
26
Number
40 Debut

Get Over It
Continental Drifters
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

A Girl Like You
Edwyn Collins
From the album: Empire Records: The Soundtrack
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
40 Dropout

High and Dry
Radiohead
From the album: The Bends
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
30

A chart by

Date

February 3, 1996

Songs

40

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1 1 Everclear – “Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)” 1(×2) 11

2 2 Folk Implosion – “Natural One” 1(×9) 17

3 3 The Magnetic Fields – “All The Umbrellas In London” 3 13

6 4 Spacehog – “In the Meantime” 4 9

5 5 The Flaming Lips – “Bad Days” 5 13

4 6 The Presidents Of The United States Of America – “Kitty” 1(×4) 11

11 7 Oasis – “Wonderwall” 7 10

7 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “My Friends” 3 19

8 9 Belly (band) – “Seal My Fate” 8 14

9 10 Garbage – “Queer” 8 20

13 11 The Smashing Pumpkins – “1979” 11 11

12 12 The Corrs – “Runaway” 12 16

15 13 Collective Soul – “The World I Know” 13 13

10 14 Joan Osborne – “One Of Us” 4 19

19 15 BoDeans – “Closer to Free” 15 6

16 16 Björk – “It's Oh So Quiet” 15 15

18 17 The Flaming Lips – “Brainville” 17 8

21 18 The Bottle Rockets – “Thousand Dollar Car” 18 4

17 19 The Rentals – “Friends of P.” 12 16

20 20 Seven Mary Three – “Cumbersome” 11 21

27 21 Alanis Morissette – “Ironic” 21 5

14 22 Southern Culture on the Skids – “Camel Walk” 2 24

26 23 Everything But The Girl – “Missing ” 23 9

22 24 Prince – “P Control” 22 14

31 25 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Aeroplane” 25 2

35 26 Foo Fighters – “Big Me” 26 2

23 27 Prince – “Endorphinmachine” 23 11

30 28 The Magnetic Fields – “Smoke and Mirrors” 28 7

25 29 The Beatles – “Free as a Bird” 20 9

24 30 The Presidents Of The United States Of America – “Lump” 1(×3) 25

36 31 Garbage – “Only Happy When it Rains ” 31 2

29 32 The Flaming Lips – “Christmas at the Zoo” 25 10

33 33 For Squirrels – “Mighty K.C.” 33 5

NE 34 The Presidents Of The United States Of America – “Peaches” 34 1

34 35 Bush – “Glycerine” 32 10

28 36 The Innocence Mission – “Bright As Yellow” 4 22

32 37 Elastica – “Car Song” 17 15

38 38 Soul Asylum – “Promises Broken” 38 3

37 39 Radiohead – “Just” 7 26

NE 40 Continental Drifters – “Get Over It” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Edwyn Collins – “A Girl Like You” 3 23

40 -- Radiohead – “High and Dry” 1(×7) 30

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