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

Frank Sinatra
Cake
From the album: Fashion Nugget
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2

Wisconsin/Tunnel Song
Pulsars
From the album: Pulsars
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3

Try
Michael Penn
From the album: Resigned
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
4

Medicine (Baby Come Back)
Orbit
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
5

Iron Man
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 2

The Stars Of Track And Field
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
7

Simon
Autour de Lucie
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
8 Down by 2

Song 2
Blur
From the album: Blur
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
9 Up by 1

Spokes
Pond (Portland, OR)
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Up by 1

Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
From the album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11 Up by 1

I Only Eat Candy
Nerf Herder
Peak
11
Weeks
11
Number
12 Down by 3

North Dakota
Thrush Hermit
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
13 Up by 1

Been It
The Cardigans
From the album: First Band on the Moon
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
14 Up by 1

You Showed Me
The Lightning Seeds
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 2

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
16

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

Leave the Biker
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Fountains of Wayne
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18

New Test Leper
R.E.M.
From the album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20

BBC
Ming Tea
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
21

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22

Wide Open Space
Mansun
From the album: Attack of the Grey Lantern
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 5

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 1

Jenny Says
Cowboy Mouth
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25 Up by 2

All I Want to Do Is Rock
Travis
From the album: Good Feeling
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
26
Weeks
10
Number
27 Up by 2

I Want To Be There (When You Come)
Echo & the Bunnymen
From the album: Evergreen
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 2

Wendy McDonald
Spooky Ruben
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
29 Down by 6

Home
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
30 Up by 1

How Bizarre
OMC
From the album: How Bizarre
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 1

Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney
From the album: Flaming Pie
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Up by 1

What Do You Want From Me?
Monaco
From the album: Music for Pleasure
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 9

6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
From the album: Becoming X
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
34 Up by 5

Girl at the Bus Stop
My Drug Hell
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
36 Up by 1

Soft Serve
Soul Coughing
From the album: Irresistible Bliss
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 3

Timebomb
Old 97's
From the album: Too Far to Care
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Dandy Warhols
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Place Your Hands
Reef
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Belle and Sebastian
From the album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

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

A Change Would Do You Good
Sheryl Crow
From the album: Sheryl Crow
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
38 Dropout

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

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Date

August 9, 1997

Songs

40

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1 1 Cake – “Frank Sinatra” 1(×2) 15

2 2 Pulsars – “Wisconsin/Tunnel Song” 1(×5) 15

3 3 Michael Penn – “Try” 3 13

4 4 Orbit – “Medicine (Baby Come Back)” 4 17

5 5 The Cardigans – “Iron Man” 5 13

8 6 Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars Of Track And Field” 6 12

7 7 Autour de Lucie – “Simon” 7 15

6 8 Blur – “Song 2” 3 18

10 9 Pond (Portland, OR) – “Spokes” 9 14

11 10 Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” 10 12

12 11 Nerf Herder – “I Only Eat Candy” 11 11

9 12 Thrush Hermit – “North Dakota” 7 21

14 13 The Cardigans – “Been It” 13 9

15 14 The Lightning Seeds – “You Showed Me” 14 8

13 15 Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 1(×4) 19

16 16 K's Choice – “Not an Addict” 16 17

17 17 Fountains of Wayne – “Leave the Biker” 17 9

18 18 R.E.M. – “New Test Leper” 18 9

19 19 Sugar Ray – “Fly” 19 8

20 20 Ming Tea – “BBC” 20 7

21 21 Smash Mouth – “Walkin' On The Sun” 21 5

22 22 Mansun – “Wide Open Space” 22 7

28 23 Sarah McLachlan – “Building a Mystery” 23 6

25 24 Cowboy Mouth – “Jenny Says” 24 8

27 25 Travis – “All I Want to Do Is Rock” 25 6

26 26 The Wallflowers – “The Difference” 26 10

29 27 Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There (When You Come)” 27 4

30 28 Spooky Ruben – “Wendy McDonald” 28 6

23 29 Sheryl Crow – “Home” 6 20

31 30 OMC – “How Bizarre” 30 4

32 31 Paul McCartney – “Flaming Pie” 31 5

33 32 Monaco – “What Do You Want From Me?” 32 3

24 33 Sneaker Pimps – “6 Underground” 14 19

39 34 My Drug Hell – “Girl at the Bus Stop” 34 2

36 35 Faith No More – “Last Cup of Sorrow” 35 4

37 36 Soul Coughing – “Soft Serve” 36 3

40 37 Old 97's – “Timebomb” 37 2

NE 38 The Dandy Warhols – “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” 38 1

NE 39 Reef – “Place Your Hands” 39 1

NE 40 Belle and Sebastian – “Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

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

38 -- U2 – “Staring at the Sun” 22 10

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