In Retrospect (Copy)

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 1

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3 Down by 1

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
4

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
5 Up by 3

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Down by 2

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 1

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 1

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 2

Belong
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 2

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 5

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 2

American Music
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
14

Lily Was Here
David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer
From the album: Saxuality
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16

Learning to Fly
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
17

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
1 (for 10 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
18 Up by 2

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Up by 2

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Lenny Kravitz
From the album: Mama Said
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 6

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Down by 3

See the Lights
Simple Minds
From the album: Real Life
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
22 Down by 3

Ordinary Average Guy
Joe Walsh
Peak
19
Weeks
16
Number
23 Down by 1

Walking in Memphis
Marc Cohn
From the album: Marc Cohn
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
24 Up by 9

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 2

Hole Hearted
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 2

Pandora's Box
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 4

Unbelievable
EMF
From the album: Schubert Dip
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
28 Down by 4

Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
From the album: Doubt
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
29 Debut

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30 Down by 5

I Touch Myself
Divinyls
From the album: Divinyls
Peak
9
Weeks
27
Number
31

Crazy
Seal
From the album: Seal
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down by 2

Counting Backwards
Throwing Muses
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
33 Up by 7

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 5

Valerie Loves Me
Material Issue
From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
35 Down by 3

Silent Lucidity
Queensrÿche
From the album: Empire
Peak
12
Weeks
25
Number
36 Debut

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 2

Sea of Sin
Depeche Mode
Peak
9
Weeks
35
Number
38 Down by 4

Lift Me Up
Yes
Peak
26
Weeks
17
Number
39 Down by 3

Someone
The Rembrandts
From the album: The Rembrandts
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
40 Debut

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

More Than Words
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
26
Weeks
18
Number
38 Dropout

Joyride
Roxette
From the album: Joyride
Peak
18
Weeks
21
Number
39 Dropout

The One and Only
Chesney Hawkes
From the album: Buddy's Song
Peak
20
Weeks
16

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Date

August 3, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×4) 12

3 2 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 2 9

2 3 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 15

4 4 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 17

8 5 Erasure – “Chorus” 5 4

6 6 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 6 14

5 7 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 5 14

9 8 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 13

10 9 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 9 6

12 10 R.E.M. – “Belong” 10 11

13 11 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 11 7

7 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 18

11 13 Violent Femmes – “American Music” 6 15

14 14 David A. Stewart ft. Candy Dulfer – “Lily Was Here” 14 10

15 15 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 15 6

16 16 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Learning to Fly” 15 8

17 17 R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 1(×10) 23

20 18 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 18 6

21 19 Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over” 19 8

26 20 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 20 4

18 21 Simple Minds – “See the Lights” 7 21

19 22 Joe Walsh – “Ordinary Average Guy” 19 16

22 23 Marc Cohn – “Walking in Memphis” 22 10

33 24 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 24 2

27 25 Extreme – “Hole Hearted” 25 6

28 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Pandora's Box” 26 3

23 27 EMF – “Unbelievable” 5 26

24 28 Jesus Jones – “Right Here Right Now” 1(×3) 30

NE 29 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 29 1

25 30 Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” 9 27

31 31 Seal – “Crazy” 31 7

30 32 Throwing Muses – “Counting Backwards” 14 19

40 33 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 33 2

29 34 Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” 2 25

32 35 Queensrÿche – “Silent Lucidity” 12 25

NE 36 Tami Show – “The Truth” 36 1

35 37 Depeche Mode – “Sea of Sin” 9 35

34 38 Yes – “Lift Me Up” 26 17

36 39 The Rembrandts – “Someone” 36 8

NE 40 James – “Sit Down” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Extreme – “More Than Words” 26 18

38 -- Roxette – “Joyride” 18 21

39 -- Chesney Hawkes – “The One and Only” 20 16

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