Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago

[jt4527]

For some reason, I did not know Texas went all the way back to the 80s.

I remember them appearing (for me) around the time of "Brit Pop" and assumed they were new then.

Huh.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

some ads from Billboard that week…

 

[imtheocean]

Ripped from the headlines…

I wonder if anyone has checked on their children, Eric and Lyle?

They went to my high school, were a year behind me though. Thankfully I didn't know them.

Calabasas High School - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bohnjaggs]

New Additions Continued
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Knock Me Down”


Love & Rockets - “Rock & Roll Babylon”


Underworld - “Stand Up”

Love Shack AND Sowing The Seeds Of Love. Two huge songs from the era.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Love Shack AND Sowing The Seeds Of Love. Two huge songs from the era.

Honestly, I knew “Love Shack” and “Roam” were huge at the time. My mom had the tape and wore it out but I was surprised that “Love Shack” was the third single and didn’t realize that the title track and “Channel Z” were also quite popular as well. 4 hit songs off a single album was a surprise to me.

 

[sahomerrocks]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/02/1989
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No. 1 Song
Hoodoo Gurus - “Come Anytime”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Stan Ridgway - “Calling Out To Carol”
Bodeans - “You Don’t Get Much”
Public Image Ltd. - “Disappointed”
Wire - “In Vivo”
U2 - “Everlasting Love”
Howard Jones - “The Prisoner”
Tin Machine - “Heaven’s In Here”

New Additions
The B-52’s - “Love Shack”


Max Q - “Way Of The World”


Big Audio Dynamite - “James Brown”


Tears For Fears - “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”

RIP Michael Hutchence, but that Max Q track is one of the most cringe things I've ever heard

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

RIP Michael Hutchence, but that Max Q track is one of the most cringe things I've ever heard

Yeah, it’s not on Spotify and I am not super disappointed that it didn’t make the playlist.

 

[Nee Lewman]

RIP Michael Hutchence, but that Max Q track is one of the most cringe things I've ever heard

@jamieanderson1968 look what I found…

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Honestly, I knew “Love Shack” and “Roam” were huge at the time. My mom had the tape and wore it out but I was surprised that “Love Shack” was the third single and didn’t realize that the title track and “Channel Z” were also quite popular as well. 4 hit songs off a single album was a surprise to me.

"Deadbeat Club" should be on here too. It had a video and probably my favorite song on that album.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

"Deadbeat Club" should be on here too. It had a video and probably my favorite song on that album.

That’s nearly half the tracks!

 

[jamieanderson1968]

@jamieanderson1968 look what I found…

If I had ever heard of Max Q I blocked it entirely from memory, MiB style

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/07/1989

No. 1 Song
Hoodoo Gurus - “Come Anytime”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The B-52’s - “Channel Z”
Love and Rockets - “Rock and Roll Babylon”

New Additions
Public Image Ltd. - “Happy”


Toad The Wet Sprocket - “One Little Girl”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I wasn’t expecting any Toad The Wet Sprocket before the 90s. @tvham should be pleased.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I am gonna be @Wicked Dreamer to the punch with this advert.

 

[tvham]

I wasn’t expecting any Toad The Wet Sprocket before the 90s. @tvham should be pleased.

Their first two albums are super raw but fantastic!

 

[jamieanderson1968]

This was a good week . Was also the week I started my final year of my undergrad degree. Loved that Hoodoos song

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

This was a good week . Was also the week I started my final year of my undergrad degree. Loved that Hoodoos song

I was just getting started in Mrs. Brunskill’s 2nd grade class at Lincoln Elementary School. I woulda been jamming out to whatever music my mom was listening at the time which, review the Adult Contemporary charts; would have been lots of Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time” and Madonna’s “Cherish”.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Best thing about 1989 was that I also turned 21 so was able to attend bar shows down in Seattle. With Sub Pop starting to take off, I was down there almost every weekend that summer

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

I am gonna be @Wicked Dreamer to the punch with this advert.
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Nice! here's a couple more lol