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 Up by 1

If It Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Down by 1

Popular
Nada Surf
From the album: High / Low
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3

You're One
Imperial Teen
From the album: Seasick
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4 Up by 1

Throwaway
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 1

Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)
The Virgin-Whore Complex
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
6 Down by 2

Only Talking Sense
The Finn Brothers
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 8

Power World
Sam Phillips
From the album: Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 2

Novocaine For The Soul
Eels
From the album: Beautiful Freak
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 5

Dark Secret
Matthew Sweet
From the album: The Craft Soundtrack
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 1

The Golden Age
Cracker
From the album: The Golden Age
Peak
10
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 3

Broken
Belly (band)
From the album: Twister (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
12

6th Avenue Heartache
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
12
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 6

Trampoline
Joe Henry
From the album: Trampoline
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
14 Down by 5

Gift Shop
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
15 Up by 4

Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get
The Low & Sweet Orchestra
From the album: Goodbye To All That
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 1

Ahead By A Century
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
17 Down by 1

All I Know
Screaming Trees
From the album: Dust
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
18 Down by 5

Down in Flames
Semisonic
From the album: Great Divide
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
19 Up by 2

Whoever You Are
Geggy Tah
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
20 Down by 2

Some Kind Of Fun
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 2

E-Bow The Letter
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
21
Weeks
9
Number
22 Up by 3

This Misery
Wild Colonials
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Up by 1

Soundtrack to Mary
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
23
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 2

Sleepy Maggie
Ashley MacIsaac
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Up by 12

The Distance
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 6

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand
Primitive Radio Gods
From the album: Rocket
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
27 Down by 5

Free to Decide
The Cranberries
From the album: To the Faithful Departed
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
28 Up by 4

Bound For The Floor
Local H
From the album: As Good as Dead
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29

Big Chair
Reacharound
Peak
29
Weeks
12
Number
30 Up by 1

I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
From the album: Now in a Minute
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 2

Mouth
Merril Bainbridge
From the album: The Garden
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 2

Devils Haircut
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 3

Don't Wake Daddy
The Tragically Hip
From the album: Trouble at the Henhouse
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 7

Rainfall
A Flock of Seagulls
Peak
10
Weeks
22
Number
35 Down by 5

Open the Door
Magnapop
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
36 Up by 2

Ohio Air Show Plane Crash
Joe Henry
From the album: Trampoline
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 2

Daily Mutilation
The Posies
From the album: Amazing Disgrace
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

Lady Picture Show
Stone Temple Pilots
From the album: Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

Naked Eye
Luscious Jackson
From the album: Fever in Fever Out
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Head Over Feet
Alanis Morissette
From the album: Jagged Little Pill
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
28 Dropout

God Tells Me To
Ass Ponys
From the album: The Known Universe
Peak
15
Weeks
22
Number
35 Dropout

Don't Look Back in Anger
Oasis
From the album: (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Time Flies... (1994 - 2009)
Peak
35
Weeks
5

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Date

October 19, 1996

Songs

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2 1 Sheryl Crow – “If It Makes You Happy” 1(×1) 8

1 2 Nada Surf – “Popular” 1(×1) 16

3 3 Imperial Teen – “You're One” 1(×3) 15

5 4 The Posies – “Throwaway” 4 16

6 5 The Virgin-Whore Complex – “Four-Alarm Fire (In Lovers' Lane)” 5 11

4 6 The Finn Brothers – “Only Talking Sense” 4 17

15 7 Sam Phillips – “Power World” 7 4

10 8 Eels – “Novocaine For The Soul” 8 11

14 9 Matthew Sweet – “Dark Secret” 9 8

11 10 Cracker – “The Golden Age” 10 18

8 11 Belly (band) – “Broken” 1(×6) 21

12 12 The Wallflowers – “6th Avenue Heartache” 12 18

7 13 Joe Henry – “Trampoline” 1(×1) 20

9 14 The Tragically Hip – “Gift Shop” 1(×3) 19

19 15 The Low & Sweet Orchestra – “Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get” 15 7

17 16 The Tragically Hip – “Ahead By A Century” 16 13

16 17 Screaming Trees – “All I Know” 16 16

13 18 Semisonic – “Down in Flames” 1(×1) 24

21 19 Geggy Tah – “Whoever You Are” 19 9

18 20 Ass Ponys – “Some Kind Of Fun” 18 17

23 21 R.E.M. – “E-Bow The Letter” 21 9

25 22 Wild Colonials – “This Misery” 22 6

24 23 Soul Coughing – “Soundtrack to Mary” 23 10

26 24 Ashley MacIsaac – “Sleepy Maggie” 24 5

37 25 Cake – “The Distance” 25 3

20 26 Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand” 6 21

22 27 The Cranberries – “Free to Decide” 9 18

32 28 Local H – “Bound For The Floor” 28 6

29 29 Reacharound – “Big Chair” 29 12

31 30 Donna Lewis – “I Love You Always Forever” 30 10

33 31 Merril Bainbridge – “Mouth” 31 5

34 32 Beck – “Devils Haircut” 32 4

36 33 The Tragically Hip – “Don't Wake Daddy” 33 3

27 34 A Flock of Seagulls – “Rainfall” 10 22

30 35 Magnapop – “Open the Door” 1(×5) 25

38 36 Joe Henry – “Ohio Air Show Plane Crash” 36 3

39 37 The Posies – “Daily Mutilation” 37 2

40 38 Stone Temple Pilots – “Lady Picture Show” 38 2

NE 39 Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” 39 1

NE 40 Alanis Morissette – “Head Over Feet” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

28 -- Ass Ponys – “God Tells Me To” 15 22

35 -- Oasis – “Don't Look Back in Anger” 35 5

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