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

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
4

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
5

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
6

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 1

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 1

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
9 Down by 2

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
10 Up by 1

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 1

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 1

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 3

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
14

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Up by 6

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16

Not an Addict
K's Choice
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
17 Up by 2

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
18

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 3

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 3

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Up by 10

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 2

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 8

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
24 Down by 4

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
25 Up by 2

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
25
Weeks
7
Number
26

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
27 Up by 2

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Up by 2

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
29 Up by 6

I Want To Be There (When You Come)
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Evergreen
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 2

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 2

How Bizarre
OMC
From the album: How Bizarre
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 2

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 4

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 17

Sink to the Bottom
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
8
Weeks
24
Number
35 Down by 10

A Change Would Do You Good
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 2

Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 2

Soft Serve
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 10

Staring at the Sun
U2
From the album: Pop
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
39 Debut

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Battle of Who Could Care Less
Ben Folds Five
From the album: Whatever and Ever Amen
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
40 Dropout

Jack-Ass
Beck
From the album: Odelay
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
26

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Date

August 2, 1997

Songs

40

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2 1 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×5) 14

3 3 Michael Penn – “Try” 3 12

4 4 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 4 16

5 5 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 5 12

6 6 Blur – “Song 2” 3 17

8 7 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 7 14

9 8 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 8 11

7 9 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 7 20

11 10 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 10 13

12 11 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 11 11

13 12 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 12 10

10 13 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 18

14 14 The Cardigans – “Been It” 14 8

21 15 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 15 7

16 16 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 16 16

19 17 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 17 8

18 18 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 18 8

22 19 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 19 7

23 20 Ming Tea – “BBC” 20 6

31 21 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 21 4

24 22 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 22 6

15 23 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 19

20 24 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 14 18

27 25 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 25 7

26 26 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 9

29 27 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 27 5

30 28 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 28 5

35 29 Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There (When You Come)” 29 3

32 30 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 30 5

33 31 OMC – “How Bizarre” 31 3

34 32 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 32 4

37 33 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 33 2

17 34 Fountains of Wayne – “Sink to the Bottom” 8 24

25 35 Sheryl Crow – “A Change Would Do You Good” 21 10

38 36 Faith No More – “Last Cup of Sorrow” 36 3

39 37 Soul Coughing – “Soft Serve” 37 2

28 38 U2 – “Staring at the Sun” 22 10

NE 39 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 39 1

NE 40 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Ben Folds Five – “Battle of Who Could Care Less” 18 17

40 -- Beck – “Jack-Ass” 1(×8) 26

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